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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
FrIdny Evening, mnrcn ~. 1871
A RAMnoAD 10 10 a very exeeI

lent article upon the question of Clintor
county subscribing To the capital stock o
the Cincinnati and ZanesvilIe Rail Rna
company. the Rcpubitcaa makes use o
the following fact. which must strike nul
farmers with good deal Of force. Be
tween Xenia and Cincinnati aud Wash.
lngton and the same city, there is very
liltIe. if any. difference in distance.
1t is unnecessary to remind the voters
of,his county. says that paper, that rail
road improvements are beng made on
every side of them. with the view Of car.
rylne the trade and travel array frOm aud
around Clinton, and that, action united
and energetic il demanded, if we would
he kept upon an equality with our neigh
boring counties. Our county has no su
Perior for fertility Of soil aud vas, aGri
cultural resources, aud yet how gre a; the
disadvantage under which we labor. in
getting the produce Of our rch land TO
market. as compared with some of our
very near neighbors. How great is the
difference in the present prices Of trans
poItation between our route and those
by Railroad. Let us give one instance.
A cattle raiser near Charleston, nineteen
miles east of Xeuia, this winter sold the
corn and hay he Iaised to feed his cattle.
and realized for the same at lis home
forty cents per bushel for his corn and
ten dollars per ton for his hay He then
goes to Washington, Oh the line of our
proposed road, and buys corn at twenty
cents per bushel and hay at fnur dollars
per ton. He then drives his cattle 10
Fayette county aud winters them on
twenty cent corn and four dollar hay.
thereby Pocketing the snug little sum Of
twenty cents per bushel on his corn and
six dollars per ton On his hay, simply be
cause lis .Jarm lies near ra,iroad, on
which the purchaser can send of his pro
duce. This is a fact which has occurred
this winter Il is however but sing e
one, among thousands that might be Civ
en- to show the immense importance Of
Railroads to farmers. We will not pur
sue this matter further NOW, for we can
not believe that the farmers of Clinton
county require any additional inreIli.
gence TO enable them to see that their in
terests are deeply involved il this pro
jecied improvement.
The difference between the price Of
Corn and Hay at Washington nd Ian
caster, al the time of that purchase. was
thirty to fifty per cent in favor Of Lancas.
ter, which was caused by the fact that
Fayetle county has neither canal nor rail
road The difference beiwee the price
at N"nia and Lancaster was about thirty
three per cent in favor of the former,
which was caused by the fact that Xenia
had the advantage of railroad and we
had not.
One act is worth dozen speculations,
aud unless some of ouI ant-rairoad men
can account for this difference in the mar.
ket price upon more reasonable grounds
sensible man wi | naturally and newt,
ably attribute it to the influence of the
Miami Railroad We submit it TO their
consideration aud ask them 10 compare
the extra price of crop of corn and hay
with what they will have to pay in inter
est upon the proposed county invest
meDt.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
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Az Acr
March ), 1851.

Toproyile further for the payment Of the expens-
es Of the Constitutional Convention.
SEC. l. Be ii enacted by the General As
seulJiy Of The STATE Of Ohio, That the addi-
tional sum of forty five Thousand dollars is
hereby appropriated for the payment of the
members and officers of the Convention
for the revision of the CONSTITUTION of Ihls
State, and for The payment of the necessary
expenses of said Convention.
JOHN F. MORSE.
Speaker Of he House Of Representatives.
CHARLES c. CONVERS,
Spedker Of The S.nate
March 8, 1851.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

MARRIED WITHOUT KNowlNG IT-A
gentleman of Indiana. is claimed by .
lady in this city as her husband! Hear
ing of the claim of late, the gentleman
made his way to this city in considerable
haste to see the person who claimed him!
He searched the records and it was as
certained the regular papers had been
made out, that the marriage had taken
place. aud that a clergyman of good
standing had officiated. and the whole
matter was, to all appearances, legal
Transaction, The lady IerseI states tia
the gentleman is the identical person she
was married to! But our Hoosier neigh
Dor denies all knowledge of the lady, and
~ card which we find in. yesterdays
Gazette, lntlmates that some person bear
ing strong resemblance to him, and of
course, knowi & his residence, officiated
as his representative, got married, and in
a short time after left for parts unknown!
This is the latest imposition. if imposi
tion it be, and we doubt not il is, that has
come to light! The object of the false
man is plain. viz: to impose upon the la
dy and escape the law Gin. Com.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
T. ON New York

NV YORK March 70
The sonp.oI.wsr John Adams has dropped
down to her anchorage and will proceed To the
coast Of Africa in few days
The bills of the Lewis County Bank are redeem.
ed by + HoIister.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
Heavy Robbery

NORWICH. Conn. NJ rCh l3.
Henry NJ. Witer, Messenger on the Norwich
was knocked down in the ladies' room ol the Nor
wich and Worcester Railroad depot This morning
aud robbed OF 100000. $4,000 is offered for re-.
covery OF the money aud detection of the roJbcr
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

From CHINA VIA SAN FRANCISCo.-
| he Empire city brought To N. York on
Saturday small chest of tea, which was
ony s,rty nine days on the route, from
Shanghai, China. 1t reached San ITrancis.
C" in "a days, and New York in % more,
aud is intended as present for Presi-
dent Fillmore.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

DIED OF GRiEF,-Mr. George Spen
Ger. the builder ofthe houses which fell in
New York not long since, has died. it is
said of grief, caused by that melancholy
occurrence.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
From Washington

personal difficulty which occurred between
Clingmun aud Stanley on the last night Of the ses-
sion has been dmicaby ad diusted
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

NEW ORLEANS March 3.
The third trial of Gen Henderson. resulted in
mother disagreement Of the jury. one only being
in favor Of hh conviction The District Attorney
has abandoned the prosecution aud entered a
nole prosequi not only in lhisbu in all the other
cnses.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

GAMBLERS ARREsTED.-On Saturday
evening last, the Police of Boston made
descent upon four or FIVE CANT ling
houses and arrested about one hundred
of the inmates. They lodged them in
Leverett streetjai. The affaiR has caus-
ed considerable excitement in the "cily
ofnotions."
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
February 90, 1851.

AuDlToR's OFFICE, FAIRFIELD CoUSTY. Quo, I
LANcAsT r, February 81, 1851. {
hereby certify the foregoing 10 be correct ca
pies Of the above entitled laws as published by
authority in the Ohio Statesman, and therein cer-
tilted by Henry W. King. Secretary OF State, to
be true copies from the original rolls on file in his
Office. WILLIAM JEF RIES.
Auditor Of Fairfield County
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
From New Orleans

New ORLEANS, March 10.
The Ohio has arrived from Chngrcs. bringing
San Francisco dates TO the lst nit. The Indians
were becoming very troublesome Trade was
dull.
Cornelius Paulding the richest man in New Or.
leans died to-day aged 70 years!
Jenny Lind left to-day al O'Clock on the Mag
nnla for st Louis. She will give concert al
Nalchez tomorrow.
The Creva,se above the Carollton has done
great damage The river is only six inches low
er than the food Of last year.
TnE RAILROAD MEETING The large
and attentive audience assembled alPick
away Hall last Tuesday evening, gave a
cheering evidence of the interest felt in
the work by all classes ofour citizens; es
pecalIy when NO consider the very brie f
notice given.
We were pleased to notice, here and
there among the audience, the brouzed
face of some farmer, evidently interested
in what was said aud done. The labor
ers and mechanics were not missing. ei
ther on that occasion No portion of the
community is more deeply interested 10
the railroad movement than these clas
Ses.
The remarks Of Messrs. Hunter and
ROOF were plain, practical and argumrn
latve; and were delivered and received
in the best of feeling - CtrcIcOWc Herald
THE BrBLE.-A certain space in the
Glass Palace at London has been appro
priated To the Bible Sucirty for the pur.
pose ole exhibiting specimens of the Holy
Scriptures in $50 different languages.
This will be one ni the most Interesting
spectacles al the Worlds Fair, inasmuch
as it will show to what a surprising ex.
tent Christian effort has succeeded in rem
derng the Divine revelations of the Bi.
bic accessible To t e many distinct tribes
and nations to whom thew were before,
aud. but for missionary devotion aud la
Dor would forever have remained, seal
p1 hunk
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
March 4, ISL.
INo,3l.l !
An Act


To extend the provisions of an act passed Februa-
~ Is, lSi4 entitled ian act TO amerd an act
entitled an act for opening and regulating roads
and highways" passed March u, 1887 and also
of another net pissed Jan. 90, ls47, entited an
act to amend an act prescribing the duties oi su-
pervisors, and relating to roads ana highways,
passed March 20, 1887 to the county OF Pauld'
ing.
SEC. I. De il enacted by tie Gederal As
senlblv of the Slate Of Ohio, That the sew
eral provisions of the above entitled acts be
extended to, and remain in full force in the
counties of POulding, Henry, Fulton and
Van Vert.
JOHN F. MORSE.
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives. I.
CHARLES C. CONVERS.
Speaker Of the Senate.
Fehruarv % 1881 Ito
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

CONTRIBUTIONS Among numerous
others, the Senate has confirmed the
nomination of I. But er King. Collector
at San Francisco; ). C. Goodrich. Con
sui at Paris, in place of Robert Walsh;
r. S Schenck, Minister to Brazil;
Mr.. Easrby, Commissioner Of Public
Buildings.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

MILEAGE California MemJers.-Not.
withstanding the law of the first session
of the late Congress, which limited the
mileage of the California members to the
nearest route within the United States,
the House committee allowed mileage
by the Panama route. Senator Gwin has
submitted his case to the Judiciary com.
mittee aud should they allow him by the
Panama route and also constructive mile
age for the extra session. he will receive
$l1 900 mileage since December.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

FREE BANKING The Cincinnati At-
las thus describes the mOdus operandj Of
the free.bankng system as exercised in
the State ofNew York:
Suppose A aud B. firm of bankers
issue their bank notes to the amount of
$4,000, for which they have filed the
stock OF the State of Ono, now worth 40
per cent above par. They must have
likewise $4,000 actual capital. Now
suppose they fail. T { State Treasurer
Immediately sells the $4,000 State stock,
aud cashes the notes, on presentation.
But supduse, says snme one, the stock
may be dep siled, is there no danger of
loss! No There is little probability,
with the advance of wealth in our Stale,
that our stocks will again fall below par;
but if they should, the creditors of the
firm Of A and B have the same resort 10
their assets. that ihs creditors Of any
mercantile firm have. so that the State se-
curly is all extra 1t would. therefore,
be little less than miraculous. if the lold.
ers of the notes lost anything"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

THg NEw CONSTITUTION. We com
mence to-day The publication oflhe in
strument which is designed To be the
New Constitution of Ohio" The State
having expended so much money and
The delegates having wasted so many
words IN It's construction. we trust our
readers will give it fair, impartial aud
candid consideration. Il il be found
worthy ofthe present age. it should be
adopted; if it is not worthy, it should be
REJECTED
From time to time, during its publica.
ton. we shall make such comments as
thee titirrent sections may suggest. and
should we find upon proper examina.
tiOn that we can conscirntinusly give 4
our support, We shall rndeavor To Justify
our course to our readers. But if upon
the other hand, We find Obi, clinns to il.
which is not counterbaIauced hy the good
that is in il, we shall pursue an opposite
course. In the mean while, we submi
i, to the good judgment ol our readers.
NKs.-We have in the Union Sj5
Banks, the aggregate capital being 522G.
902 ,222. and Massachusetts, possesses
nearly oue-sixtb part Of the banking cap,
ital Of the United States. aud yet we
learn from the Boston papers that appli
cations for an increase Of banking capi.
tai there, are more numer ~ aud more
urgent than in any other State Of the Tn
ion, though the pnpuation does not a
mount 10 one twentieth part of that Of the
country. Mas,ac husetts has more than
three fuurths as much banking capital as
The State Of New York. and more than
double that Of the State of Penusylya-
MIA
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

nRESS TRIMMINGS.--Al large assortment Of Vel
~ vet Ribbons, Jenny Lind Braid, Neck RbI ons and
Beltings for sale by LITTLE & DRESBACHs.
ancaster, October o. 1850. 2b
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
Az ACT

To create the twentieth judicial circuit.
SEC. /. BE il enacted By the General As
emJiy Of the State Of Oii0, That from and
after the fifteenth day Of February, one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty -one, the county
OF Montgomery shall be Judicial circuit,
known aud designated as the twentieth Judi
cal circuit, in the State of ONO; wherein
the courts Of common pleas shall be held and
conducted as in other Judicial circuits in the
State of Ohio.
JOHN F. MORSE,
Speaker Of he HoVse Of Representatives..
CHARLES c. CONVERS,
Speaker Of the Senate.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

~ The National hteNigencer contra
diets the report that Mr. Ewhank, Com
missioner of Patents, has been remov-
ed.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
rrns.nOhusstts U s senator

BUsruS, March 10
Mr.. Sumner lacked 7 votes of being elected to
day.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
Gbr Eanrastrr Ga;ctte.
LANCASTER. mAKon "a. Is,I.

Gull from the Cincinnati DAILY Gazette
few items of interest in the last day.
proceedings OF the Ohio Constitutions
Convention. We are indebted TO the
President of the Convention for cop,
ofthe New Constitution. We sha com
mence its publication to morrow, giving
our readers each day sufficient amount
forhealthy digestion. The third Tuesday
OF June next is the day of voting upon it:
adoption. The following delegates, al
Wings voted against it upon its fual
passage:
Messrs. Barbee, Barnet of Preble
Bates, Brown OF Carroll. Curry. Graham
Greene of Ross, Gray of Lake, Harlan
Larsh, McLoud. Smith of Warren, Stan.
berry and Stanton-l4.
Mr.. Greene, of Ross p, esented reso.
luton of thanks to the President for his
dignity, courtesy, patience and ability in
the deliberations of the body. Carried
yeas 80. nays 0.
1t is fact worthy Of note. that no ap.
peal from the decision of the Chair has
been taken in the Convention.
Mr.. Stanbery offered a resolution of
thanks to the Secretary and his assistants.
Agreed to-
Mr.. Stanbery offered a resolution Of
thanks, for duty and ability, to the off
cial Reporter and his assistants, Agreed
to.
Mr.. Townsend offered re solution
that the President of the Convention ac.
cept the chair he has occupied during the
sittings.
Mr.. Townsend said he presumed there
was no gentleman in the Convention who
would not wish that the President might
long have the satisfaction of showing this
chair to his friends, and the greater salts
faction of handing it down to his poster
ity. (The President is bachelor)
The resolution was unanimously adopt.
ed.
Mr.. Case, of Licking. offered resolu.
ton providing for the preparation of the
volumes Of Reports. for the printing of
5000 copies at so cents each, and for
furnishing ~ copies to each member, the
Reporter and Secretary, and one copy
to the Sergean,-at arms and to the Door,
keeper, with plans for the business ne
cessary to preparation, transportation,
sc. Carried.
From OREG0N.-We have files of the
Oregon Spectator to the 10th of January
A man named William Hamilton was
shot on the 7th. while riding on the pub
lie highway near Salem. and Instantly
killed. A person named William Ken
dali is supposed to be the murderer.
A battesu loaded with wheat, in at
tempting to go through the narrows al
Rock Island, became unmanageabe and
was capsized The crew consisting of
five persons. we're drowned.
The Spectator says:-"lt will be seen
by reference to our weather table for
the past month, that the coolest day has
been 33 deg. oI 9 deg. below freezing
The warmest day the mercury rose to 81
deg. The distant reader from this can
judge of the climate Of OIegon. 1t will
be remembered too that Oregon and Linn
cities are in latitude between 45 deg. aud
46 deg.
MILEAGE Ca'yania Mem6ers.-Not
withstandng the law of the first session
of the late Congress, which limited the
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
CALIFORNIA MARKETS The New
York Day Book, of Monday, says:

York Day Book, OF Monday, says:
at would be criminal in US after what
we have heard from individuals Just re-.
turned from California to repubish the
reports of the markets in San Francisco
from the California papers. We are as,
sured by those who have taken out guods
md sold them at half their cost, that there
is no reliance whatever to be placed on
anything they publish in reference to
gold, trade or land Their chief object
is to indnce people to come In Calil'ur
MIA, and they publish just such articles
aud ut such repurts as they think are
most likely to accomplish that end"
CY The Executive Session Of the U
nted States Senate has adjourned sine
die.
Sumner lacked eight votes of at elec,
ton on Wednesday last. The election
was postponed Que week. There is some
talk of dropping Sumner.
Whiskey on yesterday. advanced Ia
ia and Isl cents in Cincinnati.
The market in New York for most all
articles, remains firm at last quotations.
DRIVEN MAD BY tbs "RAPPERs."-
We learn from the New York Medical
Gazette that a case of insanity has &C,
Cured within a few days, by reason oi
the revelation made by mysterious raps,
that the steamship Atlantic had been
wrecked with the loss # all on board;
although this melancholy catastrophe,
the passengers. whose "sprls" were de-
clared to have made the rapplng, have
arrived at home-.one of whom to lind
his wife maniac, from belief in these
ehnstly knockings. Another female has
lust been sent to the asylum. by reason
of mesmeric operations upon her nervous
system, avowedly for the purpose ofmak
lug her cairvoyant. but with the effect of
doomng her to lunacy 1t is stated that
these instances are not mere isolated cas-
es. for in several Of the asylums the vic
Tins of these kindred impostures are
hopelessly insane.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

G-g Among the bills before the Califor,
MIA Legislature, is Que ior the inAiclion
ofcaptal punishment in all cases of grand
larceny.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

WGraham, for April, is on our table
with its beautiful engravings. perfect
typography, aud one hundred pages of
excellent reading matter. A biographical
sketch of Governor Morris, by Professor
Tuckerman, gives unusual Interest to
this number.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

OCEAN RACE. The challenge to all
England, which was made some time
since, to build clipper ship there to ex.
eel one built here, in voyage to China
and back has been accepted by Messrs.
Thomas Tucker & Co. of Liverpool. The
American parties have already raised
100000 for this purpose, and in The
course Of few months, we may expect a
race which will excite considera
be attention and cause some excitement.
The winning parties get both ships.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

G0 Henry D. Webster, delegate to
the Maryland Convention, while passing
through Baltimore city, was arrested as a
participator in the Kent county murder
He is a relative TO the murdered persons
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

LAND WARRAHTs.-A New York let.
ter says: The failure of the bill making
land warrants assignable has induced
holders to advance prices. To-day the
quotations are Sl35 and STAG. A month
ago they were offered at no."
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20
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March ,, 1851.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1851-04-04

would be presented there Was none F,,,
the dogs that had followed her out fsslea q
glr9 notice OF his coming. She leaned over
the railing With distrustless houe--be vsesnla
come soon, and would repay her for All her
anxiety ey extraordinary evidence Of sifee.
ton She summoned up for be- consolstian,.
.0e thousand klndnssses = hsEln.l4 kis
constant chan2e|ess love Wis resistance 81
these errprs that marred The domestic htp-
pipe{s Of 50 many families; and like true
wife she suffered the lustre Of hcroWn puIi-
y, excellence, and affection, to Gid tie char
ncter and conduct Of her husband.
She was started from her rerery Of delight
and character By an Unusual -outbrsak If /
noisy debauchery from the wretched drink
ing House below. She leaned forward. and
stood liked with horror At the sizht.
Her husband was in the mid 81 OF the riet-.
Gus host, in sickening, disgusting familiarity
with an abandoned one of her own sex.
She stepped back until an angle Of her
own house concealed from her the painfal
scene A Thousand previous matters that
had scarcely excited thought becaraiie thea
Of I'M ortance, in the explanation wAisA WA
given in what she had seen. She raised her
apron to her eyes but there were no tears !;
her hands dropped on the fence before her ;
feeling came over her heart such asshe had
not before experienced <
She had felt woman S regret for the loss
of property, the mother had mourned the
death of her child and anxiety had been
felt for some slight errors in her husband ;
but property could be regained BY labor, or
relinquished without effort-every dream Of
the mother gave back to her heart her beloy.
ed child and refreshed with spiritual inter
course and every waking thought that
turned toward the dead one, was lustreus
" it'll the sense vof his heavenly intercourse
aud ceusoling In the promise of future uni.
| on-thc errors Of husband, that do not i'm.
ply dishonor, nor exhibit themselves as evil.
/ dences of warning affection, may be mended
/ or endured but whom the heart issuddenly
overwhelmed With the evidence Of shame, IN
suit, dishonor, when all the purity Of NO
mans thoughts is outraged withtthc proof
of guilt, and all the years of her charity an,
enduring love are dishononed b the une'
|. ring tokens of ingratitude and infamy, an
the con6ding, the copsoliug, the truthfnlwi
becomes the witness Of tho destruction Of \,
domestic peace, despair sweeps over :
heart, like the hastings of simoom .
then all the unmentioned sutterings OF
woman. all the cherished sorrows OF
j daughter, all the poignant anguish q
mother are lost in overwhelming torrens
4 -. The Wife's First Grief