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} TONS OF this Just rccelycd-a very superior ar.
= tc'e.ior sale low. WALKER & lllCKLNG.
June II
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-07-05

OOMlS' progress Of Astycnomv-for snle at
IL april IL BURLEYS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-07-05
STORAGE l. COMMISSION
WANTED

Storage a. commlssion business also, at his ware
house on the Ede Cut, on REASONABLY, Terms.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-07-05
Usage Orange Seed.

THE subscriber has a small quantity ofthe above
/. seed for sal uz0 he seed Is fresh having been
obtained the pS.' y inter in Texas lie has also
made arrangements tor obtaining plants, with in
sirucuons for raising tins valuable fence for our pra
RE country.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-07-05

There are many more names could give YOU,
but think i. unnecessary. would further inform
the farmers Of the west, tina, have taken the store
No l57 South Water street. conner Of La Sale,
known as the old Bank Building, for the purpose OF
ming implements and seeds Farmers visiting Chr
cago are invited TO call on the subscriber
Chicago, JLn II A. VANE, 1877 South lpa,er 81
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= ~ = W "I.htN u IIIIhLINT
Fruit. Fruit!
100 SACHS dried apples, 50 sacks peaches.
'VhoNes ra!Slns casks Zantc cur
rants also preserved eItron prunes, &c for sale hv
apfll ~ Walker & Rickliag
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

A CURIOSITY Last week the work.
meu at Powers Summit. on the Ohio and
Pennsylvania Railroad. found a petrifi
ed snake. the size of which would seem
To indicate that in this region at least that
species of reptile has greatly degenerat-
ed. His snakeshlp was imbedded in the
solid limestone rock, some so feet below
the earth's surface. It size is enormous
lG feet in length aud the middle. at least
four inches in diameter Although its
substance is completely assimiated To the
rock in which it was imbedded, it still
looks surprisingly natural indeed almost
as perfect in form and feature" as when
alive. We are mt sufficiently versed in
"snakeology" lu determine the reptile
variety; but we are inclined to believe
that it belonged To the race Of giants that
has become extinct.
How his snakeship got so far beneath
the surface aud how long he has lain
there, are questions the discussion o
which. we leave TO the scientific. -. Bea
Uer Star. .....
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19
WHOLE NO. 1913

.
TnE New FIRE ExTNGUlsnER We
gave year or two ago. in exIracIs from
English papers, accounts of,he invention
OF fire nnnihlatnr One is now On ex-
hibition at the Worlds Fair. This inven-
ton is tn be productive ofgreat public
benefits; by it fires can in fswtnomentbe
extlngulshed, aud it is simple, easily sp.
Piled and by no means expensive. The
apparatus is said to be NEARLY as porta-
BILE as fire bucket;the article used ian.
Il conclusive gas) perfectly innoxiouSto
lie or comf"ri, without injury to proper
ty. and at the same time, instanlaneously
destructive to fame" Our cpuntrymen.
doubtless, will ere long avail themselves
of the advantages of this discovery In
England It is fully appreciated. The
Queen, the greater number Of the pobii-
~, and many of the principal manufac.
inrer' have lie machine ;ntheir palaces,
mansions aud establishments. The asso-
clatiou fT promoting emigration to the
Canterbury settlement. in New Zealand, :,
take the machines out in the vessels con.
veying emigrants Lord Brougham re-
Gently said that be hoped before long no
vessel would be allowed to put to sea
without having some Of these machines
on board.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

CoPYRIGHT IN ENGLAND.-Lord dCamp-
bell, the chancellor of Eng land, has Just
decided that foreign author is entitled
To the copyright of his works in Eng gIand.
This decision is Of vast Importance tu
American authors, who will now be en-.
abled To secure a copyright in theiI
works, both in this country aud in Grear
Britain, by causing them lo be first print
ed there. Very probably similar case
will b. brought before the Supreme
Court of the United States by some for
eign author to ascertain the present Law
among ourselves.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

ALLEGED FoRGERY.-It was currently
reported in Philadelphia, on SUNDAY. that
an officer of the first regiment Of Penn
sylvania volunteers had been detected in
forging the names of some of the volun,
teers who served in the Mexican war, in
order to secure the pay due them fom
the State Of Pennsylvania. Measures
have been taken for his arrest. The in.
formation came from Harrisburg.
A later account states that Capt. More
head is the person alluded to above and
that he has been held to bail in the sum
of 1000, for forging names to powers of
attorney for the purpose of obtaining
bounty land warrants.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

TnE CONDITION or MExIco.-Rumors
of revolution are ife 10 Mrxico. The
lGoverDmeHi seems to be at its wits ends
and Congress is no better Off After
spending monlhsn vain endeavor To DE.
wise ways aud means for repleuishing
their exhausted xchequer. they now find
themselves in a worse condition than a.
first. The only practicable measure, that
Of removiug the "pr6hibilions," or re-.
slriciions which now paralyze the indus
try and commerce of :he country. has
been set aside. Fur sDns time the
Chambers have been engaged in discuss,
ing the expediency Of granting the Pre-
sldent extraordinary powers, so that he
may be able to raise funds in his own
way, without any necessity for recourse
To Congress. This measure at last pass
ed the Senate, aud was, at tho last ac-
counts. still under discussion in the Cham.
Der OF Deputies. A Committee Of that
body had reported in favor Of it, and
there is little doubt that it passed on the
last day of the session. This would make
Arista virtual dictator. end will open
the do"r for the attempts Of other aspi.
rants. In fact, The country seems to be
in very distracted condition, and rapid.
y approaching state of anarchy similar
to that which preceded the war with the
United States. r,. ...s
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19


CONVICTION AND SgNTENce "P ORcuTT
We learn from the Utica Gazetre. that
yerdici of guilty. was rendered on FIJI
Jav ,ioh, a,,;a., I,....1 O...,,, ,.1
""" '"''' ""o
- '''" "" ''''' 'or se'fr"' payS !" '"a'
c''y' w cha;ge ot Arson iuthe hrst de-
gree On Saturday motning he was
brought intuCourr, and was sentenced n
be bung ON Friday u,o e., a.. r.
,,., n,, I,I 49, va :" "a u
"'.'' !" se"'e"S'"g
'"e P'''""er a"urrs'eu l" Inn solemn,
truthful words, wh ch all young men who
are pursuing the course that Orcuy rur
sued. would 4, v.llt,ro,,,.ra,1n,o n,oI
ar,on.,,,L.,t.. -, "S'
'',,'' ''''S" ne S"'"'
our "he"ce was Committed drhber
a'e'y' "on'""'y' a"d without any motive
aPl.a'eHh' ON 'he evidence )rto be lnierr
ed rem any "i 'h' Surrounding circnmslan
ces II was c"fn"'t'ed nndei cIrcnmstan
ces e'D'"e"''y fh""hgeiinS The lives nf
me persons sleeping 10 The binding, and
u Is hghlly P'opdbie but i"r The Pfuvl
Denial discovery "f lhe "iirnce ny the
"iicer on y"nr trail. they would have per.
'shed ~ the hames which you klndled
and their pI'nd would have been upo'
your head. lon have reason I" he CRATE
iui that by an overruling Providence yot
nave not lheir deaths upon your con
science. Inc history II this case shows
that you nave ataiLed to maturity 10 wee
bry"nd your years. And your Ptecocilj
ia crime aud your cooIness IN lis com
mission can only be accounted Tor npor
the suPp"sIlInn that yopr history foi thai
evening pleyInd' I" The ire Is bnt an e.
Pltome ot The history Of yonr life, that
y"" had been ~ the habit Of going night
alter nIght irpn one drinking saloon To
another aud from billiard tables tn bow
ling aIIeys,partakIng ofthe dissiPaiions oi
each, until all moral sensIblIiiy aud every
right feeling had ceased toexist, cpn
science had become scared, aud ever.
base passion had become exalted au'
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

GREAT FAMILY MEETING --Ezekiel De
Camp, of Butler county. who has resided
on the same farm for 3S years, invited all
his descendants in dine with MIN on
Wednesday last. The larger part of them
were present and parlook of a sumptu.
Gus farmers dinner For want of house
room an arbor was erected in the yard
adjacent to the house, aud tables pre- par
ed for The occasion. The old gentleman,
72 years of age, aud his companion 70,
more than 80 years. sat at the head of the
table, Then were arranged in order IL
children, SS grand children. 2S greal
grand children. aud 80 who had iutermar
ried with the family making l6O-3O
were dead or absent.
The children of the Patriarch were II
in number, viz: l2 sons and daus hteIs,
One died at 10 years old; the other 10
lived to be heads vffnmies, two of whom
have since died. The eleven sous now
living are all industrious, ehterprIslng
mechanics, and thirteen of the tuurIeen
children are active members ofthe Meth
odist, Baptist, OF Presbyterian churches
Ci. Gazette.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19


Gus BARRELs.-A new method of man.
ufaciuring twisted gun and pistol barrels
has been introduced in England, which
is thus described: An iron or steel rod,
or mixture Of both, Of sufficient length
and thickness to form guuor pistol is
wound into compact coil. and then plac-
ed in al anvil having a semi circular
groove, where it is submitted to the ac-
ton Of the tilt hammer The coil is then
submitted to welding heat in an air fur.
mace, then hammered aud rolled, a stream
Of water being used 10 both cases to wipe
away the scale. The till hammer has
groove on its face corresponding with the
anvil to act upon the coil before the weld.
ing.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

" .. J0UfndE.
The Conventions of Nashville and liar rtford.
We do not know when we have seen
misrepresentation used up more neatly
ard more completely. than one of the
Washington Unions is by the following
article which wetake from tbe RepuJlc:l
In excusing himself fur having taken
part in the NashvilleC eConvenlion,o our con
Temporary of the Union alludes to this
journal as ''the apologisl for John Quin.
cy Adams and his Hartford Convention
federalism" We have not undertaken
to apologise for the Hartford Convention,
or the Nashville Convention, or any other
convention Ofthe kind, and never shall
engage in any such enterprise. Both these
assemblies must rest their defence on the
same ground, and he who justifes the one
becnmes the apologist oflhe other.
But our contemporary is as inaccurate
in his facts. when he styles Mr.. Adams a
Hartford Convention Federalst, as when
he counts the administration of Gener al
Washington among the Democratic ad
mnislrations. The loose manner in which
history is habi;ually dealt with in the col
nms of the Union, indeed might we'll ex-
cite our surprise. were it not that il uses
the facts of the present day in quite as
flee aud easy style.
Mr. Adams left the Federal party in
lSOS, on the question of the Embargo,
and threw himself into the arms of The
administration of Mr.. Jefferson. This
fact it was that stimulated the hostility Of
the Federalsts against him, and caused
that reunion ofthe old Federal leaders in
behalf Of General Jackson which resulted
in the overthrow of Mr.. Adams.
Instructed by the Federal Legislature
OF Massachusetts to cuuIse inconsistent
with his views ofpubic duty, Mr.. Adams
resigned his seat in the Senate in March
1908. In March. 1909 he was nomina
ted by President NJ 4dison. Minister tc
Russia. Here he remained tl he wa.
selected az one Of the commissioners fnr
negotiating the treaty Of peace. Snon af
ter this he was appointed by Mr.. Madi
son Minister to the CouS Of St. James.
When Mr.. Monroe became Presdcn
he selected Mr.. Adams for the office %
Secretary of State, and communicated hi.
intention in a letter To Gen. Jack ,on. +,
this letter Gen Jackson replied in the fol
lowing terms: d have no hesitatioc il
saying yon have made the best sclsctio,
to fill the Department of State that coul,
be made. Mr., Adams, in the hour of dit
fcnlty, will be an able helpmate, and
am convinced his appointment will aaor,
general satisfaction"
We submit, on this showing, that it i
as absurd for The Uni0a to stigmutize MI
Adams as "A Hartford Convention FEEDER
alist as Il is to claim President Washing
ton as "Demncral.' flour cuntempo
rary journal will only be content To tax,
facts as they are, aud not as it would lik,
tc have them. it would avoid falling int
the numerous errors which now embar
= rass its political spoculations. ...
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

A New INSTRUMENT OF DESTRUCTION
"A rifle capable of firing 25 balls every
minute, including the time of loading
was shown to us day or two since, as an
important improvement in fire arms Un.
der the barre, in the place Of The ordina.
ry ramrod, is an iron tube containing the
25 balls, and by cooking the gun ball is
brought up in the barrel aud the same OPP
Grafton also brings up from the breech a
"pil' of priming. The charge of pow
der is contained in tue ball, which is not
round, but oblong. and having an ope.
ming which is corked, shut after the
powder has been introduced. The
quantity ofpowder is only 2S grains, aud
drives the ball with greater force than
the large charge in an ordinary gun. This
is new invention. and the manufacture
ing oflhc gun is now beginning at VIII
liamsburg. and we learn that large or
der mas been received at the foundry oI
Gardner, Harrison & Co.. of this city
for casting breeches, g.. for it. The day
of its exhibition to ourselves. the owner
and part inventor had been down ou the
meadows with ten men having ordinary
muskets. He fired so balls while they
fired 40; all of his, aud only "a Of theirs
struck the target. Upon slight exami
nation we could see no objection to the
instrument. Newark Adoertiser.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

AN ELoPEMENT-E Excitement. = The
exciting topic of conversation all over the
city yesterday, was the just discovered
eIopement of a highly respectable and
wealthy citizen, well aud favorabIy known
aud Of extensive business connections, -
with the wife OF his clerk. The two left
the city on the goth ultimo, for the osten.
sible purpose of visiting his family, resid,
ing Temporarily in WaynesviIe, in this
State. 1t was supposed they were there
until last Wednesday evening, when a
letter was received from the gentle man,
post marked Chicago, remitting some pa.
pers which he thought might be Of use to
the firm. freely acknow lodging his error,
and giving directions for the dispoaI of
his property tor the benefit of his credi
tors aud the wife and two children he left
behind. He took with him about S5 900
to which he was not properly entitled
but Tor which he left more than ample Sc.
curity in valuable property.
The gentleman's name is Powell Cr0s
ley ofthe firm of Crosley & Pence, pork
packers and commission merchants, on
the corner of Sycamore and Ninth streets
The lady is Mrs. Eye, wife Of the ship
ping clerk ofthe above firm. We under
stand an intimacy has cotinned between
the parties fur some months past, which
has given rise to many surmiSes and con,
siderable gossip within a particular
circle. but, Notwithstanding this, the e.
Iopement has taken everybody by sur
prise, and none are more thunderstruck
than intimate friends Otlhe guilty parties
! Cincinnati Atlas, May 7th.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

Mr.. PAINE. the water gas man, has left
experime nting on the water, aud is now
trying the air. The editor of the Voy.
cester Spy says the apparatus for convert.
ing the atmosphere into purer and bet.
ter gas than can be furnijhed by any gas
company. is now in complete and sue
, cessfnl operation. 1t is small, and does
not occupy any more room for large
house than common gas ometer. He
says it is cheap, safe, ard accessible to
the use Of all.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

much agoiust the wish OF the boys. We
snail expect TO see a vigorous ef;rt made
To throttle thisne% bauIlrg. by the same
Old Hunkers who committed that infan
tlclde' We judge. however. from the
KIND ofmen who are acting the DIR, SLoP
OF the ne fair thai it will not die so ca
Sy death as the other. Meanwhile, we
shall watch the moving oflhe waters with
some interest, aud shall keep our readers
duly advised Of the progress of events
o s.. Journal.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

A SAMrLE.-The following is a good
Illustration to the penny wise, pound
foolish" policy which many worthy per
sons adopt:
A man in Saybraok. Canada. recently
had farm for sale, and was advised Ia
advertise il; lie said he couldn't afford
it," the farm was sold for $500; the pur.
chaser bought ION speculation" paid 81
for advertising and shortly afterwards
sold the same farm for two thousand dol
lars Comment is unnecessary.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19
DRowNED1N THE PoroMAc.-We learn

DRowNEDIN THE POToMAC.-We learn
from the Loudoun (Va) Chronicle that
on Sunday night, as skiff,containing four
persons two males and two females
were crossing the Potomac, at the Point
OF Rocks. The buat capsized and sunk
The two men succeeded in reaching the
shore, but finding the women were still
in the water, they rushed To the rescue;
one of them succeeded in saving one of
the females, but the other. named Lam
bert, with his burden, sunk to rise no
more. On Monday last their bodies were
found aud deceully inferred An occur.
renee of this kind will be rare after the
bridge is finished -.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

To KEEP CnMNEYs CLEAN.-Instead
of plasiering the inside of Chimneys in
the usual way, the Albany Cultivator
says. take mortar made of one peek of
saltto bushel of lime, adding as much
sand loam as will render it &, to work,
apd then lay nu thick coat. 1.-THE Chin.
ney has no off set for the SCOT TO lodge
or, i; will continue perfectly clean and
free from danger of taking FIRE. A trial
of three years wairants the assertion.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

EARTHQUAKE AT GUAnALoPE.-An ar
uvaI at New Orleans reports that very
severe shock Of All earthquake was felt at
Guadalupe on Saturday morning. the 18th
Of May. The shock was most severely
felt at The south side ofthe Island, where
considerable damage was occasioned by
IL A great many houses were thrown
down, aud the plantations all over the
island received more or less injury. 1t
was not learned that any person was kill
ed.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19
LANCASTER, JUNE 10, 1881.

RAILROAD INFLUENCE "A letter in the
Cleveland Herald giving certain facts re-
Ialive to the New York and Erie Rail
road, has the following;- a,,s
"In the cars was farmer whose lands
lay next the road. some 40 miles east OF
vDunkirk. He remarked his lands were
of nearly double value. bringing now Is
to 25 dollars an acre from the influence
of the road, though we could not per.
ceive much value for farming purposes to
the land"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

SnoRr OF a BIBLE.-Here is a laugh
able instance of f"A manslorte eta Bible"
"A reverend gentleman, while visiting
a parshiuner, had occasion in the course
of conversation to refer 10 the Bible; on
asking for the article the master of the
house ran 10 bring it, and came back with
only two leaves of the book in his hand.
Il declare" says he, "lhis is all we've
got in the house-rd n,idea we were So
near out!'- Kaicke, booker, ...
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

EATEN UP BY CANNIBALs.-The boats
crew of the French corvette Alcmene
were sent on the Goth November last to
find passage for her on the western side
of New Caledonia, in the Pacific. As
they did not return. the barge was dis
patched, aud found that they had been
killed and eaten by the Meuema and Bel.
lep tribes, except three, who were made
prisoners, aud forcedto witness the feast,
These men were given up when the
barge arrived The huts, plantations and
canoes of the cannibals were destroyed;
some persons taken, and twenty others
Shnt
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19
A GREAT VnLAIN.-The man John B

A GREAT VnLAIN.-The man John B.
Harden, lately hung by Lynch law in
Million, Florida, with negro for murder,
confessed the crime and said he richly
deserved death, for he had been a villain
all his life. He had twenty wives living
aud had killed sixteen men, and all he was
sorry for was that he was not permitted
To live long enough 10 kill four more, Re-
pentance aud remorse were strangers to
him. He said his father aud brother were
both hung.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

ANOTHER DIVISION of MExlco. A let
tel from Vera Cruz says that a wide
spread revolution is close at hand. 1t
has some connection, perhaps. with the
annexation movements in California. -
The people and administration of Sono.
ra are said to / g in the plot, as they have
received no shares of the American in
demnity. /, is contemplated to declare
the State independent Of Mexico, organ.
ize provisional Government, and finally
get annexed TO the United States.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

FLoRrr A SPONGE. Key West paper
says that the spouge which will be gath
cred in that neighborhuod during the sea-
son, will be worth fifty thousand dollars.
A number Of French manufacturers are
said to be nsing the material in the MAX
ing of the finest broad cloth, by mixing it
with wool or with cotton. The fabric
produced by this combination equals in
lustre the fines, Saxony, and is as strong
as linen.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

Powers STATUE OF THE CHEEK SLAVE.
which has been exhibited at the Art u.
nion rooms, in Cincinnati has been pack
ed and forwarded to the fortunate owner,
Mr. Corcoran, of Washington City, where
it will be placed in his private gallery
1t left Cincinnati on Friday last Ano.
,her copy of the Greek Slave is ON exhi,
bition at Norfolk, Virginia.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

The NEWARK GAZETTE. This paper
has been suspended for the want of sup.
port. 1t had plenty of patrons, but not a
sufficient number of customers. We are
sorry for this. We have looked upon the
Wings of Licking as almost equal to
those of Fairfield. and we know that
there are sufficient number IF them to
give an ample support to Wing paper
We trust the suspension will not amount
to disconlinuance.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-19

~ The San Francisco Courier says
the following is on sign in one of the
Commercial towns of that State:
Phor Sail Hear! Boots & Shooz, Me
lassez, Winueger. Pork & Beens, can
dies, pipes, Tin ki,tles, orsturs, clans
bear skins, slider, brandy, wood, tobak
ker, hats, capps, nutmegs, perlaters, 4
other tin wear; besides lot of other thing
which aint menshuned hear.
Pheed PHoR SAIL HEAR, IN ANY QwONTI
TY BY THE QwORT.