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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

THe WHEAT CnoP.-In Ohio advices
from all quarters Of the State show that
the Wheat crop of tho present season
will be the largest ever grown in tho
State.
In New York. Indiana. Michigan aud
Wisconsin the yield is also very large,
and the Wheat Of the very best quality.
The Detroit Free Press says il has lin
formution from all parts of the State that
crops of every description promise an
abundant yield To the farmers. Wheat
harvest has already commenced in many
places, and the yield exceeds ANYTHING
ever known. even in Michigan. In the
northern and western parts Of the State,
and also in the Southern tier Of counties.
the Wheat crop is said to reach from one
qnarter,to one third higher than in any
%previnus season.. Corn is little back
ward. but mn fears are entertained FIR it's
safely, while summer grains of every do
scriplion promises al abundant yield"
In the northern and central Illinois
heavy rains have destroyed a portion of
the crop. but in the southern portion of
the State il will be abundant.
The reports from all the grain growing
parts ofthe Union indicate tina, the Wheat
harvest of 1851 will be the heaviest ever
raised.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

FARMING IN TExAs.-Mr. H. C. Pratt,
the artist, who, with his son. is attached
To the Mexican Boundary Commission,
writest0 his wife in Boston. from San An
tonic. Texas, that Farming is a different
thing here from what is in the North;
here You a buy a thousand acres of
land. which is in beautiful grass, smonlh
as a foor, get two yoke o foxen for forty
to sixty dollars a yoke, and a plough; be
gin to plough in November; plant one
hundred acres Of corn in February; gel
all the work dope in April, aud in Sep
TENDER harvest il. and get one dollar a
bushel for il; the amount will he five thou
sand dollars at least; this will pay for the
land and all other expenses for the first
year. The finest land in the world, With
nut stump or stone in it. can be bought
here. anywhere, for from fifty cents TO one
dollar per acre; and corn is n dollar To a
dollar and a quarter per bushel Cattle,
for which you never need cut a pound of
hay. can he bought fur from three to FIVE
dolla"s a piece. No one need " TX at all
during the hot months; ihe country is very
healthy, if you avoid the INV lands. You
can come from New York TO Galveston
for thirty dollars by vessel, aud. after you
land. can take a wagon aud oxen. or
mules. and 90 where ynl please, There
is a road any where you wish 10 go; you
can traverse the country in almost any
direction with wagons. without any road,
just as well az you could drive the same
team across Boston Common. and that.
when the grass is high, is a fair ~illusira
ton ofihe country between Victoria and
San Antonio"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07


How VIcroRIA PoPPED TIE QUEsTroN.
Our readers probably all remember
the story about The charming manner in
which Victoria fret indicated 10 Prince
Albert her preference for his youthful
%hlghness, by presenting to him. at a pal.
ace bail. her boquet. aud how the young
Prince. saying to himself, no doubt-as
the Yankee would have done Oh a like
occaSion-"Here goes--darn the expens-
es," ript a slit in his "close uniform, but
tor ed up to his throat" and deposited the
happy omen in the locality "hesrest his
heart" This, however. was not quite Q.
n"ugbi and so her Majesty: at a subse-
qnent rete.a-tete with The Prince, after
listening to his encomiums on England,
p'nmpIy popped the question" in this
w'se:-"H your higbness is pleased with
the country, would you wish to remain
in it4' His reply may be easily guessed
by any body.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

FATHER MATuEw,-The great apostle
of temperance has been in this country
about two years, has Travelled over the
larger pat of it, and has, it is said, ad.
minis,ered the total abstinence pledge to
upwardsofive hundred thousand persons
The Washington Republic has seen a
letter from Father Mathew, addressed tn
Mr.. Savage, of that city, in which the
writer, under date of Pittsburg, Penn.
July esd. 1851, says:
"Nothiug would give me greater pleas
ure than tn have an opportunity Of again
visiting Washington, but a recent attack
of my ,reacherous malady, paralysis, has
So enfeebled me that | must reluctantly
deuy myself the privilege Of seeing my
friends in the metropolis. Lest | should
become entirely disabled, must hasten
my departure for Europe, and intend
to take passage, please God, early in Sep.
temher. | yet hope that the friends of
temperance will endeavor to uphold the
good cause in Washington"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

A SINGULAR AwARD.--The offer of a
small premium was lately made. through
the Boston, Congregalionalis,, for the best
essay in answer to sondry questions in
relation to practical religion, aud especi
ally pointing out the relation of the souls
salvation To a knowledge of the person Of
Christ--a point, we would think. involv.
ing the most peculiar features of the or
lhodnx views. The committee in the
case awarded the prize, without know
ing the authors vt any fthe proposed es,
says, to Rev. Mr.. Briggs. a Unitarian
clergyman Of Plymouth. Mass. 1t is Ger.
tainly a suggestive circumstance. in many
woys--and perhaps we may say hopeful
-..that the best exposition of such a point
Of theory should have been supplied by
a Unitarlan-even in the judgment of or
thOdox critics.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

taV"A system Of banking is discovered
To have prevailedin Babylon at leas, sever
OF eight hundred years befure the Chris
tian era.-- Exchange.
This explains why that city became
''the abominaIion Of desolaIion."
Almost all tho LpcoEoco papers falheI
tho witty explanation aud we don't know
what credit TO give. As the same paper,
declare that paper money was invented
long after the Christian era, the Baylor
'ans must have adopted the Locoioco sys.
TEN of Banking aud this makes the OK.
PLANTATION appear quite natural.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

LoNGEvITY.-There are now living in
Newark aud its vicinity, seven brothers
and sisters. the youngest of whom is in
his 5Gth year. The last death was an in.
liant, in August. 1898; consequently there
has not been a death in the family in near
ly 90 years. The mother of this family
died in her 73d year. the father in his
18th year-hH mother in her S9lh. end
his W sisters each 10 their 92d = nne in
Newark and the other in Elizabcthiown
recently. One Of the seven lives with q
married daughter, herself past so, the
Oldest died in infancy, 81 years ago. All
are married, and but two are living with
the second connection. Most Of them
reside in and near Newark. Their moth
or is in her 60lh year.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

Day GooDs TRADE.-Tho New York
Tribune notices an improvement in the
heavier description of cotton goods, with
fair sales of brown sheetings. at firm pri
res. The Tribune remarks that "the
country never was in a healthier state
than at present. The stocks are represen.
ted to be very light in the country cities
and towns, aud as there is no lack of
means, we expect a good demand at the
usual time. The importation also will be
very light this fall. This month they are
considerably below the impnrtaliuns of
1850; aud as nome production has been
somewhat diminished, there is some rea-
son 10 believe that the demand will DO
fair enough to sustain prices"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

UNITED STATES SniPs ORDERED TO Gu.
BA.-The New York journal of Com.
merce says that dispatches were received
by telegraph IN Tuesday evening at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. ordering the school
ship Preble and the brig Dolphin to he
prepared with all dispatch, to sail direct
for Cuba. The object is supposed to be
tn intercept any expeditions that may be
sent from this country for the invasion of
the Island. A reinforcement of marines
will be put on board the Preble. in al
dilion to he: usual complement. 1t is
believed that orders have been sent tn
Norfolk, directing the dispatch oflhe Cy.
ane aud Portsmouth on the same ser.
vice.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07
Total. .2a4.s4l

NHOEN
A full vote in Ohio. il has long been
said, is a certain Wing victory. The on
" exception to this Tor many years Is
found inthe Presidential election Of lS4S
But even then. though the Csss ticket had
a large plurality. it was in a minority oil
about nineteen thousand in the whole
vote.
In looking over the figures above. the
reader will observe that the largest vote
ever given by the Democratic party in
The Staie-lhat for Cass in lS4S fell short
"f the Wing vote for Nj. Clay in 1874
He will further see that the vote by which
Governor Wood was elected 10 October
last fall, falls more than five thousand short
oflhe Wing vote for Taylor, and is not a
majority Of the vnteS cast at that election;
and that the whole vote of April last on
the adoption Of the Constitution. is only
about two thirds the vote Of the State;
ard the vote in is favor is less by TWEEN.
~ three thousand than the vote given for
Governor Ford in lS4S. which is far from
being a fall Wing vote.
The foregoing figures carry their own
comment. They show, we think. that
the Democratic party has lriumphed in
late elections. not by it, " strength,
but by Indifference and want oforganiza
tion IN the part Of the Wings; aud that
The WhieS. with proper, we'll directed ef
firts, can carry their State ticket in the
cunning election GIN GAG.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

WHAT 1T CosTs To START a NEwspA.
PER IN New York Cry -. The Wings
are about To start a new PAPER 10 New
York city 10 be called the Times. A fund
of 5000 has been raised to carry il IN.
Messrs. J, ~. Harper contributed sIO.,
600; S%tetson, of the Astor House, &c..
600; Moses H. Grinuell. So 600; and
Simeon Draper, $4,000. The other
$4,000 are PIT in by the Albany Eve.
ming Journal (Sewsrdite) aud an Albany
banker, aud $4,000 more by a New York
broker. 1t is no slight affair anywhere
to start and maintain a daily paper.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

Arms FOR SorTH CARoLINA.-.The can.
non fur the would.be Southern Republic
are being made by Messrs. Ames, ofCab.
otville. Mass. The order was first sen,
to a Virginia company, but ii failed and
the secessionists were compelled to gel
The order filed north ofMason & Dixon's
Line. which they had avowed they would
not do. The statement which we recent.
ly made, To wit. that The small arms for
South Carolina, were being made at Mil.
bnry.we are again assured is correct, not
wilhstanding the disavowalofihe Charles
ton Mercury WoOnsOcket r. H. Pa
friot.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

SECESSION IN Conference.-The sep.
arate Slate action party is so weak 10
Charleston. 5. G., tina; il has been lately
Obliged t" resort I" a trick to get togeth.
CIR a Southern Rights Club to subserv.
ils purposes. The report aud consti,u.
ton odop;ed at the preliminary meeting
says nothing about separate secession, bu1
looked tothe State wOinng for the CO op
GRAFTON oftho other Southern S,ates-ar
event not likely 10 occur.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07
.I.mns Sherman md Honru Mir.

tint tAIHh Hit I1B0TY NlefS.
James Sherman a nonresident ofthe State of Ohio.
will take notice that the compliments have filed a bill
against him in the aforesaid court, where it is alleged
that complainant hold an unsatisfied Judgment against
court o law at the May Term, 1916, for 5000. and
original and increaae costs amounting to about $l4yOO.
That defendant is i~nsolvent, having no tangible proper.
ty subject to execution at law. That the defendant
Henry Miers has a fund in hand, amounting to about
500, which is the property Of the defendant Sher-
man, and thatth bill aforesaid seeks to subject said
fund to the payment of the judgement and cost afore-
said. That said cause will stand as an appearance TO
the September Term OF said court, to be holden on the
10th day ofSeptember, A. D., 1851, Atthe city ofLan-
caster, in said county.-And that said defendant will
have ninety days thereafter to appear and plead, an
swer or demur to said bill; and that in default thereof,
at the next succeeding Term Of said court, the con.
tents of said bill be takeh as by him confessed, and a
decree taken accordingly.
J.D s. c. d. MARTIN, Soils. for comps.
July 10, 1861. S5,95 CIVIC
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

G-Generals Foote aud Quitman, who
were stumping the State If Mississippi
together, as opposing candidates for the
gubernatorial chair. fell to blows at a
public meeting at ~Sledgeville. and were
parted by their friends. The cause oftbe
fight was some references by Gen. Fnote
to the Cuban invasion, on which subject
Gen. Quitman is somewhat Sc sensitive.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07


ELECTION OF JunoEs - Virginia ana
Ohio.-The Democracy of Ohio and Vir
GINA differ materially in q good many
things. The following section is taker
from the report of the Judiciary Commit
tee. and will in all probability be engraft
ed in the new Constitution. Ii is a curl
aus section and CONT asts strangely with
the provision in our Constitution. We
suppose it isto prevent d~emagogues from
getting into so important on ofice:--
Tho election Of Judges shall be held
on such days and at such places as the
legislature shall prescribe: Provided that
no election Of a Judge shall he held on
the same day, or within one month of the
day of the election Of Governur, memb
ers nflhe Legislature or members of Con.
gress; aud M man shall bo CAPABLE ot
holding the office Of Judge who shall at.
tend at any place of electiun. on the day
OF election. Or who shall solicit votes for
himself Other wise than by a simple an
nouncement of the fact hat he is a can,
didate; and if hs shall be convicted Of
having done so, upon presentmeEt, 10.
dlctment or information, to be tried in a
manner prescribed by law. he shall pay a
fine TO The Communwealt of FIVE hun,
dred dollars. besides the cost Of the pros
e%culinn; be removed from office, aud be
forever incapable of holding any "fice in
this State; aud it a presentment or in.
diclment be found against him. for such
offence in his own Court, it shall be the
duty of the Clerk Of the Court forthwith
to transmit q copy of it tn the Judge of
another %circnit, who shall, as u as may
be, order the proper process upon it. and
proceed To tho county in which the pre-.
sentiment has been made. and try the of.
fender according to law"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

AN IDEA-An editor in Western New
York has heard Madame Anna Bishop
sing, and in remurking upon her vocal or.
gans, sxclaims-"What a curious web is
woven by this double.threaded shuttle,
which carries down pork and potatoes,
and brings up 'Casta Diva and Coming
thro' tho Ryel"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07


TAXING CuURcngs.-W are told thu
Col MediH gravely asserted thar a 'Whi,
ought not 10 he elected under the ne u
Constitution, because the Wings sal,
that Church property conld be taxed I'm
derihe new Constitution He though,
That Democrats ought tn be elected. VIII,
SAID that this kind Of property "couIdn'
be taxed In other words, the per
son whotnld the truth ought to be rejected
for the nne that told a falsehood. This il
the argument.
Now what should be tho policy Of good
men IL regard To This matteri
The Whigasnid aud said truly. tha, the
Constitution taxed aHk'nas of property,
bn' gave tho Legislature The power to
exempt Church property. They also said
t'Ht Church property ought not to be
taxed.
ihe LocoFocos pat That provision in
lhe S"nSltull u aud supported IT,.
Church property is taxed mud ouoh, 10
be esamP'cd. Which party is most like
y 70 pass such lawl Isitnor that party
which opposed this provision aud is ~.
posed 10 taxing this kind Of propcr,y2-
Or istt that party who voted for the pro,
vision taxing such property, leaving it
discretionary with the Legislature whelh,
crit shall remain as il is or noll 1t seem,
to Us that men, who are opposed to lhi,
kind Of taxation, will not hesitate as /,
their true pulley, The Wing party !,
mt in The habit of making unequal ap
prutsemenls If landed property or Of up
pressing any portion Of the people, fl
the purpose Of making Locofoco laws ap
pear odious. They take them as the,
are, with all their defects. aud render
their operation as easy as possible, unit
the people repeal them. Men who charge
Otherwise, must have received lesson,
from persnnol experience.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07
wednesda, evening, Ang. Q. 1851


PoLIrtcAL JUDeEs,-W When an individ.
nal is recommended for Judge because
he is a "sound radical democrat" it is
time for the people to beware. What
has politics to do with the B4nchl 1t is
the duty Of the Court. not 10 make laws,
but To execute them. When he goes be.
You'd this, because he is a radical demo
crat, aud constructs the law differently
from what ii was intended, he is not ct Ia
sit in the lowest Court. 1t is u recon
mendatio that any honest man should
blush to bear.
Garry nut this detestabie doctrine and
we will have the worst species of tyran
ny. In times of high political excite
ment, our Courts will be equally as cor
rupi as the celebrated "star chamber
They may not be held in secret. but their
action will be concerted in secret. We
Will have party judges and packed jur.
les. The law will be construed to suit
the occasion aud the rules of evidence
will he varied to suitthe emergency. M
mans property will be safe; his life will
be in danger.
The citizen Of Ohio is most interested,
under The new Constitution, in giving a
proper direction to the provisions rela.
tive to the judiciary. A greet change
has been made in the organic alton Of the
Courts & The manner Of electing their of
frers, aud it behooves the people to see
well To it that the best and soundest men
in the State are chosen to carry these
provisions into effect.
If an individual is 81 fortunate. through
some misunderstanding with bis neigh.
Dor, as 10 be compelled to appeal to a
Court Of Justice to settle the difficulty, he
looks around him tor the best and most
accomplished lawyer to manage his case.
He is equally interested in having an
honest aud learned Judge upon the
Bench. Better will it be for him to have
the latter and dispense entirely with the
former.
But suppose that appeals TO party pref
udice will be successful. What will be
the result2 Who is generally nominated
at these primary gatherings Is it the
best men of the partyl Or rather is it
not those who are most distinguished as
party lealers- men WIN have spent their
time in political matters and neglected
much of What makes the mani Nova.
days, a party nomination in a county, for
instance, like ours, is equivalent To an e.
lection. Win the great mass of the PEG.
PIE be benefited by the choice of such a
mani No. no. When appeals like these
are made, they come from weak heads
bad hearts aud the people should re-
ject them with scorn.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

STAND PROM UNDERl-We heard, yes.
terdny, of man, living en- Little Hook.
ing, Ohio. whose wife gave birth to two
children; his mare To two colts; his GOV 10
three cAlves-all in one week. AT last
dates. oil were alive and kicking. Now.
that's what might be termed, a tolerably
prolific family, '
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

READ THIS To Y,UR SwEETHEARTs.-
The character Of the young men of a
community depend much on that Of the
young m If the latter are %culliva'
ted, intelligent, the young men will feel
the requirement that they themselves
should be upright and gentlemanIy, aud
refined; but if their female friends are
frivilnus and silly. the young men will be
found % be dissipa.ed aud worthless. But
remember, always. that a sister is the
best guardian of a brothers integrity. :
She is the surest incubator Of a faith in
female purify. As daughter, she ia the
true light of the home, The pride of
the father oitenest is conferred upon his
sons. bul his affection is expended on
his daughter. She should therefore be
the SUI and centre Of all,- Com. ADJ.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

HoNEsTV AND Poverty INcoMPKTrBtR'
The Richmond EaqStrer. the organ OF
the elite Democracy in noticing the Dem.
%ocratic nominations in California, says;
alt is a curious fact that two brothers,
William aud John Bigler. should be run
ming for the office of Governor in two
great Ststes ofthe Atlantic and Pacific,
Pennsylvania and California. aud with
the brightest prospects Of success. They
are Of poor but honest birth. and by their
talents, energy. and merit. have raised
themselves loa position of meriting the
confidence of free, sovereign. aud mighty
States"
Upon which the New Orleans True
Delta IA Democratic paper) remarks:
Poor but honest. eb! We did not ex.
pect To see this in the leading Democrat.
&c paper in Virginia. 1t seems that, in
the opinion Of this 80 called Democratic
editor. poverty aud honesry are rarely al
lied. File upon such Democracy"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07
CITY MARBLE Works

II ], MYERS & CO., respectfully inform the citi.
ID . zens of fairfield and adjoining counties, that they
have commenced the Marble, Graye.Stone and
Monument Business, in the city Of lancaster, on
Columbus street, a f"w doors North of Main, where
they will keep on hand at all times the best quality
Of American Marble, and will make to order
Craze. Stones, Tomb Tables, Monuments, and any
other marble work that NAV be desired.
They obtained their marble exclusively from the
celebrated Rutland. (Vt.) Q%uarries. from which the
marble for the statue Of the WOUNDED Indian" was
taken; their style Of work WILDE equalto any in the
Western country; and they will dispose Of it at prices
as reasonable as can be obtained elsewhere. The
public are respectfully invited to call and examine
their work. ]. J. MYERS & CO..
Lancaster, Ohio, June ~, 1861. 6
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

A HrT AT SoMEBoDY.--B eggar Woman
--Please. sir, give me a penny to keep me
from starving.
Gent--Can' stop-in a great hurry
I've got to make a speech at the Society
for tho relief Of tho destitute.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

RAILROADS MAKE TRAvRL.- During the
ten weeks just passed l3,263 passengers
have travelled the Cleveland and Pitts.
burgh railroad. A year ago. a nine pas.
senGer coach afforded sufficient accom-,
mediation for the route.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

FREE FLAG or CUBA.-The great ban.
ner of free Cuba. which hnared over the
procession ofCuban symapthisers in New
York. and from other points, is a red tri.
angular piece. with a white star in the
centre next the staff. from which extend
alternate blue and white stripes. three of
each.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

WMo CAN BEAT Tr2 Mr.. G. Banner,
of Kendall. in this township. has a lot of
Two acres. less a strip of 80 by ia feet,
upon which he raised this year eighty
bushels aud twenty four pounds of wheat.
lfany one can beat this we should like to
hear from them.--M assilon Neps.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

A WESTERN lDEA,-The Detroit Tri-
bune says that a gentleman who came
forward. in court. to bail Abel F. Fitch,
was asked by one ofthe lawyers if he had
any incumbrance on his farm. %, yes,.
he said, my old oman
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-07

HEMPFIELD RAhRoAD.-The Washing.
ton (Pa,) Reporter states that 1000 shares
$3.50 OOO) have been subscribed in tina,
borough alone to the stock of the Hemp.
field Railroad.