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

New IRON PRoJEoT.-It is stated that
Shocnberger, the oldest iron maker in Penn
sylvanin, Rhey. Matthewe e. Co., of Pitts
burg, and number of enterprising ,capi.
talists in New York, Boston and Philadelphia,
are organizing company, with $l,000OOO
capital, to embark very extensively in the
manufacture of iron rails at Johnstown,
Cambria county, Pa
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

0TWe heard an anecdote few evenings
since which is too good to be confined to
private circles. 1t is as follows: r -...
A negro preacher was holding forth to
his congregation upoR'tho subject of obey
ing the commands Of God. SAYS he, "Brud-
rem, whatever God tells me to do in this
book (holding up the Bible,) dat Fm gwoin
to do. If see in it dat tmust Jump troo u
stun wall, I'm gwoin to jump at it. Going
troo it longs to God--jnmpin' at it longs
To mel" ... . - .. ...-.l
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

BIC AprLEs.-The Allegheny City En-
terprize states that large quantities Of APP
pies are brought to Allegheny by Railroad,
and that tone barrel, containing two bushels
and three pecks, had only seventeen apples in
it. They were grown by r. Townsend, OF
New Brighton" That is equal to any Cal
ifurna story.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

INSTANTANEOUS PORTRAITS. The Scien-
tiic American says that instantaneous por-
traits can now be taken on collodion by a
very inge Rious French invention. The.
person whose portrait is to be taken is
placed az some distance off, in front of the
lens. and the operator, while. conversing
wiih Him, pulls trigger By so doing q
newly invented cap turns on its own axis,
and in its rotary movement allows the light
.nd the image Of the sitter to pass through
hole twice the diameter Of the lens. The
portrait Is obtained in the fraction of a
second, aud ior qaickuess eau only be com,
pared to clectt!?!y.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

A New ENGLAND CUsTom.-According
to universal custom at the town Of Marsh
field, on the Sabbath of Mr.. Webster's
death, between the hours of seven and
eight in the morning, the bell Of the parish
church was rung violently, to announce to
the startled inhabitants within hearing that
a death had occurred among them. Then it
was strack three times three as a signal, that
n male personhad died. Next, the bell was
struck slowly and deliberately seventy strokes
to denote the age of the dead; and then
there went up mournful voice from every
house, ait must be that Daniel Webster is
dead"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

0ErFor the information of late risers, we
may state that the white frost this morning
was nearly equal to'a light fall, of+snow.-
Sci. Gas.
Who told youl a.,, N-it a!.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

IMMIGRATION FOR OcToDER. During the
month oil October, 2O,ll6 passengers were
landed at New York, of whom ,439 came
from England, S36 from Ireland, l,O45 from
Scotland, 1866 from Havre, l,625 from
Bremen, and the remainder from European
ports, and Chagres. The number of yes
sells arrived during the same time was 22l,
colaprising tonnage of l06,905 tons.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

TERRIBLE AGENT OF DEsTaUcTIoE.-A res-
ident of Leeds, England, apprises the editor
of Galway Vindicator that he can prepare a
liquid, pint of which ina glass grenade
shell, thrown trough a barrack window in,
the night, would silently destroy the whole
Of its living inhabitants, or broken in the
face of an advancing force, horse or foot,
would arrest their progress by death or par
alysis.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

CVDA AND THE UNITED STATES. The
Madrid correspondent Of the Kolnischc lei
tung writes under date of October Sd, that
he knows from Usure source, that the A.
mericun Ambassador at that Court, has late
ly renewed the offer of $3.50, 100000 made
under Mr.. Polk's administration, for the Is
land of Cuba. The Ministry, after having
made the matter the subject of special de-
liberation, replied that Spain no longer tho't
of parting with the Island, bat would en-
ploy her utmost power to keep it. AS for
the attempts of the fllibustcrs to which the
Ambassador had alluded in making his pro-
posa, he no longer feared them, but was
ready to suppress them as they should be
made. The army in the island was strong,
loyal and trustworthy, and the civil officers
would prove faithful to the last. The reply
concluded by requesting the Ambassador not
to renew the proposal. The general belief
at Madrid, says the writer, is that the fill
clustering reports ace got upby the American
Government, in order to induce Spain to
sell the island. Accordingly, this reply Of
the Ministers, gives general satisfaction to
the public of that city. ... ...
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

GTThe New York Times says, "Lying
in politics acts somewhat like fish on Long
Island soil. 1t brings up a rousing crop the
first season it is used; but too long contin-
ued it brings out more sorrel than grass"
The Locos are now reaping the first 'sea-
sons crop. The rest will be a long in due
time
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

A Coop Shot. The Warsaw New York
er says that Mr.. Augustus Wairow, Of that
town, made wager of his rife, a seven
shoe er, against the sum of eighty dollars,
that he could fire, at six rods distance, inside
ofn two shilling piece, seven shots in ten
seconds. twas done in eight seconds, and
he won his money. This we call sharp
shooting. At another time, while in Penn
sylvanin, on his annual hunting tour, he
started n number OF deer. Without reload
ing, or leaving his tracks, he killed four OF
them, and shot the horns from another
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

New JERSEY. The result of the election
in New Jersey, gives the Democrat, U. s.
Senator in place Of the Hon. John w. Mil
Ter, Wing. The members of the House of
Representatives elected are: Nathan II.
Stratton, Charles Shelton, Samual Lilly,
George Vail and Alex. C. NJ. Pennington,
all democrats but the last named. j sa'
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

A FEMALE VorER.-The police returns
from the Nineteenth ward of New York..
saw that woman, dressed iHruen's clothes,
attempted, to vote i'm the Fourth District in
that cits on Tuesday, but the inspectors,
much to her disappointment, rejected her
vote. 1t is said that she was going to vote ;
the Democratic ticket. uInn
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

EMloRArIoN.-Th German emigration Of
1921 numbered only 200; until 1880, there
was but one season that it amounted to l5,-
900. In 1882 it rose to $4,000; in 1887 to
$4,000, but fell in IS43 to $4,000; the nam
ber then Of persons who, during the decade
closing with that year, went beyond the seas
in search Of better fortune, averaged about
10000 annually. From this time forth
there has been rnpid increase in the extent
Of the emigration. In ls4i, Germany sent
out, in round numbers, $4,000 cmi9ranss,,in
'45, 6l 900; in 1896 and AT the famine pears,
more than 100000; in l845, 40 and 80, the
years of revolutionary disturbance and po-
litical prescription, from SO,OO0t to 10000,
aud in 1856 something more than l3,000.
1t is calculated that these emigranta have
carried out of Germany, capital n the a
mount of $4,000 900. As is known, Aus
lria has contributed but slightly TO this great
movement, to which she has double mo-
tive of opposilion--her desire ofscttling the
sparsely populated districts of Hungary
Transylvaniu and n polite fear orthe event
uaIy destructive influence on her despolic
institutions of communications from settlers
in happier lands to friends and relatives suf-
feriag under them at home.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

Posting Up Our readers shall have the re-
suit of the election in the different States,
SO soon as we can get reliable returns. 1t
is fixed fact that Pierce is elected, but the
majorities are not yet fixed. From all ac-
counts, they will be large enough ia all con-
science TO make any other than Scott man
SGfaint
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

ARRIVAL OF THE IsAEEL FROM HAVANA
The steamship Isabel arrived at Charleston
on Tuesday from Havana, whence she sailed
on the 3Oth ot. The Courier says;
We understand Tint the Isabel, on her ar
rival at Havana, was permitted to land her
passengers and mail without any unneccs-
sary trouble on the part Of the authorities
even newspapers were permitted to be deliv-
cred and sent ashore, and at her departure
everything appeared to bo quiet an4 peace
allie .... ...... .....
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

FRAuEs, &c.-The venerable Editor of
the National Intelligen bears his testimo-
ny to the disgraceful Locofoco frauds which
have characterized this canvass. He says;
Through lifelong experience as con-
ductors Of this journal, we must say that we
have never seen the public press so degraded
as it has been within the last 80 or 40 days,
by the propagation of the most shameless
| falsehoods in regard not only to the Whlg
candidate for the Presidency, but to the ex-
listing A Administration Of the Government,
which, instead of being subjected to the vii
lanous aspersons cast upon it, deserves
from every good citizen the most hearty
thanks and commentator for lite loyalty TO
the Constitution, the Laws, and the faith OF
Treaties. and the exertions which it has
made and is making to sustain them all in
full vigor. AS Tor the telegraphic reports
which are flying from one end OF the coun-
try to the other concerning the pending par
ty contest, the safest plan is to distrust al
most everything intended to affect the Elec'
ton, as in nine times out of ten they are
not worthy of confidence.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

ONE OF THE SPECULATORS.-A corresDon.
dent Of the Cincinnati Nonparcil, who has
been pcrambulating about Sandusky, re-
Iatcs the following operation in cnrly times
i'm that section which beats modern renl cs-
tate operators some. lie thus writes of an
extensive tract Of land called the "pismre
Purchase:"
1t was originally owned by one Jcssup, an
eastern speCulator in those FIRE lands, en-
bracins Erie and Huron counties. There
came TO this section one of those gcniuscs
who constituted the pioneer character of the
West They were a shrcwd class, and mnny
stories are told Of the games they played with
green ones from the East. One Of these
shrewd men, dcshing to purchase the
tract in question, aud not wishing to pay the
nrice demanded, took this method Of accom-
plshinp his object. During the wet season
of the wear, when nn one could pass over the
land, because it was vet ard low, he TOOK
Mr.. Jessup out to examine It, and see how
exorh.tant were his demands, Jessur, not
being skillfu in passing along on the bogs.
frequently slipped in up to his knees. Our
Western hero, seeing his perplcxity, pro-
posed to carry him short distance. "No,"
said Jcssup. "Ycs," was the reply; and he
took the Eastern gentleman upon his back
and moved on until he came ton large ant
hill, on which he landed the cd gentleman,
to rest awhile. But the specuator had not
remained long, before the ants were creep
ing over his whole body, by hundreds, and
he begged to return, for something was eat
ing him up. Our hero was quite willing to
carry him back in this dilemma, tor by this
time mis- opinion of the value of the land was
considerably deprecated and II sale was i'm
mediately effected on terms entirely sats-
factory TO our knight Of the ant-hill. Hence
the Ptsmire Purchase. Who can beat hat!
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

TFrom the National Inteliigencer.l

AMERICAN LABoR--THE PREsEET AND
THE PAsr.-At this present moment, preg-
nant with the interests Of American labor
we ask every American citizen to read the
following act, passed in the reign OF George !
II, just previous to the American keVolu-
ton, and honestly answer which party is
now sustaining the same British policy, and
which the American, as vindicated and NAM
tanned by that Revolution! In this act OF
tyranny we have one of the principal causes
of the struggle of l776. What the arm OF
power could not then accomplish, the most
insidious means are now employed to effect.
The act speaks for itself, it is as follows:
! FIN the twenty third year, of the reign OF
George ii.
An act to encourage the importation Of Ptg and
bar iron from his MajeSiys Colonies IN A
merica, and 10 prevent the. erection ot any
mill or other engine for Sitting or rolling Of
ir n, or anu plating forge TO tcork ,oih tut
hummer, or ann furnaces for making Steel IN
anu of the said Colonies.
Whereas the importation Of bar iron from
his Maiesty's colonies in America into the
port Of London, and the Importation OF pig
iron from the said colonies into. any port oil
, Great Britain, will be great advantage not
only to the said colonies, but also to this
kingdom, by furnishing the manufacturers
ofiron with supply Of that useful and nee
, essary commodity, and by means whereof
, Lrroe sums of money, now annually paid for
iron 10 foreigners will be saved to the king
dom, and greater quantity of the wooden
II thor ,oanufactnres ofCrcnt Britain will
e be exported to America in exchange Tor
e such iron so imported:
BE il therefore enacted by the Kings mos
4 ercellent Majesty, DC. That all pig ana o0l
q iron from his Majesties colonies be admitted
D free of duty.
And be il further enacted, That from and
, after the oath day of June, 1850, no mW o.
other engine for Sitting or rolling Of 'ron' OF
ana plaiing + rye to cork ,cih a t!H-hdmn'er
or any furnace for mailing steel, SHALL Bl
: ERECTED or after such erection continued
d in any of his Majesty's colonies in America
and if any person or persons shall erect Of
cause TO be erected, or after any such erec
u ton continue or cause to be continued, II
anv Of the said colonies, any such mill, en-
u CINE, forge, or furnace, every person or per
9 sons SO offending shall, for every such mill
engine, forge or furnace, forfeit the sum
|, two hundred pounds of lawful money o
l Great Britain.
e And be 10 further enacted By the authortt
y aforesaid, That every such mill forge or fur
Z mace, SO erected or continued, contrary to tht
u directions of this act, shall be deemed
COMMON NUISANCE, and to be abated within
the space Of thirty days after information
thereof. N.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11
Nearlv a LOcal-our friend Of the sciOtO

Nearly a LOcal.-Our friend of the Scioto
Gassits, has since the election, been rejoic-
ing over the receipt of several good-Paying
to his Daily paper. Any favors
of that kind are thankfully received at this
Office. Next Monday, the "biennial" Lee
gislature continues its "semi-annual, ses-
sions of four months each, and the people
should be promptly posted as to their doings.
Send in your names. There are at least a
hundred more Of our citizens who ought to
take the paper, and we hope their modesty
will not prevent them from doing their duty,
at least as long as "the New Constitution is
in the hands of its friends" Mail subscri-
scribers can be accommodated at % PEI
annum
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

Tbs PRESIDENTIAL ELEcTIoS.--Sixty
counties in Ohio show gain of about 2 500
since the State election. The majority will
be about $4,000. New York city gives
Pierce over II 900. The State will give
him90 600. Kentucky givesScott about2 600
majority. Maryland goes for Pierce by s.
600, Georgia rolls up 10000 for Pierce.
Tennessee is reported Locofoco by 5000.
Virginia shows slight gains for Pierce
Massachusetts, stands, Scott 54,205; Pierce
40, ,7Os Hale 2O.OOS; webster and scattering
/ $50. Philadelphia county and city, Pierce
5000; Scott 24.573; Hale 626; Brown l.
l4s. California is not yet in. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY expected that it will go for Scott, il
he gets votes enough; il not, Pierce will car
ry the State.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

CHASED BY LocDMoTIvE.-A Hoosier
writes 10 the New York Dutchman an ac-
count OF his first sight of locomotive and
his adventure herewith:
came across the country and struck our
railroad, and was plying it about four knots
an hour. Now, I've heard tell about your
locomotive, but never dreamed about seeing
one alive and kicking; but about two miles
from here, heard something coming
coughing, sneezing and thundering; so
looked around. Sure enough, there she
come after me-pawing the earth up and
splitting The air wide open, and more smoke
and fire flying than orter to come out OF
hundred burning mountains. There was a
dozen wagons followin arter, and to save
her tarnal, black, smoky, noisy neck, she
could not get clear of 'em l don't know
whether they scared her up or no; but here
she came ioaming at the mouth, with her
teeth full of burning Goals, and pitched
right at me like thousands Of brick. could
not stand it any longer, so wheeled round
and took down the road, and began to make
gravel fly in every direction. No sooner
had done that, than she put right straight
after me, squalling like thousand wild
cats.
She begun to gain on me coming up a
little hill, but came round pint to straight
level on the road. Now thinks |, I'll give
you ginger; Pam great on dead level;
so pulled to it, and got under full speed
and then she began to ycil and stamp, and
come full chisel, and made the whole earth
shake. But kept on before, bounding at
the rate of twenty feet every jump, till
got 10 turn in the road, and was undel
such headway that | couldn't turn, 50
turned heels over head down bank by q
house, landed cosmulic into swill barre
and my feet stuck out behind and Np in th'
air.
Just at the time the locomotive found
had got away from il, it commenced splitting
hot water into me, and just literally sputter
ed all over me. | thought in my soul tha
Mount Vesuvius had bust some place in th
neighborhood. But do you suppose | stayed
there long! No sir! just walked rigl
through that barrel, and came out SO quicl
that really looked ashamed Of myself
Now here | am, really double-rcvolving
snolly glostcr, ready to attack anything buI
a combination of thunder and lightning
smoke, railroad iron and hot water.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

STATE BOARD OF AGRIcULTURE.-The an
nunl meeting of the State Board of Agricul-
ture will be held at Columbus, on Wednes-
day, December 9th. This is an important
meeting, and we hope every county society
will bo represented. The election of mem
bers of the State Board will take place at
that time.
The members whose term Of service ex-
pires on that day, are, A lien Trimble, Ar
thur Watts, ]. G. Gcst, c.. Springer, and J..
NJ. Edwards. |
The following members hold over till next
ycar:--Samurl M"dary, M. l.. Sulhwaat,
VIM. Case, Philo Adams, and r. w. Mus
0rave - statesman.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-11

MuLEs-The Mayssille Eagle says, Ken
tucky sends annually to market thirty thou.
sand mules, worth from $4,000 900 to a..
100000
The daily union., 1852-11-11

war DEPARTING I.
bureau Touoxf4phicai Engineers. Sent, It 4,

Bureau Typographical Engineers, Sept Is 1854
win be sesssd y The sse,s,.,y q War uat ,ns
river which the will be awarded tho lowest
uien shall thousand dollars.
CONDITIONS
The materials forming The ran must thoroughly
form new distractions mpedmsni. the navigation thereof
The shall report a poon Of The
has been removed and destroyed the shall BE- inspected BY an
Is ,he fct e deparlmsnt win such proportion Of the whole
price agreed upon as the portion removed h bear to the entire
shall be less than onedneenh part whole work
July nes, 1885, viii which hs siins com
ss w That III and 9,o s ss % ~c ne will snds
Tor the period hs will staie and will propose
specified for the completion Of
s ss 5 the i % % T. Y an s
m shall appear such that the has been fully
ny with The slms The agreement including twenty per
retained under article Bu 4 shall ,a, the eonac. has
been fully complied further shall be made
sn. The balance e du on ne 'Ss e. The
proper fud His
gagee and he shall offer competa the work without add
Secretary Of War win be allowed him for that
And the OF that Time the work shall be completed
The viii required his bond for $40 600,
Each bidder
will a .s same ms with M hs names v q nn na
will his bond suretes above mentioned and
State which he resides respectable citizens
aud that he considers Them worth ten dollars over and
these conditions snail be compiled with.
IL ALERT,
The Republic, In,elisencc and Union, Washington
s ana and , sw d New IN
ohio; Louisville Journal Louisville, Kentucky 81 Louis
La New orleans Commeca Bulletin, New oreans Bee and
New Orleans Republican, New Orleans La will insert The above
Sept al~dioisaswijan ) ~
The daily union., 1852-11-11
In Admiralty.

rnk UNITED STATES OF AssaioA, District Columbia
WHthEhs libel hath been Med in
W District Of Columbia John b. Montgomery
against the OF the ship Abundance
and charges that said
~ the port OF San Jose IN Lower California
The said John Montgomery being
United States
beant In said libel that he aid shall
denim The said +
And whereas the honorable james Moei judge Of the
court ha ordered and appointed the Monday December
next a ~ O'Clock IN the forenoon the holding
court al me United States Washington Tor
LIANT 'E'1lfa
Notce hereby given that district will und there be
hs'a ior the ai OF The snid aud the
ana all persons who
hereby cited 10 be aud
show cause they have why
9th October, 1854 BY order--Test. t'I4f
oct2y-daot 4Nt JOHN A. SMITH, Clerk.
The daily union., 1852-11-11
Iu Admiralty.

THE UNITED STATES Columbia
WHEREAS libel hath been district
court OF the District Of Columbia by John Montgomery
against the ship Admittancc, her iack
which ad libel sets forth and charges thar the said ship Adtance
her TACKLE, APPAREL aud 9Th Ap
year s47 the port Of San Jose, in Lower California; seized
by the said John d.
and
prize OF and the sad bclan plays
said court shall proceed condemn the
tackle apparel and furniture
And whereas the bonorabe James Morse,
hath ordered aud appointed Monday
next al ten O'Clock IN the holding
the United States room Washington,
for the trial of the said ship tackle apparel and furniture
ably the prayer of the said ibeant-- t3f@4'
Notice hereby that district will
held for tho trial the said the
and all who have
hereby cited be
show they why pass
27th October, 1881 by order--Test.
oct29-d20t JOHN A. SMITH, Clerk
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