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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

C"HsTITuTioSAL C0NvENTInN.-.On
Monday last, this body decided by vote
of 63 to 20 in favor 'f biepnial sessions
of the Legislative. IN State 60 large
as Ohin, we think that annual sessi"ns
cannot be dispensed &itb. However,
we are willing t" try the experiment.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

caRIsTMAs passed off pleasantly and
quietly with here and there little Of the
spirit Of ro@J5isrn. Our stores were
closed and the day was generally enjoy
ed. Several Of our churches had divine
services. n
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

t7Y The Indiana Constitutional Con.
venll"n has rejected the proposition To
give married women the control of their
sePerate property and To prevent inprov.
ident husbands frnm squanderng it,
This may be all right aud prnper. but we
doubt il.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03


ETQ1ile al enthusiastic meeting IN favor #
a RiIro'Hl. from CineiIulti To Ztnesyie a
Wilmington. CIrcleyiile aud Lane ster WIS held.
IN the last named place. few uiyIi- nsn. Now
ii is perfectly certain that. with n line with,
twenty i've miles "n the north ard suoner with.
IN n like distance nn The south. rhe stDck vi The
middle rlad would not he wnrlh ten c-Its on he
dollar. However tIIl is qnrsiipn Tor the couil.
lies aud citizens Interested -SeiOtO G9=.
Now that's logic for YOU and may be
considered sound. pyoouled the uther two
roads do all the business; but our good
,neighbnr over in Chillcnthe knows bet
ter. Our road, that is lhe middle road,'
vii. be The shOrest aud the best. and we
rather guess that the "nutsiders" dnn't
mean what they say. The idea that trav
e will go from thirty ii fifty miles out of
the way to reach The Eastern cities is all
CANNON. The GaSette's logic will prove
good when i; proves that the outside and
cronked paths will be preferred To the
s,raigh one. Until ii does this. we Deg
leave Ia remind it that it is "begging The
/ questinn." a few mure such paragraph,
as that aud we will have tp take bach
that compliment; butthen the Editorhac
! idsl been enjoying Christmas.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

About Hoes The reader will dodh,.
less RENE mber the accnunt. We published
in the spring, Of hns that lay foryeight
days under Johu Cox's barn, without fund
or water. aud when taken out was enna,
ciated To the last degree. Well, Mr..
Cox t"nk particular care at the unfnrtun-
ate, fed him on warm milk, and housed
him we'll till he was able Ia walk and look
out for himself, when he turned him into
clnver field with the others. In the fall
he was put up with the rest of the drove,
was slaughtered on the l0'h of pscem.
Der, aud weighed 440 nett! The pork
er when released from his imprisonment;
under the barn on the 9th of March,
weighed 80 pounds; 50 that he "cnmua.
ted" 4l0 pounds in 8 mnnlhs, without any
extra feeding. except the warm milk,
when he was unable 10 stand alune his
age was l9 months. Dayton jar.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

PsNNsYLvANlA RAri.noAD-At a recent
meeting Of the Stockholders Of lhe. Penn.
sy'vania Railroad Company. (HaIrisbugg
10 Pitsburg) it, was voted To Increase
the capital from $500. 900 Ia Sic, ,OOO..
600. A memorial is in circulation in
Phiadelphia. praying the city Councils
"a make an additional subscription "fSl,-
100000. The stock Of The. rnad. provid.
ed au.edpal. amouu, of$l 500. 900 is ob.
tanned from other sourc-s. The new
Subscriptions are to he applied to the Gun
structinp Of the central divisinn across
the Alleshany mbuntain reginp-the Port.
age raj road ofths State being used only
as a temporary expedient.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03


DIsGRACEFUL PRuCEEDrNGS.-A des.
patch dated Peoria, Illinois, Dec. l9th,
says:
Our city was again thrown into much
excitement to-day The execution Of
Brown aud Williams fur the murder of
Mr.. Hewett was To have taken place. but
by an order from The GGvernur. rrrrived
IN Wednesday. it was extended to the
18th of January peXt, This mol being
generally known nnr credited. large mas
ses of this and adjoining counties assem-
bled to witness The execution, aud being
Disappointed in their expectations, a lor
tinn of them resnlye& the persons should
he executed forthwith. aud urged uD by
excling speeches, they got pnSseSslop "t
the scaffnld frun the jail yard, an .eIec.
ted II in the street. in front of the Jail.
They then effected! anertrance by jerk
ing the dnnrs aud lncks, aud proceeded
with crowbars, scanling aud other i'm.
plements. To the cells, where they met
with resistance from Brown. who, al
though shackled, as s ,nn as the cells were
opened. stepped inln the hall, hsarmed
a few of The mpbbers by taking from
Them the crowbars aud scanlling barred
his cell ou The inside. and defed them
He broke the scantling over The mohhrrs
and gave them other striking illustrations
nf his entire disapprnvaI oi such unaw.
Ful proceedings. The prisoners were
again secured in their cells, and beEnre
da'k the, ,ctowd dispersed.
Thus resu led, which at first all sup
posed would he most tragcal aud dis
graceful affair. The mob fell hack, aud
few of nur citizens dr"ppipg in a, this
c"nj nnc:ure, prevented farther whence
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

MAN, SAWED IN Two German.
named John Sweelzpr. at Vincennes, la,
lately, whilst Intoxicated, wen, into
circular. saw mill, aid failing Upon the
saw was discovered few minules after
sawed from the lett side just below the
shoulder obliduely across the belly. He
died that night.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

LAND WARRANrs-A Singular Case
An"Id solder living al H,rpers Ferry
Va. being entitled la loo acres of land
under The new bounty act obtained from
the patent office The necessary authority
lnr locating his land. He selected it IN
tract of unpccupied gnNeInment land
at Harper's Ferry, being more convsn,
lent in his estimation than travelling over
the wllds Q! Oregon, Minnesota. or Cali
fnrnia. The old suIdier has consulted
bic legal gentlemen who have given il as
their opinion that he can hnld the land
as thebounty act alL,ws the locatiou upon
auy unoccupipd goverumen, land. The
Pr"periy ihns selected is said 10 be worth
at leust 100000.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03
tTNows is scarce, The world gen

TNews is scarce. The world gen
orally is now enjoying The holiday week
and The people fiud but little time 10 de
vote To business. Congress aud the Lee
gislature vii do hothiug Of Importance
until after New Years day. The Con-
stitu,ionsi CoEtenlion is accepting invi-
tions to parties, soirees,diuners. festivals
benevolent associations, &c. wait a
little longer" +s
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

FIREIN MARIsrTA.. A large new steam
iannery. was burned down. On the night
of the 23d inst Lnss Sll5O0- :. S5o0O
insnred. The establishment had Just
gotten fairly in,o operation. The los,
falls heavily onthe enlerprizibg prop,is.
tore, Skinner, Rawson & Co. T''''' ''''
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

A FANNY BURNED To DRATm.-On
the morning nf the 9Th instant, at 2 ~
clock. Ihs house Of Mr. john Coulhard.
in Queeusburg. N b., ~ss consumed by
fire. withaII his family, consisting of Mr..
Coulthard. wife and child. Cause of the
Are unknown.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

A MoTHER's HERoIsM.-The house of
Peter Knight, Of Bath. Maine. was near
" destroyed by fire on Wrdn sdsy eve
ming. aud small child sleeping in Tie
room where the FIRE broke nut. was saw.
ed by the mtrepidily ni it's mother. after
one or two attempts torescue it had been
made by others. The child add its moth.
= we're taken from the window of the
second story, the latter with her dress in
flames, ii~49'-N N.fi
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

FUNNY ENoUGH.-A woman was ar.
rested at Boston. on Friday. upon suspi.
cion that she was .,Han in disguise.
Some merchants testified that she was a
worthy woman and shnpkeeper, who had
come 10 I3pston to buy giid'iS, though her
strange gait. coarse voice, heavy heard /,
&c. excited doubt lss to her properly
wearing tBe pe,ticoaIs. e,,,.a. 81 ,..
W"Sal," said lisping Bill Smut 'ff you
Won't live me. thay thosahd II you love ms; ind
yon't like to thay tho; squeeth my hand."' > p
Sal, edueezed bis hand.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

wA gentleman from Salem, frfnerly
master of a vessel, who recently returned
frnm California where he had been ope.
rating fir couple ofyears, was accosted
a short time since with ,,
well Capt. H., I suppose you have
made enough this trip. I" stay at home
and lay off the rest Of your daysl"
We'll. yes. have male something
Pursuing his ihterrogatories still fur
lher.a ....,, e.,........,. :.
well, Capt. how much 9i the stuff
did ynl hiring home. any hnw2" ~
"Well. sir, about as much as good
healthy jacksss could laal dOOA M on
ice"
) EwA panther. measuring three fee
and a half from snout to tail. was killed
pesr Niagara Falls, last week.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

u Swedenborg. wln according io
s"rne ok was permitted To see further
INTO heaven than most mnrtsIs, gives the
E'lI"wing gratifying Information TO the
married ladies:
Though the virgins he saw in heaven
were heau'iini. the wives were incum
paratively more beautiful, aud went on
increasing in beauty ever more"
The FIRST FuerrrvE SLAVE LAw.-The
Boston Post has the following Bit Of po
Iliical history:
"The fugitive slave hill of 1899 was
drafted by George Cabn,. Of Mass. in
November, aud il was passed by the Sen
ate nn the 18th Of January, unanirnnuslS
--fnurteen from Tree and thirteen from
slave STATES voting for it The House
Committee, Theodore Sedgwick snd
Sierja~hub Bourne. Of Mass, aud Alex
andrr White. Of Va, reported that bill
tn the hndy. by which il was passed ou
the 5'h Of February. wilhnn, discussion
Eight free States were represented by 81
v"ies. six slave States by q yulrs-free
State maturity 4. The bill received IS
yeas In Z nays. Massachusetts gave
yeas To nay. This record shows that
the free States pussed the first fugitive
bid.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-03

A YANKEE CAPTAIN. During the last
war with Great Bitain. n small sch hnnner
laden with silks and other valuable arli-
cles, belonging to Slonington, was hailed
on her home passage from France by a
British armed brig, when the following
dialogue took place between the cum
mander Of the brig aud the master Of the
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20
Is Government Nece ssary1

1t is mistake to assume that gov
ernment must necessarily last forever.
The institution marks certain stage
of civilization-is natural to a pecu-
liar phrase of human development.
1t is not essential, but incidental. As
amongst the Bushmen we find a
state antecedent to government, SO
may there be one in which it shall
have become extinct. Already has
it lost some of its Importance. The
time was when the history of a peo-
pie was but the history of its govern
ment. 1t is otherwise now. The
once universal despotism was but a
manifestation of the extreme necessi-
ty of restraint. Feudalisln, serfdom
slavery-all tyrannical institutions
are merely the most vigorous kinds
of rule, springing out Of, and neces.
sary to, a bad state of man. The
progress from these is in all cases thu
same-less government. Constitu.
tional form means this. Political
freedom means this. Democracy
means this. In societies, associations
joint-stock companies, we have new
agencies occupying fields filled in less
advanced times and countries, by the
State. With us the Legislature i.
dwarfed bynewer and greater powers
is no longermaster. but slave. Pressure
fromwithout has come to be acknowl
edged as ultimate ruler The triumph
ofthe Anti Corn LawL. .eague lssimpl,
the most marked instance yet of tn.
new style of government-that o
opinion, overcoming the old st, le-
that of force. 1t bids fair to becom,
trite remark that the law-maker i,
but the servant of the thinker.-Spen
GERS Social States.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20

The man that don't take his coun-
ty paper was in town yesterday. He
brought his whole family in two
horse Wagon. He still believed that
Gen. Taylor was President and wan
ted to know if the 'kamsch atkians'
had taken Cuba, and if SO, whe,e they
had taken it. He had sold his corn
for 25 cents-the price being 30
but upon going to deposit the money,
they told him it was mostly counter
felt. The only hard money he h ad
was some three cent pieces, and those
some sharper had run on him. for
half dimes! His old lady smoked a
cob pipe and would not believe that
anything else could be used. One
of the boys went to the blacksmith's
shop to be measured for a pair of
shoes, and another mistook the mar
ket house for a,church. After hang
ing his hat on a meat-hook, he pious-
ly took seat on a butchers stall,
and listened to an auctioneer, whom
he took to be the. preacher. He left
before meeting was out and had no
great opinion of the 'sarmin.' One of
the girls took a lot of seed onions to
the post Office to trade them for a
letter. She had baby, which she
carried in 'sugar-trough,' stopping
at times to rock it on the side walk.
When it cried, she stuffed its mouth
with an old stocking, and sang Bar
bra Allen The oldest boy had sold
two 'coon-s SKINS and was on bust.
When last seen, he had called for a
glss Of soda and water and stood
soaking ginger bread, and making
wry faces. The shopkeeper, mistak-
ing his meaning, had given him mix
ture of sal-soda and water, and it
tasted badly of soap. But he'd harm
tell of soda and water, and was bound
to give it fair trial, puke or no puke.
Some town fellow came in and call
ed for lemonade with fly in it,
whereupon our 'soaped friend turned
his back and quietly wiped several
flies into his drink.
We approached the old gentleman
and tried to get him to subscribe, ;
but he would not listen to it. He
was opposed to internal improve
ments,' and he thought 'larnin' was
a wicked invention, and culterwaten
nothin' but vanity and wexation.'-
None of his family ever learned to
read, but one boy, and he 'teached
school awhile and then went to stu
dying divinity
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20

A PRlzE Essay ON INDEpENpENcE.-
A Western editor lately offered his
old hat as prize for the best essay
on independence. The following OBJ
tanned the prize:
National independence is easier
imagined than described; personal in
dependence consists empkatically in
being situated in a clean shirt, draw
ers, socks and nicely blacked boots,
with at least dollar and half, and
a clean cambric in your pocket-aIl
on Sunday morning. with your wife
on one arm and your babe on the
other, taking your own course towards
your church, to sit under the ministry
of your own preacher, in blissful ex-
pectation Of doing your own snoozing
in your own pew, wherein no one
dare venture to nudge you with his
elbow or trickle your nose with q
straw"
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20
$2,5ol4l

TIE JUSTICE OF SULTAN.--ln the
city of Aleppo, where the christians
are weak in numbers, Turkish mob
unknown to the governmcnD produc.
ed the death Of five the wounding Of
six more, and the pillaging of one
hundred houses and five churches. -
The Sultan shot six hundred Of the
mob, condemned three hundred to the
gallcys, and put one hundred and fifty
more on their trial. He has restored
all the property he could recover to
the christians to whom it belonged,
and recompensed the rest Of the sue
fsrers out Of his own purse.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20
S w A MS HOTEL,
loua Citu, L0aca.

- THE subscriber, owner and proprietor Of
LII the above house. would inform the pub
lie that he has taken possession of said estab-
lishment, and is prepared to accommodate the
travelling community, transient or regular
boarders, and will endeavor to give general sa-
tisfaction. CHARLES j. SWAN.
OFConnected with the above establishment
is a large and extensive LIVERY STABLE,
where strangers can at all times be accommoda-
ted with conveyances to any part of the country.
Nav, 1851.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20

T"The lower the fare the more the income"
is rule fast being recognized by the various
rail road and steamboat companies throughout
the country.
The Albany and Buffalo road last year charg-
ed three centsper mile-this year two. Differ
ence in favor Of low fare, in June, $l4,290.-
This too in the face of the opposition of the
New York and Erie road,
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20

Might yet have drunk them all.

Then, wherefore. wherefore were they mad
All dyed in rainbow light;
All fashioned with supremest grace,
Upspringingday and night:
Springing in valleys, green aud low,
And on the mountains high,
And in the silent wilderness,
Where no man passes by?
Our outward life requires them not
Then wherefore have they BIRTH
To minister delight to man,
To beautify the earth;
To comfort man-to whisper hope.
Whene'er his faith is dim;
For whose careth for the flowers,
Will much more care for him!
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20

not few oi tll Illsly
the effects of the In, and
have the power to- will not
make proper use THAT pow
er. Those who deny yythe intrinsic
value of gold and silver, do SO on the
ground that it cannot be eat or drank,
and that therefore bank paper will
serve the purpose of money as well
as the precious metals. If nothing
but what can be eat or drank possess
intrinsic value, then houses and lands
must be stricken out of the inventory
of wealth. So, also, must clothes and
furniture, wagons and ships, and, in
deed, everything except the contents
OF the pantry and provision cellar
Gold and silver coins have an intrin-
sic value, or a value Inherent in the
very materials of which they are COM
posed. Convert your coin into bull
hon, and you will find it will bring
as much or nearly as much in the
market as before you put it into the
melting pot. The demand for them
for money, like the demand for them
for other purposes, adds something to
their price, precisely as anew use for
any other article will incre ase its
market price. But there is great de-
mand for gold and silver in the useful
and ornamental arts, and chiefly to
this they owe their value in commerce.
Bank notes have no intrinsic value
There is no value, or at least, none
worth speaking of, inherent in the
materials Of which they are compos-
ed. They may be of equal value in
the market with gold and silver, but
even then their vaiua Independent
on an opinion that I who have
issued them have Son and
the ability to ~ for
these notes golGN eiafne-
thing else possessiP .1e value
Those who can form yst ideas of
value as inherent in q subject, as
attached to it from nv connection
with some other subject and, as erro-
neously supposed TO be attached to it,
will never confound Intrinsic value
with that whichis suppositious. They
will consequently be as far from con-
founding metallic money with paper,
as they will be from confounding gen
uine notes with spurious-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20
intrinsic and suPPesed value.

A correspondent hterrogates us
upon a point in which he differs with
a noighbor, and requests our opinion
as umpire in thesmatter in difference.
The point at issue is the intrinsic val
ue of gold an ,silyervthe one con-
tending that it had such value; that
is, aside from that arbitrarily fixed
upon It by law as currs&cy-the 9TH
se.thst it had not. AN old re-
spark that no errors q &ion are so
hard of correctional GYthat re-
late to the cruz ssome-
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20

For THE CREDULoUs.-ln the Me-
moirs of the Academy Of Bellies Let
ters for the year 1871, were are gra-
yely told that Adam was 1872 feet 8
inches high; and Eve lis feet Q inches
and three quarters; that Noah was 20
feet shorter than Adam, and that
Abraham was no more than ~ feet
in height. Moses were reducedto l3
feet, Hercules to 10, Alexandria the
Great to 6, and Cesar to5,
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20
WAsHINGroN. Aug. S,

WAsHINGTON, Aug. 3.
The President accompanied by the Secreta-
ry Of War and Secretary of Interior, left to-
day for Virginia.
The jury in the case of Day, charged with
the murder Of his wife, brought in verdict Of
guilty, with Recommendation to the Executive
to commute the punishment. The judge de-
MED that the Executive had any such power;
the jury then being called, four only answered
guilty; they were compelled again to retire to
form a verdict.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20

UMr. Darby, a well known sta
tistician of Washington has addressed
a letter to the New York Express, up
on the boundaries Of the United
States. In 1893 the entire length of
the boundary lines was $500 miles,
and the area enclosed was one mil
lion of square miles. In 1851 the
boundary lines is 945O miles, or al
lowing for the curves and inlets of the
maritime frontier, 1900 miles; and
the enclosed area is three millions OF
square miles.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20
HOrse.SllOeing.

The following very exceedingly SEN
sible remarks are from the pen of Mr..
Mites, veterinary surgeon to the
Queen of England's life-guards, and
author Of several valuable veterinary
works. We commend them most
particularly to the notice of every
person who has that valuable and al
most indispensable animal the horse
in his charge That class of persons
very justly characterized by Surgeon
Miles as 'asinine smiths are invited
to give their attention.:
The shoes of the horse should be
of equal thickness throughout, with a
flat ground surface as those with high
heels which a SHINE smith make in
imitation of their own ARE dangerous
ly absurd. The toe, which ought to
be raised is lowered and natures plan
revered, which elevates the point in
order to avoid obstructions, The web
should be wide and of ~ same width
throughout instead of pinchedin
because the smith lii :. the shoe
wellset off at the is both
unphilosopbiol n; it
The outer ed Its on
the inner edge on and the
remaining width of fh Id projects
beyond the hoof; so u the master
who thinks his horse hsl = a good open
foot ot,only has to be proud ofa badppen
shoe, which both conceals deformi-
ties underneath, and invites with open
arms a bad road to come and do its
worst. The heels are made bare
just where the navicular joint is
most exposed; and if that be in
famed, what must the agony be
when the unprotected foot treads on
a sharp flint? The horse falls sud,
denly lame, or drops as ifhe had beer
shot-phrases in much too common
use to require explanation; and small
is the pity which the suffering anima
meets with from man, who having
first destroyed the use of his victims
feet, abuses him because he canno
go; and imputes 'grogginess' to hin
as crime, as if he were in liquor lik,
a groom, and not in .agony.-Ameri
can Agriculturist.
PosTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.
newspapers at any time 60 free co
postage in the mails?" In answe
to this enquiry, M. M. Noah says, ii
his Sunday Times: Yes, all news
papers before the year l75S wer
transmitted free FROM postage.
was then decided, in eaucnce q
their great increase, shoul
pay Cd per year fore ymiles.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20

A PRINCE TURNED BADGER-Prince
Paul, Of Wurtsmburg, who has been for some
weeks past in Wisconsin has purchased farm
in Washington county, and intends, after atrip
to China, and a tour through Asia, to return
and settle there.