The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-18

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Friday Evening, NOv E., 1882
EXPEDITIONS To ST. DemneJ ASD CUnA.-
In regard to expeditions to ST. Domingo and
Cuba, the New York Courier, paper which /
to be in the secret, says:
"There has been an expedition Organized
to go to ST. Domingo, butt consists OF hun
dreds instead of thousands. What is the
ultimate object Of the emigrants is known
to nobody, probably rot even to themselves.
Most certain il is, that ifthere is any liiibus-
terlsm IN these proceedings, it is entirely
disconnected with the Cuba movement.
"That there is an eXpedition-a formida-
BILE expedition, in wnich thousands Of men
are en- isted-now pre- pared to sail for Cuba
whenever tie signal snail be given by the
leaders, is also fixed Fact. But the object
OF these men is solely the disruption ofCu.
ba from the Spanish government. They
have not the least connection with the st.
Domingo affair.
Gas TO the Cuban expedition, we learn
from an undoubted source that it is in
forward state ofpreparation, and il is repre-
sented that the utmost care has been taken
by the leaders not to violate the neutrality
laws OF the United States All the arms
and ammunition required have been procur.
ed abroad in large quantities, and are now
deposited without the bounds of the United
States, in depot known only to few of
the leading spirits. Not even a pop gun has
been procured in the United States. The
men are etole leave this country as emigrants
--unarmed--and will sail rom different
ports, and, II is calculated, in such manner
that no suspicion shall 20 abroad as TO their
actual destination. The measures ofthe
RevOlutionists have been taken with great
circumspec.iOn, and it is only to be feared
that those who embark in this expedition
will meet the bloody fate Of their predeces-
sors.
G5-The GAINESVILLE Courier records the
death of Mr.. Whittimorc, of the firm of
Messrs. Bradley, Whittimore g. Co, conirac-
tors on the Central Ohio Railroad between
GAINESVILLE and Wheeling. He was stand
ing at the lock wall, on Wednesday, as the
steamer Helen Marwas passing out of the
locks into the liver, pointing out to his son
the manner in which the machinery for us
ing the gates operated, whena portion of
the tackle broke, causing the capstan, on
which their was a heavy strain, to revolve
swiftly, the crobur used as a lever bar struck
Mr., Whittimore, and knocking him over
! the wall and down distance of about twen-
I ty feet among the rocks and stones below,
tracturing his limbs and skull and entirely
! idepriving him ofconsciousnCss until he died,
which was about II O'Clock p. NJ. ....
0[YWe learn from the GAINESVILLE Co1r-
Ter that Daniel Convers Goddard, of Zanes.
vile, died at Washington city, on Wcdncs-
day morning last. For some time past, he
was chief clerk in The Department of the In
terror, but resigned that Office short tiine
since and commenced the practice of law in
the Supreme Court ofthe United States -
He viii aforementioned by many in this city
as an amiabe and talented companion OF
thoir college days. His death vii! be deep
ly dc?lorod by his numerous relatives and
friends a. ~
CvBA AND THE UNITED STATS. The liza.
vana correspondent of the n. Y. Times ha:
the following: .......... .........
'lrt the Democrats carry the day in tht
struggle for the Presidency, all classes here
will regard such a result as g,irdge Of immc
didte measures 10 annerS1e Island 10 the Unitet
States. 1t is hopeless to endeavur to con
vince the more ardent Filiibusteros tha
,, this is not the turning point of the contro
versy in the Union, or to create doubt i
their minds of the triumphant success {
what they deem their own peculiar cause. -
LONGEVITY IN CANADA.-The Montrea
Herald mentions some singular instances c
longevity brought to light by the late cen
sus. 1t says:- ...... a, ......-...
"We understand that more than twent
E persons are returned, whose ages are said t
f exceed one hundred years. The most ven
, cradle patriarch of these, if we make n
, mistake, resides in the township of Grey
Simcoe county, aged lis years. Ninety
five years ago, he scaled the Cliffs of Que
bee with Gen. Wolf. so thathis residence j
= Canada, is coincidCnt with British rule i
: the Province. He has attached himself t
e the Indians, and lives, in all respects, lik
I them. This veteran is named Abraham
h Miller. Gallantry will not permit us t
e omit honorable mention Of an equally distir
n guished person of the other sex. Hele
n Mcguire is one hundred and six years of age
: She still dresses without help, and walks OF
n for air and exercise whenever the weather
e sufficiently fine to tempt her from the chin
: ney corner. She still has all her facultie
: and can thread a needle without spectacles.
S SUMMING UP The Wheeling Gazette h;
: a short Lutvery effective summing up Of Il
: causes that defeated General ScoTT. The
= is more truth in many Of the reasons thj
x many of our opponents will be ready to a
nit. The world never saw such combin
!. tion of all the opposite ana incongruous {
is ements as came together and worked t
l. gether to defeat our ticket. But hear Il
1t Ga2ette:
ls Our friends ask us to account for the te
= ribe defeat sustained by the Wing party.
. Certainly--it is the easiest thing in 4
world. They had not votes enough. Th
were behind and could not get up. 1t raj
n ed and they could not get to the polls
i some of them had something else to do.
70 The foreigners voted against Scott becau
! he was a Native, the Natives because
= was not one; the South because he was