The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-06-03


THE coMEr AND PLAsRr BusmEss.-ATs
not our scientific ftlenda lp Harvard and
elsewhere carrying the planet and comet
business rather too ,farl A new planet in
he course OF three or fotrReafS and, q Comet
! year will do very welli but this. finding
planet every week, and new comet daily,
Is Il not running the thing into the grobhdI
We used to know the number oe the planets,
andbad some idea Of the principal comets,
but they have gone bead Of our astronomy
long ago, and we think the schuol-boys must
have bard time oft. Mr.. BoNp,, of tho
Cambridge Observatory, has himself turned
out eleven or twelve new comets, the tele-
graph does not exactly know which; and the
rivalry amongobservers is so great that every
country and every institution with preten-
sions to science Is settingup its own comets;
and some of them their own planetss ffit
be true, as some very wise people have sue.
gested, that this globe Is ultimately to be de-
stroyed by an untumed comet, is it wise,iB
our astronomers to be beating up new oRss
and letting them loose! Is there not danger
that some unpracticed hands may take up
the business and set them flying in wrong
directions! We have great confidence in
Mr BOND, and we have no doubt that the
business is reasonably safe so long as it is
confined to regular professors, but every
schoolmaster is pointing his telescope to the
sky, and bringing down a star with the GER
taintv of Capt. SCoTT aiming alta coon land
even the womeR-who ought to be content
with knowinT that they are terrestrial stars
are searching the heavens for planets and
comets.-Providence Journal.
THOMAS PANE.-The Bordentown IN. -
X gister, in commenting upon the improve
ments in that place, mentions an old dwell
ing which is to be torn down, that wa, former
ly owned by ThomasPaine. He did not re-
side there, however, hut durinr his stay at
Bordentown, lived with Col Kirkbride, on
the hill now occupied by the Female Inst-
tute. "There are several of our citizens that
stilremember him as he frequently appear
ed in the street; his awkward striding walk,
uncouth fgure, and singularly ill-favored
visage, making him an object of curiosity
wherever he went. W. have been told that
in walking from the upper end of town down
to his home, with his head upon his breast,
he would cross the street backward and for
ward half dozen times in meditative for-
getfulness."
EDITORS OF METHODIST PAPERs.-At the
General Conference ofthe Methodist Church,
at Boston, among other business, the follow
ing elections for persons to take the editorial
control of the Methodist papers were made,
viz: Rnv. Thos. E. Bndwus elected editor
of the Church Advocate and Journal, New
York; Rev, Charles Eliot, e6itor of the
Western Advocate, Cincinnati; Rev. John
McClintock, editor of the Quarterly Re-
view, N. y; d. P. Kidder, Sunday School
Advocate, N. Y. VIM. Hosmer, Northern
Church Advocate, Auburn, N. Y; VIM.
Mast, Christian A rologist, Cincinnati Leroy
Swormstcdt. Principal Book Agent, Cincin-
natl; Rev. VIM. p. Strickland was elected
editor of the Ladies' Repository, Cincinnati.
PANAMA RATLRoAD.-In the local column
Of the New York Express of the 2lst inst,
is the following paragraphs
M. John L. Stevens stated, last night,
at the dinner given to Mr.. Law, that con-
tract had that day been entered into by MI
ncr C. Story, Of Pcughkeepsie, for the coIhS
pleton of the Panama Railroad within one
year, and that George Law was the gdaraH@
tee for the fulfillm mt Of tie engagements
The effect of the completion Of this work on
the commerce of the world Is incalculable,
and can hardly be estimated.
IMMENSE CoNTRAcT.-A contract for
building the Tere Haute and Qllnois) Rail-
road, has been entered into by Messrs.
Willis Phelps, VIM. Mattoon and Jas. Barnes
of Springfield Mass. This road extends l75
miles, nearly across the Southern part Of
Illinois These gentlemen have contracted
to build the road, furnish the iron, build the
depots, cars, locomotive, &C., putting the en-
tire road in running order, with three mill
lions Of dollars. The route is comparatively
an easy one, and it is believed that the road
will be completed within twoyears. These
gentlemen are already heavily engaged in
; different parts of the United States!
JAMAICA ScoURGEp.-At latest dates the
smallpox was scourging the Island of jana
lea at a terrible rate. In Falmouth, with q
population under 1900 it is supposed l50
are dead, and il is thought that nearly three
fourths of the inhabitants have had the dis
ease in some shape or other. There is not
an estate within large district o the parish,
which have not lost a Dumber of lsbUrers,
sometimes six, eight, twelve and even more.
! At Puntcrpant estate, with pc pllatiCn ct
prehaps lao, lS had died Of smallpox up to
the 2lst inst.
: HIGH MANuRlNe.- editor the Mich
!, igan Farmer in his foreign correspondence,
: states that Robert Craig, successful culti-
!. vator near Glasgow, applies manure at the
rate of one hundred dollars per 'acre!--and
finds it profitable. Although he makes much
: on his excel mt and fertile farm he draws
large additional quantities miles after pay
y ing over two and half dollars per ton when
: applied. He gives forty tons to each acre
\ This keeps the soil in fine condition for sew
0 eral years, or till his five years rotation is
e completed.
: A MAN DRowNED.-An industrious and
Q worthy young German, by the name Of JOHN
' EsvrT, who has been employedin driving the
: mali coach between this city and McCon-
U nelsviIle, was accidentally drowned in the
: Mugkingum river, near the Locks, in this
city, on Saturday night.
5 In company with three or four others, HI
went in to bathe, when getting beyond hi
8 5 depth and being unable to sv I'M, he sunk Il
u rise no more.-Zdaes. Cour.
: SALARIES IN New ORLEANs.-The salary
of the Mayor OF New Orleans has been re-
}, Educed from 1000 to $500, with an allow
ance of $4,000 for clerk hire; the salaries oi
al o,.IS uaNynP ~