The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-25
WHOLE NO. l4lS
RnlIrond Mecflnr.

meeting composed Of delegntes from Ponce
roy, Athens, Nelsonvile, Logan, Lancaster,
Liih0polis and'other points along the Hook.
ing Valley, assembled at the Court House In
Lancaster. on Thursday, Nov. I8, 1889, and
was organized by calling to the chair DR..
Eiis, of Lithopoi;s and appointing w. G.
Roberts, Esq. Secretary. Tie objects Of
the meeting having been stated and eonsd-
cred by Mr.. Brace and others, on motion a
committee consisting Of Messrs. Brazee, Mar
iitoh and Sheffer, was appointed to exam
ine the charter authorizing the construction
Of Rail Road from Columbus to the Ohio
River via the Hooking Valley and directed
TO make report to gn adjourned session of
TINS meeting, TO be held atB o'clock this
evening.
6 O'CLOCK, p. M.-Mr. Roberts being alb
sept,on motion z. B. Ewing was appointed
Secretary IN his stead.
| The committee appointed at the former
meeting made report on the state of Legis-
'ation touching the charter Of "the Franklin
and Ohio River r r. Co ;" concludingwith
the opinion that the present existance OF the
charter depends upon the fact of an organic
zation Of the company within the three years
5 limited the original Act; and OF which
fact the committee are not informed with
certainty.
I Whereupon the following resolutions were
submitted and considered by the meeting
and adopted:
ReSoired, That tits the sense of this meet
ing, that IL is desirable and practicable to
construct Rail Road from Columbus, via
the Hooking Valley, to ihe Ohio River at
or near the town OF Pomeroy
R,s0IUed, Thst this meeting appoint a
committee of FIVE, whose duiyit shall be
to oPonnp correspondence with the Direc-
tors Of the Franklin and Washington Rail-
road Go, Of in being and TO procure said
Directors TO open books for an increase Of
stock subscriptions TO said company-ap-
pointing agents and supplying Stock books
for all the chief points along the contemPlat-
ed line Of Road,
RysolUed, That in the contingency that
said charter has been forfeited for non-user,
then that said committee be instructed to
consider the proprety of organizing COM
pany, for the purpose aforesaid, under the
General Law Of last winter; and that
they have power to call any further meet
ings on the subject.
ReSotDed, That Faid committee have full
power to take any other action calculated,in
their opinion, 10 advance the object Of this
meeting as embodied in the foregoing reso-
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The following named gentleman were ap-
( pointed the committee provided for by the
above resolutions, to wit: Thomas Ewing,
/ John D. Martin, John T. Brace, w. Dem
Hisnn, Jr. and Leondas Jewctt.
II was further resolved that the Publish
ers ofthe several newspapers at Columbus &
I other places along the contemplated line of
road be requested to publish the proceedings
Of this meeting.
Whereupon the meeting adjourned.
8 tH DR.. ELES, Chair.
p. B B,EwIxG, Sc. se..
WHAT THEY DO AT THE Tor OF THE EARTH.
Thirteen thousand seven hundred and
twenty feet above the level of the sea- At
a perpendicular elevation OF upwards Of two
miles aud hall, nearly on snow line of
the Andes, stands the topmost city of the
earth, Ceno de Paso 1t is the capital of
the richest silver district in Peru. In the
shops of Pasco are found the products of all
countries Bass pale ale is in bigh favor
here, and knives and forks carry the stamp
Of Sheffield cutters. ] remember being pleas
antly surprised in a shepherds hat on the
Puma, at having placed before me some boil
ed maze on plate ornamented with picture
Of JOHN Anderson my Joe and his guide wife,
with two verses of the song beneath it.
4 he Indian was delighted at the p.easure
took in the plate, and was solicit0us to have
the lines translated. The taste for gamb-
ling so prevalent throughout South America,
Is most strongly developed at Ceno de Pas
co. Public lotteries are drawn every week,
and sometimes every day inThe week. The
streets are continually infested by fellows
: crying, "A Thousand dollars Tomorrow"
! These men carry books, from w'ich they
tear, for each customer, q ticket, price ole
! shilling, giving him OF her chance in tac
! next lottery. The prize is sonnet mes As
large as FIVE thousand dliiars, with inteFRe-
date ones ofsmaller amount, believe tina.
the strictest impartia.iiy and fairness char
acterise the drawing. Al these lotteries
are under Government control The bib
lard and montero tables are in constant re-
quest; dominoes is isvorite game in the
cafes, but those games at cards which are
rand in their result, and depend wholly upon
chance, have irresistible attractions for all
classes. The shaven priest, decorated with
cross Gnd rosary, may be frequently seen
: playing win t,na saSged Indian, and instan-
=. ces are told of the wealthy u.:ne proprietor
S Using in night, every dollar he POSSESSED,
" Olifs vi iltS OW II ide-sSu nc SOSAP PIL
= is favorite amusement. The combatants
1 are armed with one spur only; this is fiat,
1 curved, edged blade, very keen and fine
: ly pointed The first blow commonly de-
5 Cides the battle, and both cocks are often
2 killed. Hun lreds Of dollars change hands
I every minute; the excitement of the betters
. is intense, md even here on the afternoon
! oflhe Sabbath, whichis especially appropri-
f ated to the cock fight, the priest hands
? around the begging box, or lays his dollar on
favorite.bird. III a~hoH Words.
! GEN. PIERCE is President of the Mormon
! KINGDOM Of Beaver Island by unanimous
d yntei- Berore The election the organ of the
Z oroobet Strang announced that it would be
Enown hoW the Mormons voted when their
Al ballots were counted, andthat their thoughts
J. and aspirations we're tCo heavenly to take
I any. part in earthly politics. Election day
: however they went to the polls and depos-
tied l55 votes for Pierce and King electors,
and elected the Prophet Strang to the Mich
igan Legislature BY the same unanimous
vote. "ThiS is a great country CteOs.
Hsrad. +s,,- "a
{, fte5-An Engineer on the Columbus and
Cleveland Road was recently shot at by
scoundrei as hEl train passed by. The shot
broke the glass lamp Of the locomotive.
GAJ-The London Literary Gazette states
thata German gentleman named Leiders-