The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-05-22

that have been more fortunate in having T
secured the completion OF their works of
improvements under q more H..
beral constitution.
Now we object to the new constitution,
in addition To the uuwise, illiberal aud
unjust policy Swallowed forth in many of
its provisions, that, by means Of an iniq.
uitous appnrionment, it woald secure the
out to the 'bitter end" of all
these bIighling provisions against the
newly settled sections of the State
by means ola Locofocu General Assem-
bly, in which Hamilton county will be in
the ascendant,
BURNING Of TELEGRAPH WIREs..-The
nf Saturday, which was accom-.
panied with cons erable thunder aud
lightning, injured the telegraph wires
below very much. AT Cincinnati and
the other offices below. tho wires were
melted. At MaysvilIe the wire which
crossed the river was burned off, and
some two or three miles entirely destroy.
ed. The operators managed to save the
instruments IN the offices from destruc
ton. A letter from Cincinnati states that
the line will be repaired in two or three
days Portsmouth, Tribune.
THE CosDEN MAssACRE.--"The con
LESSONS of Drummond, as far as they
are made public, are, that Roberts re.
connoi,ered the house unde: the pre-
tence Of cleaning clocks, and gave the
Inflammation Of its localities; that Taylor
fred the gun Though the window at Cos.
den; that Shelton broke the door open,
and went up .stairs aud shot R. c. Web.
ster; that Taylor also shot Mrs. Cosden
in the yard; that BedweIl shot the black
woman in the, kitchen; hat as Drum
mond guarded the back door, and looked
in at the back window. he saw the boy
escape, but did not attempt 10 modest
him; aud that Ford, Sill and Murphy
were in the boat, and not at the house
they ferried them across the river 60
ing and returning"
ACCIDENT 70 Mn. Gu DlNGs. "A des
P"tOh tho C'SNClhHu true Democrat
says, Mr.. j. R Giddings had two of his
ribs broken by a fall from a wagon. Al
though seriously hurt, he is not regard
ed as dangerously so.
o, 'N'r.--Parker PrlIsbury, the abo,
lItlhn orator, says, at Syracuse--"The
war ct the American Anti Slavery Sci
~ is not only against slavery, but against
the United States. The Uuited States
must be dashed in pieces" Give Pills
burya pill! His blond is bad.
GV The Nashville, Chattanooga and
Charleston Railroad Company, we learn
from lis report, has a capital of So $50,
755; $1,000, coo has been paid in. Nash
VILE and Charleston have subscribed
$500 900 each, and the Ga. Railroad
Company $3.50 900. 1t is,xpected that
70 miles ofthe road will be finished dur
ing the present year. The report est
mates the cost of completing the entire
line from Charleston t. Cairo (Ill) atless
than fifteen millions of dollars.
PATENT REVOLVING CANNoN.-Mr. l.
M. Lowrey of PortviIle, Cattarangus
county, has invented a cannon which will
Toad and discharge itself fifty ;imesa min
ute. 1t is stated in the Caltaraugms Wing
that The War Department has adopted.
this ingenious destructive power, for our
government.
VIRGINIA CoNvENTIoN.-The Conven.
ton, on Monday, proceeded To elect a
compromise committee, or rather a con.
terence committee, composed of four
members from the East and four from the
West, and the following gentlemen com.
pose the committee, in the order in which
elected:-Messrs Summers, Martin of
Henry, Lucas, WingGeId, Finuey. Ca.
p%erton, Chiffon and Letcher. Ofthese cen
tlemen, 2 are from the trans Allegheny, 8
from the Piedmont, 2 fromthe Valley. and
| from Tidewater. The excitement in
the Convention was very great, and it vas
asserted that the Western members will
accept no settlement which does not pro
vide for the establishment ofthe suffrage
basis IN some ten or fifteen years in both
Houses of the Legislature.
In RATHER CARRY TT THAN THAT Morn
fR suoULD.-Going from market the 9th.
er day. we observed a very small boy,
who gave no special indication, by dress
or face, of other than ordinary sensations
or training in lite, carrying a basket that
was so heavy as nearly To bear him down
beneath it. We observed my bov. you
have a heavy load" Yes" said he,
but I'd rather carry it than that mother
should" The remark was one Of a ma
ture we love to hear; but we do not know
hat we should have thought enough of
1t To have chronicled it, had we not seen
across the street, a highly accomplished
young lady playing the piano, while her
mother was washing the windows. We
have no reason for forestalling the rehec.
lions and comparisons of our readers on
The facts.- Wheeling Gazette.
VCapt. Brown, of the brig Almira,
arrived at Savannah on Saturday from
New Orleans, reports having seen on the
81 inst. 20 miles to the eastward of Key
West, a strange steamer with a large