The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-08-26

AhSulStANCS dDlG 70 tuO fiOlGSSiOlc
of the New York democracy with acquies-
cence in the new Baltimore platform, and
at the same time supporting candidates who
fully represent il. The Post will not, we
think, dispute their standing as influential
democrats"
THE PoTATo Rot IN IRELASD.-The fol-
lowing extract of a letter from Ireland, bear
ing date the 30th ut., and received by a
mercantile house in Boston, would seem to
Indicate more extensive prevalence of the
potato disease than has hitherto been sup
posed to exist. The accounts by the A frica
are all discouraging in respect to the potato
crop:
at may not be unnteresting to you to
learn that since Tuesday, the Goth instant,
the potato crop in Ireland has become seri-
ously affected with the remarkable disease
of the previous seven years. The progress
of it during the last ten days has been very
great, and, while the result cannot be stated,
there can be no doubt that large portion of
the crop will be lost"
SINGULAR INcrDENT.-We clip the follow
ing from recent Paris letter in the N. Y.
Herald
"Avery curious incident took place in the
vicinity of Lyons, which is worth being
noticed. Asregiment of lancers were re-
turning TO their barracks during the rain,
when the Colonel, looking at his soldiers,
remarked, amidst the fog, that all the lanccs
of his men were surmounted with light of
u blue color. 1t was electricity, and an
immense danger threatened the whole regi-
ment, when, with remarkable presence of
mind, he suddenly Ordered all his soldiers to
point their lunces in the ground, and imme-
diately, as if by enchantment, terrible de-
tonation took place-the electric fluid had
into tho ground, Fortunately
the handle was not conductor of cleo
tricity."
THE SNEAKING GAME.-We are told on
unquestionable authority, that Loco
toco emissary from Cincinnati, visited GER
tain neighborhood few miles northwest of
this place u few days since, where number
of Protestant Irish reside, and positively
and unequivocally stated to them that Gen.
Scott and his entire family were Catholics
His object was to arouse their sectarian
preludices and thus induce them to vote for
Gen. Pierce, who is represented as a
staunch Protestant The game in other
quarters is to make the Irish and German
Catholics believe that Scott lisa bigoted
Protestant-- Native merican--and anx-
ious to deprive every foreigner here of the
privilege fenjoying the right of suffrage ,and
those hereafter to come the privileges aE
present granted to naturalized citizens
These desperate shifts of the Iocofoco par
ty remind us OF the campaign of ls40, when
similar disgraceful subterfuges were resorted
to to defeat Gen. Harrison. Lebanon Star.
KILLED BY A LEEcH.-The Charlottesville
Va.) Jeffersonian says that man by the
name of Garnet, residing in Green county,
having attended special election recently
held in that county, started for home, which
was some distance off, about dark. On COM
ing to n branch, being very thirsty, he dis
mounted and drank. He had not gone far
before he commenced feeling tickling SEN
sation in his stomach, and on his arrival nj
home was quite unwell Getting worse, a
physician was called in, to whom he stated
that he was confident he had swallowed
something while drinking from the branch
which produced his sickness. After trying
several remedies, a powerful emitic was ad-
mnistered, when live leech was thrown up,
which the unfortunate man had evidently
swallowed at the branch above mentioned, |,
having remained alive in his stomach for
several days. Although relieved from the
leech he died in day or two afterwards from
the injuries which it had inflicted.
Sing SING PRrsoN.--A somewhat strange
incident occurred at the New York prison
not long since. Late in the evening the
warden was aroused by somebody knocking
ut his door. lnquiring who was there he
was astonished to hear in reply, "Its me-
Schermerhorn. One of the conyicts had
been overlooked, and the prison had been
locked up with him on the outside. The
poor fellow had no where to go, and so he
knocked until he awoke the warden and OBJ
tained admission to his old quarters.
The CASE OF DR. GARDINER is sta
ted that the President lately directed suit
to be institHted against DR.. Gardiner, for
the purpose of obtaining an Injunction a.
gainst the payment to him of the money
which he has on deposit in New York and
The suits have accordingly
been entered. These funds were already
cdMatca by the Government, but not enjoin-
ed, mere notice having been given the
parties holding the funds not to pay
0%5-S Some workmen in LanSres. France,
in removing the rubbish from the remains
of what was evidently Gallo Romanic
erection, cume to vuult in which they
found lamp still burning, and which had
apparently been burning for ages. A sim
liar one was found at Viterbo, in 1850. This
will cause an inquiry into the material and
OF the perpetual burning lamps
said to be in use by the ancients.
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Mr.. GREENoUeH, the American artist, is
now in Leghorn, where some while since our
Government entered into contract with
him to furnish group ofstatuary, intended
TO adorn the eastern portico of the Capitol.
The House of Representatives we perceive
has inserted in the general appropriation
bill al amendment appropriating seven thou
sand dollars to transport the work hither and
place itupon pedestal.
How 2HE FRAMING business" IS DONE
UP IN WAsHINGToN.--- sec bv state
ment in the House the other day, from the
clerks in the Washington city post-office.
asking TO be allowed extra compensation,
und among other reasons why their nav
should be increased, they say that the letters
and parcels received from the House of
Representatives during two years amounted
to the enormous number of 6,643, ,479,
weighing one million three hundred and
lilty-siX thousand pounds! The aggregate