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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

CuRlous PuNisuMENT,--,Mr, Lynlon
lately made a communication to the Asi.
attic Sucieiy Of London, descriptive Of q
mode Of punishment peculiar to the Grim
inal code Of the Celestial Empire. A
Chinese merchant, accused aud convicted
Of having killed his wife, was sente need
10 die by the total deprivation Of sleep.
The execution took place at Annoy, in tho
month of June last. The condemned was
placed in prisoo under the surveillance oI
three guardians. who relieved each othel
at every alternate hour, and who proven
ted him from taking any Sleep night ol
day. Hc lived thus for nineteen days
without having slept for single minute
At the commemorate Of tho eighth day
his sulfuriues were so cruel that he beg
ged. as great favor, that they would xii
him 10y strangulation.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

PRnyisrpN FOR EMlGRANTs The city
authorizes If New Ymk have rented foI
three years, at a charge Of 81 500 per an
mum, an extensive building in Canal street
f,r the accommodation Of the large nun.
her of emigrauts VIII" cr"wded the streets
The lower pat, is 10 be occupied as al
intelligence office in connection with the
Comm ssiouers of Emigration, where EN-
igranls obtin information gralui;ously al
t., situations as servants. &c. There is q
dormilory for emigranrs out Of employ, n
bath room for their use, aud the building
is freely ventilated. 1t is vast aud much
needed improvement.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

EXPLORING FOR GnLD.-The Stockton
Journal of December lllh. gives the fol,
lowing: "A gentleman recently down
from Burns Diggings, Informs us that
very active explorations are at present in
progress in that vicinity, He says lha;
from hill overlooking a large tract he
could see more than two hundred men. in
small parties, with hammer in hand. ex
ploring for gold in quartz; aud he thinks
they could be compared to nothing bet.
ter than a party ot boys 'out on a hickory
nut expedition. Allwere hammering a.
way, aud examining with glasses the
quartz extracted. 1t is the opinion oI
all who have been exploring in that neigh.
borhnod, that Burns is an exceedingly
rich deposit Of metalifernus veins"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

ExrRAoRDINARY SURGICAL OPERATION.
We learn. says the Boston Journal. that
DR., Warren, of this city, recently took
from the stomach of an lrish girl, at the
NJ massachusetts, general hospital. by means
of an incison. tape worm torty.Oae feet
and eleuen inches in length. The operas
tion was performed while the patient was
under the influence of ether. She oh.
served, in coming to her senses. "Oh! I
have had a pleasant dream, and fee re-
lieved." The wound was dressed with
great care, and she has scarcely com.
planned of pain from the operation This,
we are told, is the only case on record
where the tapo worm has been literally
cut from the human stomach.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

ALLFnR LovE...Grnrge Dnwnes, oi
Cheshire, Connecticut discovered that a
young lady whom he loved was receiving
the attention of another, went to hel
house, sat in a melancholy mood for hours
aud then drew pistol aud shot himself
Though seriously wounded, it is thought
he will recover from the pistol shot A:
to the other wound. we presume he has
already got over that.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

EAmY.-Thero is nothing hkc being
in time, and 10 this instance it had a
double advantage the usunl advantage
and that ofnol having received Mr. Ew'
ing's speech beforo the meeting The
Indianians. that is the Locofnco party,
have nominated Gen. Joe Lane for tho
Presidency.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

FHR CUBA AFFAIR. - Fhe tlal OF Gen.
Henderson, for being concerned in the
Cuba expedition. which has been pro.
crossing at New Orleans for snme time.
has revea aled some rich Disclosures. Sev.
eral witnesses testified that they were en-.
gagged by Capt. Hardee, at Cincinnati. to
90 to Chagres aud California To work n
quartz mine. The first iulimatinn they
had of the real object of the expedition
was when they arrived outside of the
Balizc, and ppok on bnartl arms aud anu.
uition. Snme on board expressed them.
selves dissatisfied. aud wished to return
To New Orleuns. Capt. Hardee told them
they might gn ba ok uu the tow boat. but
ii was kept at such distance that it was
impossible to get on board. The wit.
nesses further stated that when they ar.
rived at Contoy they had to onroll them
selves in company 10 get provisions.-
Those that choose to remain on board the
Georgiana were permitted to dn So.
Col. O'Hara told themlhat he thought no
geatlemaw that had gone so far would
rrn' hack. The men taken prisoners
were badly treated. II was also proven
that Mr., Henderson bought the Crerle
for the Cuba expedition. but had her reg.
iStered in another mans name.
Gen. Gonzales was called up as wit
ness for the defence. He testified that
many prominent meninthis country were
consulted so as MT tn violate the laws oI
the United States. About $3.50 900 worth
ofCuha bonds were sold by Mr. Hender.
son in New Orleans, at ten cents on the
dollar. to raise money on the expedition
The whole matter was arranged under
the superintendence of ajunta at New
York, of which Gen, Lopez was Presi
DENT Clt0e. Herald
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

EXECUTION ON TuE RIo GRANDE The
Rio Grande Sentinel, of the 1st in stant,.
states that Howard Slaughter, and the
two Mexicans who we're severally covict.
ed Of murder at the last session ofthe dis .
trici court. and sentenced To be hung on
the Friday previous, were accordingly
executed. They all confessed their guiiE
on the scaffnd, and repented the crime.
they had committed. The last wosds of
Howard Slaughter were: "Bewaye of
GgaOT, IL has brought me 10 this"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

QUEEN VICT0RrA. Mrs. G.. NJ. Kirk.
land writes from England, for Sauain's
Magozine, concerning the Queen, "lhat
size IS we'll understood lo be person Of
very limited intellect, not wholly sane at
present, and liable To complete alteration
as she grows 0lder.'
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

CAuGHr ATr.-The wife NJ clergy.
man living not a thousand miles from
Pontiac. was called to tho do"r by a boy
who presented her with two fine turkeys,
saying that he was sent by Mr.. -. All!
said the Lady, we are very much obliged,
! presume Mr.------. gives them To my
husbsRdl "Oh M. ma am" said the boy,
"your husband won them dta rdHeg
--Ihe boy had ouly missed the wrong
house, that Wds all Detroit Adc.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

TAt Pomeroy, Ohio. the Town Coun'
Gil passed an ordinance which went in
to operation ~ the Grs, nsi making it an
offence against tho hws Il, sell liquor
in less quantities than by tho gallon. So
the people, TO accumulate themselves to
the laws. buy whiskey and drink it by
the gallon, instead Of by tho quart.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30
monday EVENING, Ian, 20. 1854

DeMocRAcY PURIFIED.-Judse Holt
fine Constitutional Convention, had his
democracy purified few days since
Some leyelIer entered his ronm aud took
from the Judgva 5000 gold watch, pair
Of gold spec,acles, gold Prngil and
some $40 10 cash.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

BorNTY LAND WAHRANTs--Gcneral
Sanderson aud several others in this
place have received their land warrants
undeV the bounty land law Of last scs'
sion. The one we saw called for l6O
acres. Its very neatly aud beautifully
engraved. We suppose the rest will be
along now in short time.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

BAY STATE SHAwLs.-The Bay Stale
mills, in Lawrence, Mass, are said Ia be
running the whole of their machinery il
the manufacture of Bay State shawIs
The number of hands employed is nine
teen hundred, and the consumption {"
wool amounts daily To the sheaImgS uI
more than three thousand sheep.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

SMALL DgBTs.-No man says the Bus
ton Transcript, who is able to pay, ought
ever To say To poor man "caIl again, l"
when the payment of tew dollars would
make his creditors and family comforla
BILE. This is sound morals. Delay in pay
ment obliges the creditor to lose time in
running after the money, is equivalent to
81 much value deducted from the debt.
Where the debt is of small amount two
~ three eirands after it would cost to the
creditor more than its whole value.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

WThe British ship. Castle cleared at
Savannah for Liverpool with upwards Of
100000 pounds of cotton.
~ The North Carolina Senate hayes
passed bya large majority. the snti.proa-
teclve tariff resolution, which had pre-
viuusly pasSed'tIie Commons
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

HANDSOME lNcREAsE-As an illustra'
ti"n Of The progressive rise in the va lue
Of cal estate in New York city, the fact
Is stated, that the house aud lot 359
Broadway. which was purchased twenty
years siuce for 81 1000, sold the other
day at private sale for $50 600 The
lot is twenty eight feet wide, by one hun
dred dc p.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

~ On the north of the White Noun
tains, in the village Of Randolph, is a
shoe makei's shop, on Que side "t which
is school house. and on the other a
church. The shoe makers sign reads
"Snlelhrr for Snl"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

ECoNoMY OF STEAM Power. The Ar-
tisan says that in Mr.. M'Nicools timber
yard aud saw.mlll at Liverpool, steam
powerhas been applied to work the trav-
eIling cranes used to convey the timber
about the yard, Each crane, when work
ed by hand, requires four men. whereas
the steam crane is worked by man and
boy only, aud does double the work, the
wages being about 1880 per annum in
one case. andsf67 in tho other. The
steam machine will carry 10 logs Of tim
her, weighing together l91 tons. at ono
time. from one end of the yard to the 9th :
er. distance of 100 feet. in 26 minutes,
It cost of less Than sixpence.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30
Steamer sunk

ClEcMsArI. January 27.
The Alhambra from st. Louis Tor New Orleans
with full irsights, sunk in the Upper Mississippi
Tho boat and cargo total loss.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30
DosOlaLlnR Fire

IINUINNATII JHHUuTy NF'
A letterTrom CynthianA, Kuniucky, place con.
tanning $50 house and 1900 inhabitants, suys a
fc occurred there on Friday which at the time OF
writing had destroyed the best part OF the town
and the flames were still ringing. The Court House
was among the property destroyed.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

TThe larges, draft ever drawn by
the Post Office Department has been
drawn in favor Of tho English Govern.
ment. to balauce tho Postage account, aud
amounts to $ls7, 900.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

IMPORTANT DkCovEHY..- writer il
the New York Evening Post professes
to have discovered solution, which il
applied To paper. renders the print per.
fecty legible uhcr being exposed tn the
heat and even after the paper is charred
aud perfectly black. A piece Of paper
was saturated with tho solution. then
laid upon blazing iro and after being
in direct contract with the blaze fnr ten
minutes. was removed. aud every word
was as legiblS as it was before being
burnt
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

Very DRY-Tho Cleveanders have
Lake Erie with her broad surface and
great depth lying before them, and yet
are crying for more water"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30
Fircs nt CincInnatI

CINeiNsATI, January 97.
In this city, TIE Chemical Works aud Prussian
Blue Fnctnry IN Deer Creek Valley was destroyed
on Saturday night by fire. Also a slaughter house
containing lumber of stock, the later owned by
[ w l..l,,nnn
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30
From IInrriabmrRh

IIAHHIFHUHUH, JHHU7Ty ~F'
The Canal Commissioners have ordered the
main iue Of the State Works from Phiadelphla
10 Pittsbursh to be prepared for transportation
by the 18th of February.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

CoMMsNDABLE PoLICY.-A Washing
ton correspondent of the New York Ex-
press says:
"a number Of applications have been
made by our forelgn ministers to he re
called; but the President is nhexble in
refusing them this privilege. could
name five missions that would be vacant
this moment. had The President assenled
TO their wishes; bnl he is resolved. so far
as is consistent with duty, that ifmen will
accept of Quilts, they shall pay their ewn
expenses home, or serve out tho period ni
their appointment"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30
Arre.t of a Mali Robber.

LOUISVILLE, January 90
G. A. Wheat, Postmaster at Clarksborough, Ky.
has arrested Frost mail carrier, who has been
committing depredationS on the mail Tor the last
three months,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

"PisTOLs AND CUFFEE FOR Tive" -
Many persons do not know the origin Of
this phrase. It's peculiarly the language
of the lrishman. who cannot be beat at an
anathema. nor at the hunur aud satire that
obnoxiuus conduct calls forth. The
French is the language ofIovc-The Eng
Iish Of business but commend us lu the
Irish for many things in few words, which
the Anglo Irish initiate pretty well. Bot
to our subject
Some years ago, an lrshman Of large
o tate entered Londun Coffee house. -
HIS brogue arrested the attention of a
finely scented inppish Sprig Of the aris
locracy, wlln relying nn his superior ac
ceut resolved To set crowd Of civil
iaus at the Irishman The latter called
for coffee so did the dandy; then for
toaSt--so did The olber-- milk. sugar,
cakes, &c. were scvernIly called Tor by
IN. Irish gentleman, aud echoed 10y the
dandy. who with his friends, enJoyed
the sport in side box, aud laughing
loud at the supposed embarrassment ut
the paddy" who at last, with great com.
p"su,e aud in the very richest br"gue,
rose. shut and locked the door, and cal,
led tn tho landlord for"pistols and coffee
for two" The testers echo siIenced, and
the laughing company cried our for mercy.
The laugh ofderislon was on the other
side, aud tn" puppies were allowed to
| Al
kick from the waiter.- Wheeling Argus.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30
Tuesday EVening, Jan. %, 1881

wIsOoNsrN-U S. Senator,-We no.
tics despatch dated Madison. January
2l, which states that the Hon. Henry
Dodge has been reelected United States
Senator for six years from the 4th Of
March next. The vote stood for Dodge
l69, Duty 2.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

TnE FLORIDA SENATOR Stephen Nal
Iory, Esq, wh" has been elected Senator
from Florida. received the entire whig
vote aud The vote 81 a few democrats.
He will bo the youngest man in the Sen.
a'c
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

WHEELING, January 81.
7 he vote Of the citizens to-day upon Subscrp
ton of 5000 900 to the stock oflhe Western Rail
road, resulted 500 for and l0l against
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

WIn pulling down the walls Of the
oldSt. Johns Church. at Limerick, Ire.
land, lately, a large cannon ball was found
embedded in the mortar. 1t is thought
to be twenty.four FOUNDER fred by
Cromwell's army during the siege, as
thatwas the precise spot against which he
directed his main attack.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

nv .hhHlC IloNN'- ABDUL IIty yeuIs
ago, the only trade that was carried on be
tween New Orleans and Louisville, was
by fiat boats, that were loaded at Louis.
vile and then floated leisurely down the
river until they arrived at New Orleans.
The boalmen would there sell out. Join
themselves in companies and travel back
through the vast wilderness which then
existed between the two ports.
There was once a man who had asso.
caied himself with one Of the companies
aforesaid, who bought an old negro. To
sell at the South. They arrived at New
Orleans safe and sound, and soon sold out
TO great advantage, every thing except
the old black, whom the master found SO
faithful that no could not part with him.
The company departed from therce in
good spirits and sound bodies. The old
man had obtained long tin horn before
he left, which he always wore slung a.
round his neck They had travelled a
ng distance. when one dark. stormy
night, they fortunately arrived at one OF
tho cabins which Government had con
structed IN the wilderness for travellers o
that kind They went in and made a com.
Portable fire. After they had hid their
provisions and baggage (for fear of the Ia
dions, who frequently came in during in,
clement weather To shelter Themselves
from the rainy they took their blankets
aud guns and climbed up in loft. which
was constructed by planks being laid
across the rafters. Having loaded their
guns. aud put them by their sides, they
quietly went To sleep.
But, they had not been so long. before
they were all awakened and started by
the crack ing of fire. On looking down
10, and behold, there were five or ak In.
dians around the fire which they had re
kindled. For a moment the whites were
surprized, but they soon thought it time
for action; so they helda whispered con.
sultation among themselves. and decided
that they had better not disturb the In.
dians, for there might be more of them
onrside Sambo who had a strong desire
to blow his hol ~ was teasing his master
to let him do so. but only received des.
perate punches in his ribs as reply, but
this was not going to deter Sambo. who
had gradually worked the mouth Of the
horn aKound. So ho suddenly broke the
stiffness of the night air with loud aud
full to.O--t o.o--t 90 tot.
The blast had hardey did away before
tho room was cleared of Indians. One
young red skin was 81 Ofirighted that he
run his head against tho door, aud re-
bounding back on the floor, in his hurry
he had To scramble out On all f'urs.
Sambo was soon out on the floor secu-
ring the guns. &c, belonging to the H..
dians. notwithstanding the remonstranee
ofhs master. Having collected all the
guns tho men gave one of tho best to
Sambo. They sat up through the night
for fear ofthe Indians, but were happily
disappointed for tho children oi the forest
were too badly frightened to come back;
In the morning they pursued their jour
uey in good spirits, and in due time arri'
we'd at home safe and sound.- Home Gdz.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

AHnAaE TRurH.- Hutton. the AB,rayian,
bad the honor Of being occasionally ad
mitted TO the breakfast table Of George
HL Que Morning the King asked him
IT, il was true that the Nfnravians married
without any previous knowledge nl' ,acl,
othar--'Yesu may III please yonr Majesty, ;
replied Hutton, our mstlisgep are quite
loysl."
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

INTERESTING CHEMICAL DIsCuvgRY -
At a recent meeting of the Natural His.
tory SocieIy, Mr.. Wells, of Cambridge,
announced that Mr.. Fraucis H. Stnrsr. a
student in the Cambridge Scientific
School, belonging to tbs city, had recent
ly discovered at tho Cambridge lab ratio.
~, iodine in the ammoniacal liquor from
the Boston gas works 1T was the first
t.me il had been detected here, and the
observation was interesting as showing
the probable existence of this substance
in the waters which had supplied the
plants which made up the coal formation.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

" There is negro living in PaleS'
tine, Illinois, who is the father OF fifty
six children. has buried seven wives, and
now at the age gilmore than ninety years,
is counting for tho eighth wife.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

V The town of Charlotte. North Car.
olina, is nearly destroyed in consequence
Of the ravages Of the small pox,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

WONDERFUL SAoAcITY OF a HoRsE.--
A long time ago there was q story current
Of little boy, he must have been good
lillle boy-whu had wandered from his
way, and being benighted, gave himself
up to dispair when a pretty little white
pony kneeled down before him. aud look
ed wishfully in his face as ifinviring him
to mount. The little boy did so. and
speedily as if an the wings oflhe wind he
was carried to his lost hone.-This story
ia checkma'ed by The following incident
from the Long Point Advocate of last
weeks
"A few days since. as we were leaving
our residence on our Usual morning visit
to the Advocate Office, sorrel horse be-
longing to US, gallopped up and caught
our arm, aud made an attempt TO pull uG
in the direction he wished to go. He
then left and went off at quick gate to-
wards pasture on our farm about q
quarter ofa mile distance from our resi-.
dcnce In few minutes he approached
US again. making an unusual noise, and
seemed by his actions to desire us to fol.
low him. This we did, and when we
reached the pasture we observed the
mate of the horse entangled in bridge
chhad broken through with him. After
we had extricated his companion from his
dangerous position, the horse which had
given us notice ofhis companions danger
came up aud rubbed his head against us,
showing evident signs of great satisfac.
tiou.- Toronto Globe.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-30

DELAwARE-U S. Scnator,-On the
23d inst, Hon James A. Bayard was e
lected to the United States Senate for six
years from the 4th IF March next.