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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

glory in The title of an American citizen.
Friends and Jelioto citizens: now
bid you reluctant. final fare we'll. A
tew hours more will separate me from
the hQspiiable shores of America forever.
l carry with me 10 The poor old coun.
try,' feelings of respect and attachment
kir its people, that neither time nor dis
tance can obliterate. Citizens Of the
United States, fervently pray that the
Almighty Disposer of human events. in
whose hands. are The destinies Of nations,
may continue those blessings and favors
which you have SO long enjoyed tn at
your progress in every private and pub.
lie virtue may keep pace with your un.
exampled prosperity--that you aud your
children may be ever true 10
the great destiny that awaits you. and to
the spi!i; of those institutions under the
fostering care of which you have so rap.
idly progressed May your country still
extend the hand Of succor to the help.
less exiles, afording an asylum to the
prosecuted, and home to the oppressed
land thus inseparably connect her fu,
ture destiny with the interests of uuiver.
sal humanity.
Citizens Of the United States and be-
loved countrymen--again adieuI May
heaven pourits choicest bleSsingon on your
favored land, is the farewell prayer of
Your devoted and affection ale friend,
THEBoLD MATHEW.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20
WHOLE NO. 1866
God bless M, Gr,n,l,, Tt. 80.

God bless Mr.. Grsnll'' The excla-
nation from Mrs. Lee was involuntary.
On the part Of Harriet, TO whom one
do'isr was due, gush Of silent tears
marked the effect Of this timely supply Of
money produced. She received her por.
''on' and. without trusting to her voics
with words. hurried away to supply tho
pressing want at home.
a few doors from the residence of Mira,
Lee hved a man who. some months be.
f"re, had become involved In tibuble with
an evil disposed person, and been forced
to defend himself by means of the law
he had employed Mr.. Herriot 10 do
What was requisite 10 the case, for which
service ihe charge was five dollars. The
bIIl had been rendered few DAYS be.
lore. and the man, who was poot, felt
very anxious TO pay it. He hadthe mon.
ey all made up but dollar. That dol.
lar Mrs. Lee owed him, and promised to
give it 10 him during this day. For hours
he had waited, expecting her to como 10;
bat now he had nearly given her up.
There was another little bill of three dot.
lars which had been sent to Vim, he had
ln't concludedto GO aud pay that. when
Mrs. Lee called with the balance of the
money. one dollar, which she had receiv.
ed from the shoemaker Grant.
Half an hour later. and the pocket
book Of Mr.. Herriot was no louger,emp.
y. His client had called aud paid his
bill. The Eve dollars had come back to
him. TsA
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

HoGs.-The Louisville Journal Of
Thursday says;-The market continues
quIet-buyers still refusing to come up TO
The views Of holders. We hea. of only
one sale-1 400 head. from 60 to 10 miles
IN the country, at 1925 gross. 1000 head
were also offered at this price and found
no takers II the weather continues as
cold for day or two as it was yesterday,
some OF the packers intend to commence
opeT atiuns.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

DEFRAuDrNG TnE REtENts.-The.Cus-
tom House authorities at New Orleans.
within the last week or two, have seized
about thirty pianos aud some $4,000
worth Of furniture ana damasks. import
edfrom Europe. aud invoiced far below
their actual cost. Ia the Uoited States
District Court, at New York, on Tues.
day. 90 casks Of wines were condemned
to be sold for being undervalued. with in
tent to defraud the revenue.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

Ma. CLAY.-During portion of the
session OF the House. on Monday, the
venerable form of the Sage of Ashland
was seen upon the Aoor. Time is evi.
dentIy doing IFS work upon his body, but
the reatsOulis untouched; and we we're
eralifed to learn that there has been a
decided improvement in his physical
health within the last two or three weeks.
He expects to leave for Washington city
about the 18th iust.-FIaaktort (Ky.)
Commonwealth.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

Glass FACING For BuupiNGs.-A col,
respondent of the London Builder sug,
ges,s the substitution ofgliss for the stone
facings Of buildings; not translucent or
crystal glass, but glass ground Of The re,
quisite thickness and strength. Such a
material, he adds. would not absorb the
dust and smoke constantly floating il the
air, but every shower would wash them off,
and buildings would look as fresh and
new as ever, And as glass, from recent
improvements, can be moulded to any
shape, almost as perfeelIy as L. cot. the
most exquisite Gothic and other iorpsa,
ments could be produced, -,,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

Cot. FREMoNT A MILLIONAIRE. The
St. Louis Union, of the 17th, says Col.
Fremont has completed and confirmed
the sale ofhis Mariposa tract Of gold land
in California. The sale was made to a
company in London, for one million of
dollars; one hundred thousand Of which
(that being the first installmeut) is to be
paid to Col, Fremont in the city of New
York, on or about the 15th,of this month.
Col. Fremont may now be considered a.
,mong the wealthiesto milIionaires of the
United States. He has, besides the Mar
iposa tractjust sold. a vast amount of
property In San Fransisco;,' = !. ,,s...o w
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

Too Many Books The booksellers
say that publications of books, within the
last few years, succeed each other with
such rapidity that the best works have
much less chance of obtaining a perma.
nent reputation than formerly. The
good books Of this season are Immediate
Iy pushed aside by the good books of the
next. They are like pretty woman pass
ing by US in great crowd; we do not
see them long enough to fall IN love with
York Euenmg Post.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

MAGNIFTcENT BEoUEsT.-T late A
braham G. Thompson. of New York, has
left about two hundred thousand dollars
to charitable societies in that city. A
mong which are the following: .
American Bible Society $4,000 ;
American Hume Missionary Society S2O,-
900; New York s. Colonization Society
$20,000; Central Board of Education
100000; American B. C. F. Mission S2O,.
900; Deaf and DumbInstitulion $40, 600;
Blind Institution 100000.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

R The reader will find in to. days pa.
per, little bit of romance from Arthur's
Home. Gazette, which contains, If we
mistake not. more truth than poetry, and
we commend its perusal to all such per-
sons as think it matter ofvery little i'm.
portance whether small debts are paid or
not, and especially when they are due to
laborers who are entirely dependent
upon their labor for the support Of them
selves and family, We can readily i'm.
agiue scores of instances where 6ye
dollars promptly paid would do as much
good, alleviate as much suffering and
cheer up as many hearts as in the pres
ent case, ,-and the payment of it would
not materially affect the pocket of the
,ayor O. a1I sNt-t ,4'afHst.s 5r ~ H
NPeyphFAN NtS 1A1 ID .Nrs -ir5t
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20
LANCASTER, NOVEMBER "A, 1851.
j TaE WnIMtNoroN AND ZANEsyILLE =

a.5 THE Wn,MtNeToN AND ZANEsylELB
,RAIbwAY,-The Wilmington Republican
speaks of the advertised letting on this
road on the 17th as a. probability--we
had supposed it certGinty--and adds, if
let. there will. before winter sets in. be
one thousand hands at work on the line.
The contingencies on which the letting
is set down as only probable are, first
that they obtain the right Of way, some
OF which has not been obtained; and sec.
ond ,anincreased subscription 10 the stock
required TO make the Fairfield county
subscription available. This the coun-
ties along The line should fill up a: once.
The officers appeal to the people for this
aid, and they ought to receive il and be
..cheered on with their great work. Gin.
Gasgs. . 4. -se.-a d. :. s,s-rs ~
$50 say we, and as the HQueen City"
is as much, if not more, interested in the
construction ofthe'road as any other To-
cality along the route, and has as yet given
nothing' scarcely newspaper paragraphs
in aid of the enterprise, would it not be
highly proper for the Gazette "to appeal
to the people of that city for this aidl"--
and thus "cheer' on the friends of the
road, It is quit likely the sum, necessa,
ry to make our county subscription avail
able, will be speedily raised; but move is
required to construc: remaining portions
ofthe line, and subscription upon the
part ofthe citizens at the west end ofthe
route. such as they ought to make, will
prove valuable assistant.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

SET EN- UP.'-We notice ia an Hi
nois paper the marriage Of Edward g.
Pinn to Miss Mary Pinn. Time will be
pretty likely to make ten pins osi OF this
couple.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

W Friend Weaver, of the Lancaster
Gazette, is about to resume the pubIica.
tion of his excellent little daily. Its
publication should never have been sus.
pended, and we hope to see the Laucas.
teriaus give George that support which his
energetic labors so richly merit. Its
publication is of infinitely more advan.
tage to the citizens Of Lancaster than it
is TO its publisher, in pecuniary point OF
view.--AMens Messenger.
All correct, so soon as the "Lancas
terians" imbibe the notions of the Mes.
senger.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

A GRAND ARcHELoGicAL Discovery.
Alexander Won Humboldt publishes in
the Gazette de Spencer. some particulars
of his interesting discovery at Athens. of
the Council Chambers where the Five
Hundred held their deliberations. At
depth Of one foot below the surface, he
had coms upon large mass of inscrip-
tions. columns. statues. etc, which forbid
doubt there had been the seat of that
building. The explorations have not
gone on as taPidIy as they might. on ac-
count of the expense. There is little
doubt. however, that the discovery is Of
extraordinary importance.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

V Yankee Ice in Egypt! The bark
Stamboul. which sailed from Boston on
the 2d August last, arrived at Alexan.
dria. Egypt, Oct. 1st. with cargo Of
Massachusetts, ice-said to be the first
ever brought to that port from any part
ofthe world IAN Alexandria and The
region round about" says the captain of
the StambOuI. focked on board and a.
round her, to see the "frozen water"
The Pacha. the High Admiral. and all
the distinguished officers Of The govern
ment. visited the barque. and inspected
her cargo; and after these, people Of all
degrees. She was literally crowded
while block Of ice remained in her." 4"
The entire cargo was purchased by the
Government, and was all discharged and
stored ashore in forty eight hours after
the vessels arrival. ,..
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

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DEATH OF THE ELEPHANT CoLuMBus.
1.-The Pitts6eld Mass Sun gives the
following account ofthe death dfthe Ell.
ephant Columbus, well known 10 all Bal.
timoreans:-
The Elephant Columbus, attached to
the menagerie Of Raymond & Co, aud
Herr Driesbach, died at Lenox, in this
county, on Saturday. Columbus is said
to have been The largest and most vaIua.
BILE elephant in the United States, He
is supposed to have been 100 years old.
His weight was five tons, and he was
valued at $4,000. When crossing one
Of the streams IN Adams, the bridge gave
way, and the elephant was precipitated
some fifteen feet into the water. The
iniuiy received in consequence Of the &C.
cidemt is said to have caused his death,
aud il is rumored that the owners Of The
animal have prosecuted the Town Of Adj.
ans for damages. '''''' Z,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

Mr.. WEBSTER AND THE sRiGHr OF
SEARcu.-- Mr.. Charles w. March. Mr..
Webster's biographer, in letter in the
New York Courier. Of Monday, says:Da
81 happened to he in the North. where
Mr.. Webster was last summer, when the
news arrived that England aud France
intended TO order, or had ordered, Amer,
ican vessels 10 be searched. as in former
times; and heard Mr.. Webster, then
confined to his house, by bis annual attack
OF catarrh. declare, that the first iastdace
Of any such proceeding ought 10 be, and
pould be, jolio'Oed by wart And | know
also, that this declaration was made by
him in the presence and hearing of sew.
eral persons in the habit of daily CORES.
pondence withiheir English friends. and
that in less than twelve days from the
time it was made, il was heard of and
known in high quarters in London.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20
saturday Evenine, Nov.Is. 1881
DECLINE IN Tnr CALITohNlA TnADr.-

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DECLINE IN TBR CALIFoRNh TRADE
The Boston Price Current publishes a
comparative table of the cIearances TO-
California from Janusry lst to NOvem-
her 1st, in 1s5O-5l, by which it appears
there has been great falling of in the
number Of vessels cleared. as there doubt.
less has also been. consequently. in the
value Of their eorgoes. The total nun.
Der Of vessels cleared from January /.
1851. To November lst, was PAS. being a
decrease upon the same period last year
of546 vessels. At present, there are but
eleven vessels loading for California at
the ports Of Boston and New York, whilst
at this time last year there were fprty
vessels loading at the same ports; be-
sides, seven at Baltimore. six at Phila-
delpkia, and one at New Orleans.
FOREIGN INTERPERRNCE.- resolu-
tions passed at the "KiukIe" meeting in
Cincinnati, if anything. 60 byonj those
passed at Tammany Hall, They were
supported by Judge Reed, Cory and
Kinkle. and maintain that it is the duty
Of these United States, the people and
the Government. by word aud deed. to
throw down the dynssties Of Europe
and liberate the pe0plo-not only on &C
count of the righteousness Of the act aud
in fulfilmeni Of our destiny. but also be
cause each year our population is increas.
ed by foreign immigration at The rate Of
a thousand per day, besides large quan.
dty of funds being added from the same
cause. The two million loan is strongly
advocated and the meeting endorses
those who willhave the management oft.
If Judge Reed, Mr. Cory and Capt
Rynders have any idea of taking part in
the coming struggle for liberty in Europe.
we can see no possible objections to their
course; but we hope their labors will not
end in mere words. Men, as well as
means. are wanted in that country, and if
they choose to go there without raising
an armed expedition in this country in vi.
olation of laws and treaties, we shall be
very happy to record their deeds Of prov.
ess and valor in the performance of their
destiny. But it is question with us
whether such men. judging from their
former course. are not more anxious for
votes at home than blows for liberty a.
broad. 80 's'
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

Slow PRoMuTIoN.-Commander Jas.
D. Knight, of South Carolina. who re-.
Gently died on board The U. S. slooP Of
war Germantown. which he commanded
on the coast Of Africa. is represented as
having been All excellent officer, and was
about sixty years of age. Commaoder
knight is numbered 6S on the list ofcom-
manders, the second grade; and at the
time of his death he had been in the SER
vice of the United States thirty Sece"
vears! Had he lived TO The age OF three
score ycars aud ton. he might perhaps
have been promoted to the rank Of Cap
tain-and allowed to command frigate
or ship of the line. esa
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

FAruERMATaEw.-This distinguished
aud successful reformer left our shores
last week for his native land, after doing
an immense amount Of good, which we
fondly hope will prove permanent We
publish in another. column, his farewell
address to the citizens Of this country.
It will be noticed that he has added to
the temperance cause over GOO 900 per-
sons, and had his health been in better
condition, the good he has done would
have been largely increased. While he
offers up his prayers for the prosperity Of
this country and people, we cannot but
think Of those Of the wives and children,
whose homeshave been made happy thro'
his influence, and which will follow and
bless him TO the end of his days. o
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

PoRTsMouTH.-The Tr,bune and Clip
per publishes list of buildings erected
inthat city during the past year. amount
ing to lis The same paper adds that
most of them have been erected by "cnm.
mon laborers and mechanics who have
pitched their tents in that city for the
purpose Of making it their permanent
home" and that the buildings will com.
pare favorably in size to any erected in a
town or city of the same population
elsewhere. This is good sign of pro
Urasa
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

ONLYA TRrFLE.-"That's right" said
| to my friend Simpkins. the baker, a:
the sckly looking widow Of Henry Wat
kins went Out of the shop door with q
loaf of bread which he had given her
that's right, Simpkins; | am glad you
are helping the poor creature, for she
has had hard time oft since Harry died,
aud her own health failed her,"
Hard enough, sir, hard enough; and
| am glad to help her, though what
give her don't cost much-only q triRe,
Sir!" ..-.... - g.,.,.
How often does she comet" .... ..
"Ouly three times week. told her
to come oitener, if she needed to, but she
says three loaves are plenty for her and
her little one, with what she gets by sew.
ing"
sand have you any more such custo.
mers, Simpkiusl" cir Iar .-a.l
Only two or three. SIR" ...s r.r.
"Only two or, three; why, it must be
quite tax upon your proftsl'
: ~
i'"O no, not so much as you suppose; al.
together itamounts to only a hyse."'
l could not butsmle as my friend re.
peated these words; but after left him, |
fell to think how much good he was do.
ing with only a hyae.' He supplies
three or foul families with the bread they
eat from day 10 day; and though the ac.
tual cost for ayear shows but small sum
in, dollars aud cents, the benefit conferred
is by no means asmall one. A sixpence to
a man who has ''plenty to eat and drink,
and where withal 10 be clothed" is moth.
ing, but is something to one on the verge
of starvation. And we know not how
much goodlwe are doing when we give
"oaiy q tritae,' TO good object. ,4, 4.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

BANKING - HLtnotS and lKlSc0nSlD,--
The Locofoco leaders in these two states
several years since, induced the people
to vote against all kinds of Banking and
adopt the hard-money system. A fair
trial was given to the experiment, and
now after both States have felt the effects
of the hpmbug, The people have voted in
favor of a. Bank law. The policy of the
Locofoco leaders in Ohio at this time, is
to induce the people to try the same ex.
pertinent, and if they succeed, after two
or three years of trial, they will follow
the example of Illinois and Wisconsin
aud reverse theirposition. We submit
withthese two exarplesbeforel lus, ,wheth-
ct tits not folly for the Locofoco party Of
Ohio to go through the same process2
and ye; their promises and pledges to
the people, ifkept and carried out, must
put an end TO everything like profitable
aud beneficial system of Banking.
u. With uslt is not a question of equal
taxation, Of fair and equitable laws, o.
proper restrictions; but the simple meas.
ure of Banking, and for this purpose the
law should be good one and fixed
nol Auctuatng, or liabeto be changed at
the -caprice of the T,ocofoco leaders
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20

ELwoRrH AGAIN.-This celebrated
pedestrian has been engaged to perform
at Mobile a more remarkable feat OF
walking than that he has just accsmplish-
ed at St. Louis. He commences on the
30th November, under heavy wager, 10
walk 500 miles in $50 consecutive hours,
or two miles per hour for the whole time,
The southern press., 1851-09-17
VOL. III

persons from abroad would have
to attempt by force the overthrow Of slavery in
the South. Not SO AZ all The Creoes of Cuba
are civilized. In any revolution they might at
tempt, the usages of civilized nations would be
observed. Certainly LOPEZ and his party, i
successful, would have not only spared the lives
of prisoners, but would have respected the rights
of property-and they would have made war
only on men. But negroes, Indians, and all
other unciyilized races, notoriously spare neither
age nor sex, property or person. Hence wars
by them, or their allies, are exterminating and
those who give no quarter are entitled to none.
< The London Times cants about LOPEZ and
his followers as pirates and robbers, and pro-
nounccs them worthy Of death. This comes
with peculiar grace from the Metropolitan jour
nal ofan Empire which, in its wars with us, has
formed an alliance with Indians, whose known
rule of warfare is an indiscrminate massacre OF all
ages, sexes and conditions, and the pldnder and
confagraion of dwellings. lsit for England to
talk of robbery? Why, few years years ago her
government and people were taken with fit OF
sympathy for, not the white, but the black in
habitanls Of her own islands IN the neighbor-
hood of Cuba lin Jamaica, Antigua, &c. She
emancipated, and affected to indemnify the
owners of the slaves thus made free. She
granted them one hundred millions of dollars,
half the estimated value Of the slaves, and pre-
tended that they would still be worth the other
half as apprentices. Well, the apprenticeship
system was a total failure, and the ether halt
was lost, and the experiment of emancipation
resulted in the loss not only Of half the value
of the slaves, but of the almost total value oi
the real estate of those islands, making an ag
gregate of at least five hundred millions Of dol.
lars, for which England has not only made no
indemnity, but not even an apology.
And what good has she done by this whole
sale robbery Of a people holding property un.
der her own laws? Why the blacks have sunk to
| a more miserable condition than before. A party
of Americans recently landed at kingston ia.
rlsica, from one of our steamers, and were sur
rounded at the principal hotel, by crowd that
begged conduct them for trivial reward
to houses of prostitution. If, then, England
can indulge her sympathy for the black race, by
the most gigantic robbery of her own subjects
the world has ever seen, it is rather too imperti
ncnt and shameless for her to whine o. bluste
about robbery or piracy, when few hundred
Americans go over to encounter in open ant
manly battle the armies of Spain, for the pur
pose of giving liberty TO half million OF Whit
people.
The southern press., 1851-09-17

THE YoUSG SUCKER VoLUsTEERsIS IN MEXICO
A writer in Canadian paper, describing the
peculiarities of the young in Illinois, tells the
following story THE way that the young Sue
ker Volunteers fought in Mexico, may give You
some idea of characteristics. He was there per-
fectly desperate in fight. One of the officers re-
lated to me a little scene which occurred at Buena
Vista when the whole brunt of the Mexican ad-
vance was borne by an Illinois regiment. II SEEM
ed as though they would be annhiliated by su-
periority ofnu::,bers, when young Sucker drew
his rifle deliberately, and dropped a Mexican.
"Sei up The pin, I" and the whole regiment took
up the word and at every fire would shout-"Set
up the pins" The officer said they fought like
demons, and with as much droIery and fun, as il
OF spree. At another time when charge was
ordered, one OF the officers could not think Of the
word, and he shouted let her rip :" when the
whole line burst out with yell, 'bet her rip -
and dashed in among the Mexicans, laus hing and
shouting the new battle cry"