The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-09

CENSUS OF YiRurNrA.-The Virginia
papers slate that the white population Of
Eastern Virginia vii amount To 400 900,
aud Of Western Virginia $4,000 The
entire pUpulaliun of the State will, It is
said, be 100000 Virginia will lose 3
memberSo oi Congress by the new appor
tlOnmeut
GREAT MORTALITY FROM Sur FEVER.
The British ship Delta which arnvtd d
at this port on Sunday from Lverpo"l,
lost 20 passengers during the voyage by
ship fever. The fever broke out il the
ear part of the present month (Drcem.
brr,) and, as we have already stated,
swept "f 20 persons during the passage,
aud there were SO sick OF the fever un tile
arrival of the vessel here. - Tribaae.
BIBLES Seized At IIAvANA.-A pack
age 0f Bibles. carried to Havana. lately,
by the Rev. MI. Parsons, as agent of the
Seaman's Friend Socirty, have been serz,
ed as cnnlrahauh goods, Mr.. Parsons
having brought them in his baggage, aud
refused I" pay duty on them. They will
probably he condemned tn the stake. Mr.
L. has also been forbiddrn Ia distribute
the English version Of the Sculptures
mong the suIoIs in pnrt.
A BrG SnrP.-New York is famous for
large ships. but one is about to be built
hy Williams u Son oi Wlliam,burgh,
that promises /" sulpass in magnitude
any merchant ship aAoat. She will be
two thousand eight hundred tons bui.
then. aud her length two hundred aud
thirty feet; or seven Ieet longer than the
United States shp Of the line PennsyIva.
nia She is 10 have three decks aud will
be able 10 carry u vast number Of passcn
gers.
Kisses The Albany Knickerbocker
says the ladies of Troy have n,rnduced
new feature at their fairs. from which
they realize a much handaomer sum than
from lotteries. viz. that of selling their
confectionery to gentlemen, young aud
old All the best looking girls wear
p|acards, Kisses one shilling each; some
charging quarter Of a dollar" aud 9th.
ers six cents, according to the beauty of
those in the market. Gentlemen are ex.
pec'ed To go in according to the weight
OF their purses. and one Of the newspu.
pers OF that village says that ono rosy.
Tipped, bright eyed girl realized sixty.
Nv" dollars in single night. aud another
party nine dollars and half. One gen
tIeman purchased eleven dollars worth of
sweetnes.
KISS CoTiLLoNs- The editor of the
Windsor Jnurnal--a very obstinate sort
0i bachelnr-learns that "Pr0fessors Of
dancing" IN New YORK have recently in,
troduced a new style Of colilIon called
Kiss C"tiIlon," the peculiar feature of
which is that you kiss the lady as you
swing corners. The editor il crusty
sor, ot person, who never dances, but
says he would not mind waving his oh.
jectinns To the amusement So far as to
swinging corners" now and them in this
cnlillon!--,he selfish scamp. He re-.
minds us of an old lady who had an un
accountable aversion To rye. aud never
could eat il in any form, "till oflate they
have got" she said, making it into whs.
key, and find can, now aud then wpr-
ry down httle."
GALLANT SOLDIER DEAD. Lieut.. Bell,
0fthe Palmetto regiment in the Mexican
war, died in California lately. He led
the "Erlorn hope" at the slorming Of
Chapu tepec.
EMloRANTs AT New ORLEANs.-The
Mississippi route to the West is now at.
tracing many emigranls to New Orleans.
From The LIST Of November to the middle
Of this month, l0,965 emigrants from for
eign countries had arrived at New Or.
leans. During the week following ,OO7
more had landed at the same port.
CV The Hon. Daniel Webster is a.
bout to publish wand elegant edition
of his works, in six or seven volumes. 1t
will embrace his political speeches. lii
erary addresses, legal arguments, aud di.
plomallc papers. We hope it will he
Pretaced by u good memoir - Boston
Herald
~ Under the new plan Of instruction
pursued IN Brown University. the classi
henlinn ut the students is az follows.
Latin Languages, 76; French. 6S; Greek
40; Chemistry, As; History, 40; Geometry
AZ; Natural Philosophy. SO; In,elIectua
Philosophy, ST. Logic. 81; Algebra 20
German Language, Is; Rhetoric, l2
Civil Engineering 10; Calculus 4.
VAcuriuus phenomenon was recen,
ly found in Baldwin county, Ala. that i
twins Of which the oue is perfectly blacI
aud the other very bright mulStto. TIL
mother is as black as the ace Of spade.