The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-02-19


romantic attachment known To subsist
between the Prince President aud the
Marquis Of Normandy y-thst the recent
desertion of that nobleman has deeply |
affected the heart of his bosom friend,
and thathe found the impulse to follnw
him irresistible. Whether Pylades and
Orestes met. and, if 50, how they met.
and how they parted, This deponent saith
not John Bull.
LEAP YEAR PRvII.gGEs. The Cincin.
natl Gazette notices the fact that the la.
dies of Chagrin Falls have subscribed
some 81, 500 in single shares I" the stock
ot tho Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad
as "new feature" and speaks of il as "a
leap year movement that evinces an en-
erey not To be intimidated by ordinary
obstacles, which will he followed with a
perseverance, not 10 he satisfied with any
thing short Of complete success!"
SUPPLYING THE Quo RIVER WITH Wa
terra resolution is before the Pennsyl
vania Legislature requesting the mem
bers of Congress from that State to OBJ
tain such Congressional action as will
promote the adoption of the plan which
has been submitted to Congress by
Charles EIlet, jr., for supplying the Ohio
river with water during periods of drought
by means of reservoirs, to be cnns,luc
ted upon the tributaries therenf.
AN IMPORTANT TRrAL-A trial about
the righ, Of property in calf, lately took
place at Burlington, Iowa. The Difficult
~ lay in the c,lor Of the calls tail; the
witnesses Of the plaintiff swore the tail
was white; those Of the defendant that II
was black. The court was occupied two
days with the case; the jury stald out ill
midnigh, aud could not agree. and new
trial is TO be had; the costs already
monnt to $500.
SUE MARRIED To AN AMERICAN Lazy.
In his last letter from Paris, NJ. Gail.
ardet states that Eugene Sue. the distin
guished novelist, had been permitted to
reside in Sardinia, throaGh the int"rren
tion of his father in law, Mr. Niles,
Charge If the United States at the Sar-
dinian court.
Mn. DouGLAs FOR THE Presidency
The Jackson Association of New Orleans
have nominated the Hon. Stephen ~.
Douglass, of Illinois, as suitable per
son to receive the nomination of the Bal
timore Convention for the Presidency
The members at Washington are said to
dissent To the declaration of the Demo
cratic Review in favor of Douglass.
THE MAINE LAw.-P. 7. Barnum ar
sues in favor Of the constitutinnali'y OF
the Maine Liquor law, on the ground that
if Congress has power 10 prohibit the
sale of liquor to the Indians. aud to an
thnrize the search for. coufiscatinn and
destruction of liquor intended for them
the same right may he exercised hy a
oovereign State with regard to the per
oons living in its own jurisdiction.
SUGAR TARE.-The New Orleans Bnl.
letin notices sale of a crop Of Sugar at
actual tare This is the first transaction
of the kind that has been reported. and
the Bulletin SAYS it is satisfactory To holl
parties, the planter having obtained 6
better price for his crop than he couIc
have realized at the old commercial tart
of ten per cen. and-rhe buyer receivn!
the full amount that he pays for.
LETTER FROM THE BEY OF TUNIs.-
President Fillmore has received an an
tograph letter from tho Bey of Tunis
written in Arabic. The letter came en-
closed in rich velvet sa,che ,ornamente
with gold tassels and billions. 1t is &C
compauied by translation, and was for
war,ed by the American Consul at Tn
= mis-, Mr.. } H. Peyre. -...
A PNnFIrABLE PENTGNTIAnY.--Th
profits ot the Penitentiary of Loulsanlf
:, during the year 1851, was Sl2.63o 81
= of which sum four thousand dollars .aT
. to be paid into The State Treasury. agree
l. ably to The terms of tho lease. leavin
the balance of profits To the lessees
S., 500 67, upon business. as appea
N upon their bonks, of more than S2l5,O0
al
IT'sA Borrowed HoRsE friend
ours who was few miles in the count
" Yesterday, relates the following:-
-, A mile or so from the city he met
" boy on horseback. crying with the col
"a "Why don't you get down aud lead t
horse?" said our friend; chats the W
to keen warm" "lt's a BIB bhrrow'
Is horse, and III ride him it | freeze!
he "'''''' -. ------
ed STuMPING TOO FAR.-One of the b'
I'D Jokes of the season is the statement u
at. one of the candidates for Governor
New Hampshire, who is "stumP'ng
We State" got some thirty miles into Ca'
tor da, making speeches to the k'nncks'
e. fore he knew he was out of his own"b'
ey wick"
-By the new French Constitutl
: a all departments Of the Government c.
er, ter in the Executive aud the Execut
len department cen,ers in Louis NaPo'e
r" Even the High Court Of Justice can
be convened except by the mandate
,r;. the Prince President. Sct. Gag.
the TA petition is before the Maine L
islature to prohibit the use OF tobacco