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Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

CHEAT TRAvELLrSG.--Tr Travelling in France. like everything else there. has been reduced to science. The Evening Post informs us that companies are now formed at Paris which convey passengers to London and back at'an expense of on ly thirty francs-ab about six dollars. They will pay all your expenses for this sum, and give you four days in London to see all the lions. It took more time and more money few years ago to journey from Paris to Rouen, which is only q few miles of. These pleasure trains as they are called, quit Paris on Saturday. cross the channel ina good steamer on Sunday reaching London in the afternoon. gives the voyagers Monday. Tuesday, Wed. nesday and Thursday in the city, leaving in time to get back to Paris by Friday night. @
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19
WHOLE No. l27l. No, l9.

.T
 RAILRoAD ETIQUETTE.-- .---It appears 10 be conceded that a passenger who pays for but one ticket. is entitled 10 only one seat, ..e. half of one settee and conss quently, that any other passenger has a right to occupy vacant seat at bis side 1t follows that, when thereis deficiency of seats, a asgentleman with two ladies has no right to monopolize two entire settees, for the convenience ofa tete tete.
 The concessions due to ladies in the choice of settees, ,&c., are not clearly de, fined. If the seats are all occupied, and half dozen ladies step into the car at some station house, must as many genS tlemen vacate their seats for the accomo
 dation of the new corners, and occupy |standees for the remainder of the trip?
 fla gentleman has selected settee which suits him, there being one vacant at his side, is he liable to be busted by q gentleman and lady who come. into the car, and whose pleasure it is to occupy his seat and leave him to shift for himself as he may be able l? Many gentlemen accompanying ladies invite such a dis possession with as much assurance as if it were their right. Is it their right? @
 In ahot summer day, a gentleman se>s cures seat on the shady side of the car, which chances also to be the windward side. A gentleman and lady, or two la dies, afterwards enter the car, and covet- ing his Comparatively cool position. invite him to give up his settee for their benefit and to take vacant one on the sunny side. which they might as well have taken themselves, had they been so disposed. Is that civil invitation; and if so, does civi]ity require him to comply -Jour. of Com. .lI
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

A You've SINBAD.--The Norwich Courier thus narrates the narrow escape of boy IA or Is years of age. named Loomis, from drowning in the 6ound a few days since. The lad wished to visit New York, and for this purpose he se- creted himself on board the steamer Knickerbocker on Monday night--reach- cd New York safely, and set ont to come home by the same boat on Tuesday eve hing, About midnight, when the steam CT was somewhere of Saybrook, the young scape grace fell overheard in some way, in just what way he himself seems unable to explain. He cried for help, but nobody heard him, and the boat vent on her way. He says his first i'm pulse vas. after finding himself left to his fate, to striking out for the Cohnecti- cut shore: but looking in the direction of New York. he saw. or thought he
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

HoN. THOMAS M. FooTE. .--The Buffa- 10 Commercial Advertiser announces that Dr. Foote will not resume his post at Bogota after he shall have returned to this country. But there is no foundation for the conjecture of the Tribune, that he will be associated with Mir. Sargent m the editorship of the Republic. or any other paper at Washington. He nas 10 such intentions at present but pro6ooiy will resume the editorial chair ol taei Com mercial # lge lasis
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

Gw Genin, the hatterswho paid $225tl for a ticket to hear Jenny Lind, pays as rent of S7.ooO per. annnm for his store. and leases the two aFpeE stories to Bar 5 mum for $o.O00 DOT unnum.n 'ss lna
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

EH- It is stated in Brande's Encyclo. pedia, that no fewer than two hundred and forty of the country banks failed in England and Wales during the years IsI4, 1915 and lsl6. occlsioning nearr ly as much distress, loss, bankruptcy. and suffering, as the great Mississippi scheme of France in l7l9. During the wears 1916 and 1917, great number of banks failed in the United States many failed in 1925 also and the fail .ure, in the United States during the re- .vulsion from 1887 to 1912 amounted to over one hundred and sixty. with a nom- inal and pretended capital of over $ls5,- 900 ,o0O, and circulation of over $43,- 100000. -..a .. la
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

EE The New York Herald says it ia x a curious circumstance that Mir. BarnQm had to purchase . ticket yesterday for bis wife, who teIe9raphed to him that sLesin- v tendedto hear Jenny Lind. He had nut one left. ss,sS ,3sl
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

TIE ROCHESTER KNocKERs.---T The Rochester Democrat says that there has been serious mutiny among the " knock ing girls,' and that matters are nearly ripe for full disclosure of the grand sc> cret.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

A FEW Hhjs. more left Of that MOlas- "A aes at 25 cents per gsllon.at at "
 -sBEES aa4 3sisss9g3 Hla BRADFORDeS. WsleNttElllss Aug. IA s [iAlat
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19
LrrcHFIELD. (CoNNy) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ls, 1850

saw; vessel of some sort in the steam
 CTS wake. and he concluded to [" lie to . while till he shoHld find out what it was. and whether it was likely to come within his reach. The result was that she came steadily on, nearer and nearer, till at length she came within hailing dis tance. He ''spoke 2 the craft which proved to be fishing smack--and was soon after picked up by her, and taken into New London, from which place news of the boys rescue was telegraph ed to his friends in Norwich.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

MUMMY WHEAr.-There is now fow- ering in the garden of the Princes park very fine yucca gloriosa. There is also growing there some mummy wheat. It has seven ears or more on one stalk, sim liar to that spoken of in Pharoah's dream, (Genesis, xii, 5.) The parent grains from which it was raised were taken out of mummy in the Belfast Museum, five or six years ago. How surprising that the principle of life should thus be pre- served two or three thousand years l. How interesting that we should have thus brought into life again the kind of wheat grown in the days of Joseph and Pharoah, three thousand five hundred years ago l-E Eaglish paper.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

SUBrERRANEAN LAKE IN INDIANA.-- Near the town of Williamsburgh, John son co., is what might be called subter- ranean Lake. A gentleman there in dig girg we'll, at about the depth of thirty feet. after passing through some five or six feet of bluish earth, thought the earth sounded hollow as the mattock was driv- en into it. A small stick was forced downward six or eight inches. and on its withdrawal stream of water gusheG forth five or six feet in height. The man was immediately drawn out, and scarcely had he reached the surface when the bottom of the well burst upward. and volume of water rushed out with great force. The water has disagree able odor, and is unfit for any purpose. Several pieces of rotten wood were thrown out. We have these facts from unquestionable authority. .--Frank. Sen tiaseL. - e,
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

Mas. MILLER AGAIN. E.--The New York Courier understands from good authority that Mrs. Miller has not gone to Europe, as the papers have stated, but has re- turned to her fathers residence in Mich igan; from anxiety to see her children. The Courier thinks that her mind is la~ boring under some excitement of reli- gious character!
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

OUR YOUTHFUL DAYs.-Youth never comes but once! Hence we should in our youthful days. improve our time. The sun rises in the East, and rolls on in it's upward course until noontide, when it gradually descends and hides itself in the West. So with youth. It rises in the morning, and keeps rising until noon of life, whea old age, with all her infrm. ities, come upon us. The youth should not underrate their days, for the day is coming when allthe worlds riches would be given for the return of one hour mis- improved. Boys do not mispend yonII time, but improve every moment as |
 dies and you will reap reward hereafter
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

SITE OF PARAD1sE.-Col. Chesney, who commanded an expedition, sent a few years back by the British Govern ment to explore the Euphrates, has in- troduced into his narrative, recently pub lished. speculations on the probable site of Paradise, which he believes to be Central Armenia. and the ''Land of Eden is there actually laid down on the index map. He identifies the Halys and
 Araxcs, whose source exists within a short d.s.ance of the Euphrates and H- gris, with the Pisgon and Gihon of Scrip ture, while he considers the country with in the Halys as the Land Hivilah, and that which borders on the Arexes as the remarkable and much disputed territory of Cush.-Scientifc American. rt
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

A story is going the rounds of the
 press, to the effect that Gov. Seward was
 proposed as the orator before the Phi Be-,
 ta Kappa Society at Yale College next
 year :--and that his appointment was warmly opposed by MT. Gould, of Geors gia, on the ground of his anti-slavery. sentiments, and that in deference to hiss threats that the South would withdraw it's support from Yale College, Gov.Sew- ard was rejected. Mr. Gould, ina letter published in the Hartford Courant. gives a flat contradiction to the whole story, denying that anything of the sort occur red-saying that he is not member of tho Society, and was not present at it's meeting. We believe the fact to be simply this Gov. Seward was propos> ed:--some one suggested that the S0cie~ ty ought not to take any part in the con- troyersies with which his name has been connected like members were engag. ed in conversation, and few ofthem took the trouble toyote. The result was, that the name of Daniel Lord, Esq, of this city, was substituted for that of Gov. Seward. --N r. Courier. s,,
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

F 89 l,1zstA { s
 ET Nearly all the great roads in France are to be bordered by trees, by a late order of the Ministry,
 This is beautiful idea-one that when realized, will grow more and more beau- tiful from year to year.
 Imagine if you can, how lovely would be our great ..thoroughfares, our State roads, if trees had been left or set along their borders! To be pilgrim upon the highway, in summer time, would not then be so unwelcome a fortune.
 Many men have mighty itching to- do something for their country, and ma my patriotic bodies have worn out a long life, large pair of lungs. and lots of leather, in doing what didn't amount to one green tree or one patch of shadow spread out by the roadside for the wea-l ny traveler.-- Chicago Journal. d a
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-19

THE PRIME MERIDIAN.-We cannot agree with the scientific gentlemen who propose the longitude of Washington as new prime meridian. It seems to us that this kind of national pride is not creditable. There should be but one prime meridian for the whole world.--- The confusion which the adoption of more than one will introduce into the whole science of navigation will be of in- calculable evil. The longitude of un> frequented places, of new discoveries, often of shoals and rocks, will be unde- fined, and continual mistakes will occur. The longitude of Greenwich has long been established as the prime meridian {; it is acknowledged as such by the scien. ti6c and maratime world. No other can command assent beyond the boundaries of the country in which it is established, and the establishment of a new one for our country only cuts of from the rest of the world in this respect, reduces the value of our scientific discoveries, by publishing them, as it were, in an unin- telligible language, ano compels us to translate, before we can use them, the discoveries that are made in other coun> tries. a The main argument, aside from that of nationality, is, that the establishment of new prime meridian will stimulate astronomical and nautical science among us. We really cannot see the force of this argument. We cannot see what possible effect can be exerted in this, by an American meridian, which would not follow quite as readily the meridian of Greenwich.-Prov. Journal.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18
Scemc on n RMilrOad I'rain

"Your ticket if you please" bIandly
remarked the official. .t.t.r .,.
YES" answered the passenger, look
ing steadily, but without a single line or
mark of intelligence, full in the face Of
the conductor. .. ....t.... ...
"Your ticket, you know" continued
H -, gesticuIating vaguely, like this"
showing one he had just taken.
"Ya a"-and tho German coolly
stretched out his hand, and before H.
could prevent him. he had the ticket in
his pocket, .... ...-
Now the perplexity of the conductor
became ineuse. He summoned 10 his
aid all the German he had ever been able
to pick up, which consisting chiefly of
such popular phrases as mix cummerous
and ''no fuslian," did not advance him
materially. Still the same Interchangeable
face, the picture of nothing but non
comprehension, up-turned towards the
vexed and despairing conductor. -,
Atlength abrilliant idea flashed across
The brain of the latter.
"Gelt! geIt!' lie exclaimed, motioning
to indicate the counting of money.
'"Ya a" rejoined the impracticable
his face lightning up with very slight
de gree of Intelligence, as he inserted his
hand into very old pair of trousers
and produced leather bag, from which
he poured into tho palm Of his lIaud tw'
horse shoe nails and very large button
a small piece Of "cayendish," a short aud
greasy lead pencil, and two half dimes il
change. .,...
At this poor H became purple will
supre ssed angerand modification, stamp.
ed his foot, and launched out into some
expressions, among which several very
choice and comprehensive forecaslle ex
plelives were most coaspicuous.-To al
this the poor German had nothing to re
# ply, his face was Stolid as gutta perch'
mask, but the other passengers had gath
cred around, and were evidently enjoy
ing the Joke" very much. Moved tt
dreadful deeds, the wretched official a
ast seized his MN by the collar and an
bounced as follows: ,.,.,ar,...a ..f.q,
PAY your fare Or III put you ashore
'.lktep your 6aggageW sTIc YoUk IN JAIL!
your ,infornal Dutch scoundrel !" p"
! Keep cool, H 80, and take cigar
was the most unexpected reply ofthepa'
enger. H ---gave but one look more
; and collapsed. amid the shouts of tn
} crowd. a.3 n 7 si{psysS 81 d'as0
D 10 was Winchell, !, the mimic. Bnr
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18
NEW SERIES VOL.
Tbr Ganfaster Ga3ette.
LANoAsTER, JANUARY II, 1850. /
CoNoREss.-on the Sth, Mr. Under


CoNGREss On the Sth, Mr.. Under
wood presented to the Senate the petition
of large number Of citizens of Ken
tucky,.praying for Congress to take sothe
measures, whereby the difficulties be-
tween nations might be settled by arbi-
tration and wars be avoided. 3D..
Resolutions of the Vermont Legisla-
ture upon the subject Of Slavery we're al
SO presented, era y
Mr.. Foote'S speech Occupied The prin-
cipal part of the session.
The House transacted no other basil
ness than two Intellectual ballottings for
Clerk. Mr., Forney's vote is still large,
being 104 upon the last ballot; but it is
matter ofextreme doubt whether he can
obtain the requisite number. Itisrumored
in some circles that Mr.. French The Clerk
of the 29lh Congress, may yet run in be-
tween the disputauts. As yet this is
mere rumor. -'a.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

RUssn,-The population Of Russia (lu
Europe) according to the last census just
made, amounts To 54,O92 800 inhabitants
The density Of this population presents
great variety. In four provinces there
ale ffom|2 600 t02, 200 inhabitants to the
cqdare mile; in seven from 1900 to / 1900;
in sixteen from 1000 to 1 ,4OOin eleven
from $50 to $50; in eight from f5O 10
450; and inttree about 100. !Bah. Amtr.
icdR, Sd. 3Ftoh p'7'4 -''tV. i'Fo, ,'"e
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

E:Y Information is earnestly requested
of Johnston Barron, native of Scotland,
Stone cutter aud Mason by trade, late
of Kingston, Cannda West, who left
Rochester, New York, in July last, to
seek employment in the State ofOhio,
and as nothing has been heard from him
since, fears are entertained that he has
fallen, like many others. by the chUera,
so fatal 10 strangers in some portions Of
your State.
ANY information sent to his wife, Ann
Barron, at Oswego, New York, or to Geo.
Skinner, painter, Oswego, N, Y, will
be thankfully received.
Papers in the State please copy.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

n FRoM FLoRIDA.-Advices from Tam
, pa Bay, received at New Orleans, state
that the Indians did not meet the United
States authorities on the 18th inst, as
was agreed upon, for the purpose ofhav-
ing "talk." Nevertheless, at Tampa,
the indications are regarded as favora-
BILE to the peaceable removal of the In.
dams, .,@ut .,sHas 1.unH
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

STAND FROM UNDER.--At the Locolo-
co Convention. Mr.. Letter said, "As ior
me will go for whoever the Convention
nominatcs. Let itbe who it may. my
hats IN The air rfor him.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

LIFE At ST. LoUIs,-'rhe St. Louis
Union of the 9th ultimo, comes to us
full OF the record of dreadful accidents
aud crimes, One woman drowned in a
well; another burned to death. No less
than six persons were shot IN as many
different ARRAYS; one accidentally; aud
one case Of stabbipg. This was certain
" enough, but the editorremarks that he
had heard of several other cases. sc
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

~If we had not promised to keep
quiet, we would very much like to ask our
Sugar Grove friends how they like the
nomination for Governor.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

DOMESTIC EXPORTS. s.-The total do
mestic exports of the United States for
the year ending June Both l649, amoun-
ted to Sl32 COG, ,055.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

EY We learn that during the last
year. FIVE hundred aud forty young ladies'
tainted away on various occasions. More
than two h1hdred Of them fe)l into the
arms Of young gentlemen. Forty were
caught by their aunts and grandmolhers;
and only one had The misfortune to fall
on the foof She, however, picked out
soft place to fall upon and was provi-
dentiaIly received by an ottoman.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

The PIE TRADE OF CoNNEcrIcUT, as
carried on in New York, is extensive,
The article is manufactured at New Ha-
ven. and sent on to New York every day,
fresh, for sale. There is general depot
here for the 1ainies; and what kind of a
business it does, MAY be inferred from
the following yearly sales:
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

was declared carried, to appoint State
Central Committee; aud amidst indie.
scribable, but rather good humored con
fusion, the Convention adjourned sine
die.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

BREACH OF PRoMsE.-A girlof the name Of
Hannah Leander recovered verdict of $l,7OO at
st. Louis, oB tie Doth ult., against Mr. Wilcox,
for breach OF marriage contract,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

THR BURNT DisTRrcT.-l'he St. Louis
Republican states that the districts ~
that city, laid waste by the recent noniia-
grafton, have been almost entirely butt
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

UNHAPPY FAMLY.-The three sisters. residing
near Harrisburgh Pa, who were seduced by one
DR.. Mills, and for which he is now incarcerated
in the State Prison, have each become the Moth.
er Of fine boy. Hla'af Fl
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

THERE'S probably not an important
clause yet adopted by the Kentucky
Convention, that will meet as general
approbation, in the State aud ou; of it,
as the clause disquallfying persons who
may be connected with duel, from
holding Office or obtaining law license
Louisiana and other Southern States had
the houoro of taking the lead in this mat
ter, aud More recently California has
made the same provision.-N Y. Jour
Com. g. s.-...t ts,.-t -a...
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18
ReLldrous Revival There has been

RGLIGIous REvIvAI,.-There has been
series Of meetings held in this county
during the last two months by the Methn-
dislf, which have resulted in the conver
sion aud addition to the several churches
in the country, of nearly one hundred
and fifty souls. The church in this town
have held a protracred effort for the last
ten days, and the meeting is still in pro
gress.-P Perry C0nnty Dem crat,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

FRoM BRAzIL.-NeW htagddm 10 6e
Made. The correspondent Of the New
York Express, writes as fOIIows:-
Rio lie Janewo, NoU, 25, lS49,
The Prince de Joinville and wife are
expected by the Emperor very soon, aud
report has it that three provinces adjoin-
ing Pernambuco are to be converted in
to Kingdom, and the Prince and Prin-
cess are to be crowned King and @ ueen
thereof Louis Philippe and the En-
peror have been in close correspondence
for the last three months, and no doubt
the above is the result of his wles. Gen.
eral uproar and repubIicanism subse-
quently will be the consequence, and the
Empire entirely bolted out of exi istence'
Trade has greatly increased with for
eign countries, and with none more than
the United States. ,&W. b. rtf i
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

FACE THE MUsIC.-A controversy is
being carried on through the public prints
in Toledo as to whether it ispropcr for
The congregation in a church to turn their
backs upon tie minister during the sing
ing, If il is necessary TO do 50 in order Ia
face the choir, The subject has been
discussed with much zeal aud learning on
both sides, and the result, as it seems to
us, is in favor of the practice of facing
the music. -
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

A certain noted Physician, at Bath,
.(Eng) was lately complaining in a cof
Cee.house in that city, that he had three
fine daughters, 10 whom he would give
ten thousand pounds each, aud yet that
he could find nobody 10 marry them
f"With your lace, Doctor" said aud Irish
man, who was present, stepping up and
making very respectful bow, I'm take
ttpo Of hem!"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

SUGAR CRop.-We learn from the New
Orleans Picayune that the Sugar Crop
Of Louisiana for the year iS49 will turn
out better, perhaps, than was expected
some time ago, and may not be much be,
hind that of 1918, But there does moi
seem to b. much uniformity in the crop.
it Ueihg much better in some districts
than others. ..:a.. .....
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

IT'There is a man in Troy SO mean that he
wishes his landlord to reduce the price oil his
board because he has had two teeth extracted.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

New York CITf-Hs DeJt.--The To-
tai debt of New York city, on the 3lst
day Of December, was Sl2, ,j22, ,76S.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-18

THE WEASEL AND THE HAwK.--What
think you oi great sharp-beake hawk
pounciug upon a wease and flying up
with him into the air to carry him of to
his nest, thinking TO himself, NJ doubt,
I've caught you al last, my young gen.
tleman; you've eaten many bird in your
day, but LII eat you now" Thank you
for nothing. as he rode, but not very
Comfortably between the claws OF the
hawk; "twp can play at that game, Mr..