The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-03
For the GaScHe.
Prorrnsn Of The Arn.

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n your mind. glance at the State ofOhio
IS ii was fifty years ago. and then look at
/ the present day Behold tho contrast.
Where onc resouuled the angry howl of
he wild beast and the fierce yell of the
Indian, NOW is heard the busy
,um of industry. Where oucethe scalp
ug knife and tomahawk was siaineI wNhI
The blood Of iunucenl and harmless cili
zens. now is peace aud quiet. Where no.
WAS seen save the Indians
wigwam. nav is seen the humble cottage
and the stately mansion. Where once
you were exposed 10 the deadly fire of
the lCdian, you can now gu nnharmed,
prqleclcdb by The Ia VS. nf lhe land. Where
nnce a newspaper was a rare thing tn see
in Ohio. nowtlp steam power and hand
presses may be seen pressing of ;heir
tw0 Hundred different kindaof papers per
week. .s
Invention, too, The attendant on civil
%zatinp, has kept pace with the increased
demands Of this wonderful revolution,-
The vely elements are now alive to do
the bidding Of man. Lightning, OF more
properly speaking electricity, The sup
posed vital aud q~iicknipg power of all
living,malter,eilhe animal or vegetable.
once the dread and fear .ut every one,
has, OF late, in some degree. been tanned.
and taught 10 bear the newsuf nations on
its iirery CT. Steam. tU', that long. in
harmless quiet lay concealed of any pow
.rr. has, by III great genius Of mau, been
brought 10 do his task. carry his burdens,
and bear him at a rapid pace over noun
taips aud valleys, against rushing streams
and over the viii waves Of the mig hty
deep, lst#
Could our fathers. who have slept the
cold sleep OF death for sixty years, sud
denly awaken To conscience life, how
would they stare aud wonder, To see the
many mighty inventions, nat compress in.
I o a day, the labor, which IN their time.
cost them weeks. and even months Ia
perform. With what strange emotions
would they now view the beautiful Ohio,
with its hundreds of magnificent steam
ers, rushing noisiIy and swiftly along pas,
beautiful aud fourishing cities aud villa
ges tina, l%ineits shores x find themselves
reflected in its placid bosom in the place
Of a few Sluw moving k ell boats and fiat
bats. that creep along, by means Of the
Juggling oar or sweep, at a snail like pace,
comparatively speaking. past deep and
gloomy forests, where prowled the wild
beasts of The wool, q: lurked the bl0ody
AMI implacable savage.
Could our fUretathers arise fran the
sleep of death, how would they look with
establishment aud " at the many nigh
~ railroad cars running through our land,
carrying her passengers and freight, in
place Of the slo@ moving. patience ex.
hausting road wagon.
In short there is nothing IN the past
and present history IF this Union to vie
with The State Of Ohio in point Of i'm
provemrnt aud increase Of population for
the past fifty years. PROGRESSOR
Tng LOST NAvfGAr0Rs. "A CLEAN nj
Hope.--The report that a cairm of stones.
raised by Sir John Fraukliu's expedition,
had been discovered in Junes' Sound in
1913, by the Prince Of Wales whaler,
says the Liverpool Times, Of the 18th,
has received in those few days very dis
tinct confirmation, rendering the state
meut by far the most importaut-pre.
sumplive or otherwise - which has yet
reached Us. .a r'.
William Miller. a seaman on board the
Prince OF Wales, states. IN oath that he
%ns on buard that vessel (whaler) in 1913
when early in September. during very
thick weather, they entered (as they be.
lieved) Lancaster Sound, aud sIeered
west, advancing slowly. The fog con
tinued heavy for some days, when il sud
denly lifted. aud high land was seen on
the larboard side, over the mast head
The captain being 1t first doubtful If il
were The loom of icebergs dr of land,
seutla boat off to ascertain the fact, and
nft this party William Miller formed one
He states that on landing the marks oI
shoe prints were distinctly visible in the
mud, above high water mark, close by
, was a small cooking place blackened by
fire, aud n little further on n well bull
%cnirn, about four or five feet high, d
which the party pulled away a few stones
but being recalled by a signal from the
ship. which was being driven in shore by
the current, were compelled To return on
board Immediately.
II was believed by tho master Of the
Prince of Wales, the veteran Lee. u
Hull, Ihut no had advanced in westerl,
course up this sound, u distance of nearly
$50 miles, under the impression that he
was in the Lancaster Sound; but this be
lief was removed on making his way nut
ward, & the doubt confirmed by passing
(to the southwark the wide opening, an,
well-known hoadlands of Lancaster
Sound.
1t became evident that he had been IL
the hitherto uuexplored and more nor
tberu sound named after Alderman Jores
u passage which, it has been believed
leads directly into the sea north Of til,
Parry Islands, VIM, Miller further de
clared that, at this point, tho passage
widouel, and that an open sea, with is
lands, lay before them,
1t is impossible To obtain any doub
that this carin indicated the fact tina
some of Sir. John Franklin's party have
visited the spot in question; and wa cal
have no hesita ton in asserting that be
meath The pile $ % carefully raised is tie
n..iLal ILn .L,nIinnt inflammation &c Ii.