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The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

AN ADVERTISING CoMMuMTy The Phil
adelphia Ledger of Saturday last, contained
FIVE hundred and thirty-eight new advertise
ments. No wonder the people of PhilAdel-
phia prosper so wellin their business.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27
Dated February l6, 1852.

T'RoN CALIroRNIA.-.The latest news from
California gives accounts Of llttering Il pros
pect5 at the mines, Qulrtz mining, It is ais
slil, is bcginnn n! TO prove pro,itible. In
dian disturbances and In.iin mlssacTas still,
continue, 4 large number Of emgrau's
from China is arriv'ns, AM il is said that tn
nuuber already in California will reach
.Arce thousand. At the ate charter clec
ton in Sacramento, the Wings carried tn
city. Pho merchants Of the interior are s4i,
to be doing prosperous busin SIS.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

THS PorAT1 CRoP N lRELAxD.--A late
number Of the Belfast lIorcury says it is
probable that MT less than 100000 acres
will be under potato crop in Ulster by ths 2d
week in May, Great ccs3 was taken ofthe
seed during tn winter months, and tho pros
poets of this seasons growth are more ia
vorable than any since lS47. The early
pllntlng was dnishedin in good time, and the
next planting may now bs considered u'Very
far forward. Great additions have, for somt
time past, been made to the stock Of sheeT
IN ireland, rnd in many districts vast i'm
provcments have been effected during th(
past four years, in tho culture Of the soil, i
is hoped this may be the dawminy Of bette
days.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

QuAarz MENiEsts CAIruRslA.--Alctter
CAT caartsburg, California, May ., saye;
Foe Washington Mill yesterday, yielded
10 o.. In the omllrlm, which is equal to
$500 giving net profit OF 800 per day,
(ihs eyFsrs9s being SlOo per day) T6e
bai;;Etfr AKA Qrs'Hbutg Mill is more than
paying cx1enses, although itlabOrs under
great dissesantagss.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

New R0uTE,--The Cleveland Plain Deal
er says there are in store, cars and ware
houses in that city, any quantity of hogs
h5a1s Of leaf Tobacco, raised in Kentucky,
and now en- route, ola Buffalo, to New York
city, where it is to be made into Aarana CT,
gars. .s. ,t.
GyThe New York Tribune contains a list
ofthe Delegates to the Wing National Coz
vlntion, 50 ar as heard from. There are29
tor scott, 5 Tor Fillmore, for Webster, and
a to hear IRON.
QETTho splendid telegraph mast erected
l'in keokuk at Il cost OF $500 or S70O--usad
Tor suspeAding the wire over the river--was
entirely destroyed by some villain or vii
lains, a few days since. s
0STWe understand the proprietors ofthe
Lancasterand Columbus canal packets are
about placing an opposition line on the Co
lunbus and Chlicolhe route. Look out for
chaked hats and summer exesrsions--S
Gd2.
That is news hereabouts. We know Of
no such proprictors. 3a
GT"l remember says the celebrated
Wesl,y, "heOring my fath say 10 my moth.
er, "ho@ could you have the patience to
tellthat blockhead the same thing over TWEEN.
/ y times!" "Why," said she, "if had told
him but nineteen times, should have lost
all my labor"
| IMPROVEMENT IN AcoUsTics. MARI
Mahew, of Cincinnati, says he has inventet
mode bv whith conversation NAV be hat
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

FOREIGN LABOR. 1t is a mistake TO Sup
pose that noJolyis protected by the present
Tariff. One class ofmanulactures are ben
Gifted BY it, though at the expense of Others
w oso welfare, TO us at least, is Of vastly
more Importance. Upon imported wool
there Is duty of 80 per cent. But upon
wool manufactured into blankets, the duty is
only 90 per cent; thus saying to the Foreign
Canitalst, " Manufacture for us, and the ad-
mission oryour product shall be encouraged,
but you send the material here to be man
Iuractured, we will endeavor to prohibit itby
high duty" Ii the case was just the re-
verso--if the blankets were charged 30, and
the raw material only 20, would it not be
premium of y per cent offered to encourage
these manufactures here, and to discourage
1 Importation! By Just so much then, is it
discrimination against our own workmen.
So with hemp; Russia hemp il charged 81
per cent. But made into ropes and cables
| il comes in at 25. A deduction of5 per cent
il made to encourage its manufacture in Eng
! llnd. n
The advocates Of free trade tell us they ab
hor determinations in favor of one kind o
Labor and against another! Here are dis
ordinations against American, and in favo
Of English work. Ifthere must be discrim
inaton, is there. any conceivable reason VIII.
il should not be such as to protect, instead
/ such as TO iniure!-AiJdny Journal.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

DE1faATED ANNUAL CoYrEREYcE.-A mo-
mortal h3s been presented to the Methodist
General Conference, asking for delegated
annual conference, to be composed of all the
Bishops and one delegate from each confer.
.once. ltisto have power to try and suspend
bishops and members of annual conferences,
hear appeals, and to decide upoh the eonsti-
tutionality Of the acts of the General Confer
Fcnce. 1t is to meetin Philadelphia on the
18th of November, 1885,, and annually there
after.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

WRECKS OF EmGRANT VEssELs.-A re-
turn was recently made to the English Par
lament, procured by Mr.. Hume. 1t shows
the loss OF emigrant vessels for the last five
years, from lS47 to 1851, inclusive, In the
tive years there were 1928 ,emigrant ships
dispatched. The number of passengers that
embarked was l,4g4,O44. There were forty
four wrecks, or one in 1862. The number of
lives lost by shpwreck was l,043, or one in
1892.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

UP TO THE CATEonTsN, There is an odd
old fellow in Montr1se, Pa, as we are "cred-
IDLY informed, ;" who is somewhat addict d to
potations: and whrn he takes them ut all,
he "potatcsn rather freely. One on a Sat
urday be had become considerable in bri.ted.
Sunday found him as mellow as Saturday
left him and,in addition to the stock Of whie-
ky in him, ,he felt a desire to visit the sane
tuary. So to the meetin' house he went.
Parson B., worthy old domino, WIS
instructing a Bible class. Old Charley
walked in and sat down quite demurey in a
pew. He listened very attentvely to tha
questions and answers Tor a few minutes;
but, icing anxious to show his knowledge Of
''srriptur" and doctrine, he stool up, leaning
on the front of the pew with both h2nhs.--
"Parson B." said h., "Gks me some o
them hard ques-shuns" "Unclo Charles
said the dominic, don't you know that y)I
are in the bonds of sin and depths Of inq
uityr' ayes 'ir, and the gall Of bittern s
too AXIS me another ques 'shuns" --haic
4 erbOc er Mdga:iao.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

GTThe pupils Of the public schools of
Baltimore have had prepared a bsauti ul
stone, Of Italian marble, for the Washington
National Monument.
leE FROM RUSSIA The San Francisco
papers notice the arrival there f25o tons oI
ice from the Ruesisn settlement Of Sitka>,
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

METHODIST GENERAL CoNFEREEct.--Thls
body had before it, during a portion OF last
week matter OF considerable interest to the
members Of { is den ominatou in Ohio. w e
refer to the clsc of Mr., lDskJp, who has 0p-
praled to the General Conference to be re-
Iieved from the judgment of the Ohio Con
ference, ccnsuring him for contumaciousness
and improper conduct. This case involves
the ',p5w System" which he has been in
strumental in introducing into this State,
though contrary to the articles of the Meth
odis, discipline, which requires that "men
and women should sit apart in allthe Church
cs." ..f -. '
Mr. Inskip addressed the Conference in
his own defence, on Thursday, and made a
long and elaborate argument lie was fol-
lowed by Rev. Granville Moody, who occu-
pied the rtstof the day and the next until
the hour of Odjownm Mt, in all four or five
hours. lie was followed by Rev. Mr.. Wal
ker, lor the Ohio Conference, and DIR. Teiit
Of Cincinnati, on the part of Mr.. lnskip.
The appeal Vas finally sustained by The
Conference ly q vote of 80 to 62, and gave
risc--so n Boston lettcr-writcr says--tO no
little jublation on the part ofthe majority
This il step Of progress" in thesC Church
One hundred and twenty-five delegates
preached in Boston andyicinity last Sunday
- Gin GdsGie, ...
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

DIscovERY OF YET ANOTHER PLASET.-l'
was recently announced that NJ GasPartIs,i
at Naples, had discovered a new Asteroid
tn, fifth first seen by him. BY the last
steamer information was received that Mr.
Luther, at the observatory of Blk, near Dus'
sellorH, had recently found yet another, will
Rirht Ascension of about ~ hours, and |
north declnation of about degrees, which
lis the seventeenth planet now known to ex
ist betw en Mars and Jupiter, all of whicI
were unknown fty-two years ago.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

lloRRIBLE,-A child sixteen months old
only son of Michael Casey, was run over by
Il hack on Division street last evening The
harkman's name was John Handlin. The
Fchild's head was crushed under the Wheel
We know not whether the driver was guilty
great carelessness, but we do know that
children of such an age should not be allow
cd to play in the streets. Children many
times run before horses SO suddenly that it is
! almostimpossble for the most skilful driver
to check spirited animal soon enough to
avoid injuring them Cleveland Herald.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

orro GoLnscnMiur.-Nlr Goldsc1midt Is
the favorite son Of ono of the richest mer-
chants in Hamburgh, Germany. His grand
father Is proprietor Of a gigantic Silk Mer-
chantA House, ,thathas three establishing nys;
onein London, q second in Hamburg, and
thethirdin Leipzig. Otto Colds hmidtwas,
therefore, Jtnny Lind equal in wealth.ng ed
cd none Of her monsy and cared not a,pin
for il. Many years ago, when the Swedish
Nightingale was poor and without friends or
money, Otto Goldschmidt's father, (being as
sagaeious ashs was wealthy, and Us benevo-
lent as sagacious:) protected, aided, and los
tered her; and il may be that the merry
young Otto, who was then a charming little
fellew, soul full of gos5us and loving to {
fault, said many kind things to the gentle ant
talented Swede, was caresscd by her in re-
turn, and learned to love her 50 well When,
>child THAT he could not overcome his Ailcc'
ton when he became a mln; and So. O
course, it overcsme him. HTwas MthG'Is'
slon's Cayorite pupil and early exhibited re-
mark6ble musical talents; and tls .dN
J Swedc doubtless felt that interest aud anec'
ton Cor the splendid boy that the emu o
genius ever feels for beings Of Ike exquisite
organizations and heaycD-G'ted attributes
They who know the human heart VIII no
) think it strange, after rcuting thus Tar, ina
. Jenny Lind should have loved Otto; am
each dearly loving the other, it's not VOL,
dertul that they should have heen married
it is only wonderful that they were not mar
A ried befor,.-Nn fork Musical Word
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

MonE INDIGNATION. we take The lollow-
ing from the OhioSiais Journal when the
stronsholds Of Dsmoqraey make such dem
onstrations, there must be strong ground to
hope Cor rcformailon For the last year
or twothe people Of Ohio have been most
shameinny imposed.upon, uniIit is high time
a day OF deliverahce wasathand. 2
Richl1nd county d mocracy is getting
uncommouly rsstive. TheDemocrsts Of La
fayette auS vicinity, in that county, recently
hCld meeting and set forth their grievan-
ces in a long string Of resolutions We
have not room for the entire list, although
Spapers throughout the State are requested
To- cory" Henry Flckler presided, and A.
w. Low and David Linn were secretaries.
We copy the following to show the spirit OF
the affair: 4El
eRsolred, That the membersof the Legis-
lature in raising their ewn fees from three
to four dollars per day, and passing an un-
Just and niqutous tax law. show too plain
y that they hsve looked more TO their own
S fish interests til IN that Of their constitu.
ehts, and merit the just condemnation of ev'
cry honest man throughout the State.
"Reso'r3d, That we are opposed to the pro
cecdings Of the Legislature on the ueN
censtituti0n---it cost $l25,O0O, which was
saddlcd ON the people Of theState and tn IN tt
cur great nstoniShmcnt we were thrown ou
OF the frying pan into the fire, which is cal
culated to arouse the indignation of eterl
honest citizen in the State against such /
L gislaturc. The constitution is In tn
. hands of its lri1nds-God deliver us froh
such friends.
"RsyorG, That the adjournment of tn
, Legislature to meet again in Novembe
n, xt, we view with horror ind Indignation,
gross usurpation of power, u virtual outrag
: upon the constitution, an imposition upo
the taxpayers, and an act more becomin
tyrants than republicans.
"RSolred, That we recommend to tn
J farm RS and mechanics of every townshl
t throughout the county and State TO form as
socidtions, to arouse, wCkeup and be dom
y before the shleklrs of slavery are entirel
I fastened upon us"
;, That there may be no doubt about tn
d Democracy Of these non-cont nts, we cor
. the first paragraph Of an)tice of the NEE
S ing from the Richlond Shield and Banne
d eGitetby John Y. Glcssncr. He calls the
: his +" Democratic friends"
o "Tis Lqfagetts Ngtiag. Democrat
fri njs in lafayette will permit us to dis
with tn, IN in the principle of proscriptit
: of men on account Of their prof pssion, u
: dau entail IN their Association"
We think Ohio J. cofucoism can exclai
! with tn Sc g,ntltmen, "God save us fro
y such friends"
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TnE WHEAT NEAR XESfA,--The Torch
L. hit DIV ,dnesiay alys: Tae present indi-
stti ms d an ubHnGant wheat crop, are equtl
to those o! list y lar. We do not know, in
Iced, that wc have ever seen the plant lo1k-
ng better than at this time Its OF stron2
Ind healthy app 'arance and stands suili
irn'ly thick U jon the ground. Uul IS some
sul4mity, bey md the present Cal uations oI
IN III, shall intervene to blast the prospects
the nex, harry st will be one of the m 81
lbu1idnt th,t the farmers Of this section o
the county hye ever been best with.
N RwIeIAN CaLoxY The Phiia lphis
In1uiry says: "Oie Bull in his recent visi
to W.shin.ton, succeeded in purchasing u
bout 50 90 acres o. lands and is nov takins
me lsures to bring over a Norwegian colony
Ole Bull hims-l' intends to settle in til,
State o. Virginia, where he has alsJ pur
chased some lands, and is about shortly t,
m kJ arrang gsmsnts for an early Occupation
u thym."
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

AeorIrrEp,--Mlliaou Dcrn, who Tor some
ncnths past, hast been ldscd in j. ii on an
Indictment for hoTsa-stcolipM was acquitted
to-day. ilc is oyoung man Of rather pfepos.
sing appearance. His trill occupied the
inaIpal past Of The forenoon,
Arr GAMBLING ASSOCIATION The ci.
cty instituted for tha suppression Of gamb-
lnr. hHld its second anniversary in the groad-
wy Tabernacle, New York, on Ffilay eve.
mag, The attendance was numerous, bu
the celebrated Green did not make his ap
pesrance, fhe prlcetdngs were op,net
with prayer by Rev, DR.. Wheaton, Tn
Secretary read an abstract OF the report o
the s9clcty, large portion OF which was
declaration OF War against the city author
i.ies. II charged thr po!irc cficers, chief
Justices, aud aid darmon, with clIImion witt
the gamblers, and related several tncts Whicl
had come TO ths knowledge Of the soci
ely, ailording the strongest pruol ot thl
colnsion. In conclusion tho report state,
that the receipts ol the society for the pas
year, were $500 7G, and the expenditure
a. io3 70, tevinga balance aguinst the 90
ciety. ofSe2l 80.
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che lpfthlg Gazeite.
crTY oF MANCHESTER:
SIona ~ Evcnlng, VTayai, 1889


A wOxpERruL Dor OR T5UeH sroRY.---
There is said to be ladnamed w. II. Wad-
dell, living at Pocahontas, Arkansas and
eyed twelve years. In the spring OF 1880
he was stabbed so severely that the wound
was considered mortal; the fall o. the same
year, he was Knocked senselsss by iightningi
in the fall or 1851 he'was run oyer by four
mules auia Wagon; last winter, h. fellfrom
the third story of awinlow, lighting directly
upon pile Of stonesi and about three weeks
since, he was shot, three balls entering his
body. Reader, we tell you the story as il
has bcen told to US, and tits added that tn
hero Of allthcse ugly accidents is alive ans
kicking, reserved, doubtlessly, for somo 9th
srmole of taking q final farewell of thi
Troublesome world, He would be great il
war! y t
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pRospEcr OF CRoPs. The appearance at
present indicates an excellent yield Of wheat
in this sect on OF the country; Gfd, We be-
lieve, in nearly every part Of the State
But we are advised that the prospects for
corn thus far, are extremely dis2ouraging.
Some Of cur farmers are compelled to re-
plant almost all they have in the ground,
We heard Of one Turner, residing on the
Pickaway plains, a short distance from here
who had planted some secentg-fUs acres o.
corn two or three weeks ago, not more thar
one-third Of which came up, and that wa'
near all eaten by worms.
From what we have ascertained in refer
ence to this, we may say, total iaiur', tn
cause is attributed mainly to the detectlv.
seed, supposedly some to be the result 0
permitting the corn to remain in the fl Id il
an unprotected condition turing our late re-
markable cold winter. We are told tina
farmers in this neighborhood ,arc paying on
dollar per bushel for corn raised in lsJ0.-
4 Ciycierille Herald
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

CINCINNATI VINEY ARD. I'VE learn from the
Gazette, that during the last year 10000
bottles Of sparkling catawba were prepared
at the cellars ofN, Longworth; during the
coming season he expects to have 100000
bottles prepared. The sparkling wines
require 10 to 20 months to ripen. G. g. 2.
Bogen bottled last year 26, 600, and expect
this year to put up $4,000 bottles of sparkling
catawba. Zimmerman & Co.. devote their
attention tostill wines, and intend to put up
0, 600 bottles this year. Their wines are Of
the first quality. CUrneau g. Sons prepare
eth andsParkling wines---thcy sold last year
| l0,O0Obottles, and their business is rapidly
increasing
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

AccIpEvT.-Another silly accident, from
the careless use of firearms, occurred at
Kendall in this State, few days since. A
Mr. Long, supposing pistol to be without
u load, pointed it at girl and snapped it, as
he supposed, but the pistol being loaded, a
ball was ludgedn her thigh. The injury,
fortunately, was not very serious.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

New ORLEANS. st, Louis Intelli-
gencer says that New Orleans builds and
owns no steamboats, or sea vessels. Others
make all the profits upon the freights coming
TO and going from that port She hes no
mechanics, The Twelve hundred sttan boats
used in 1880 cn the Mississippi and its trbu-.
tarics, were all owned in placessabove New
Orleans. There are all built in Pittsl urgh,
Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, and in 9TH
er of the river itiCs and villages, and are
owned and employed by them.
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THg WAY To MAKE 4 FoRTuNE.--Mr. C..
Sharp, Of Philadelphia, commenced business,
but thought it no use to advertise, and broke
up. lie concluded to try again, and to nd
Ivartse in the newspapers. lie gives the
following account OF his experiment;
"In lS4) contrived to get little money,
with which bought a few goods. got
some bills and cards printed, and sent them
to every one could think of---thc coHSe-
qucncc was, they began to come in and trade
little. continued to push the cards and
bills, and also to advertise in the newspa-
pors, and customers came in from all parts
Of the country. soou had to enlarge my
store, and now do a bigger business than
any man in the street, ! keep upmy adver-
tising, and my business keeps increasing
81 have got $4,000 invested in good
stocks.-l own the housa | live in, and it is
worth $7 ,50o-my goods are all paid for, as
1 | buy for cash, and sell for cOsh--and | have
paid of all my cid debts of 1888. This
attribute 10 your invaluable remedy to an un-
healthy business, Of letting the public know
what You are doing, and what you want tc
DO, through the press. Itths certificate vii
be- the means of savi & one poor man situa'
.t>das was seven years ago, my object is nc
complshed.n G. SHARP, JR.
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LARGE CARGo,-The ship Ocean Qu'cn
cleared at Boston on the l4th inst, with
35l bales Sea Island Cotton, weighing u
3l9, ,3J2, lbs, and valued at Sl23,4ol.
0r-The Madison Courier is informed that
there will be erected in that city during the
summer, 500 houses.
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MoRoyEMENr AT CANSHtroS, ISrhNA.--
The Express says that the proprietors of the
Fulton land intend to put up Immediately, a
Cotton or Woollcn Mill at Lower Camel
ton, of about 1000 spindles; and It is said
that Boston capitalist, who has recently
invested in that company. will start a ship
yard at that point ~
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-27

OF We see it positively stated that Kos
suth received but $4,000 in Massachusetts,
To nE HuNe.--John Collins and Turn
Clark, two of the muaerers Justice Brew
er and wife, were found guilty of murder "
the first degree, at the late tenn OF The
Greenup Circuit Court, and sentenced to b.
hung on the 25th day of June next. Three
others are yet 10 be tried.
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MArRlaoSAL MopE OF PRoyIKc lSNo'
cEScE.-- The other day, Mrs. Sniifkin find
ing herselfunwell, seAt for doctor nnd'de.
clarcd her belief thatshe was "pisened," and
that he (Snifkin) chad done itl'' Il didn't
dOit." shouted Snif'kin. "t'suIl CANNON,
she isn't poisoned. Prove il, doctor, open
her upon the spot--I'm willing.p
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EiTaNs.NL RJDBLRY The room Of q
Fi,nchm n, named ] hines, at the Mos ly
NJ nson, Il boarding use opposite the post
,tIice. was entered y starday altern ION, be-
tween the hours OF and O'Clock, his trunk
broken open, and s., ,7O0 ingold tax n there.
Iram. A boarder named Moody, and tn,
proprietor, Central N scly, were arrested
IN suspicion, and confined in the Watch
II us', last night.
Ii is surms d that no real robbery tool
| place. .-Ata', s III day. a..