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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

Missouri LoCoFOCoIsM--We learn
from the ST. Louis Republican that the
Benton aud Anti Bemon sections of Mis-.
souri Locofoc0ism had each mass meet
ing at st. Louis on the Sth inst. The
Benton meeting could not agree upon
any person Tor Presidential candidate.
nor did the anti Benlonites express any
preference. Each party appears to have
held the meeting for the purpose ofcount.
ing its own strength. aud the RepLbli
can. taking view Of the whole field, is
unable To see how the hostile fnrces can
bring about compromise. They differ
in their view of past transactions, aud
having become fixed in their views and
feelings. sense ofpride prevents them
fIom arriving at reconciliation. So, If
the intention was to effect a re union,
the leaders have been disappointed.
At the Benton meeting. nothing in the
way Of nominations was dune except re.
commenting Col. Benton for Congress.
The meeting expressed dissatisfaction to
wards Cass, gave Douglas the 60 by. and
rather leaned towards Buchanan. Take
II altogether, the Missouri section of the
party is lar Grom being entitled to be- c. |
led tho "harmoniuus democracy Zanes,
UiHe C00r.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

Chersiphron. The beams and doors were
ofcedar.an Ihe rest of the timber cypress.
A staircase made OF The wood of cypress
vines, led up Ia the temple ThislemPle
was burnt by Heros;ratus. from no other
motives, as he afterwards confessed upon
the rack, than to immortAlze his name.
The destruction uf this cd;hce happened
on the very day on which Alexander The
Great was born. inthe year 356, B. c.
Ephesus, that nnce famous city. so
miles south Of Smyrna. near the river
Bais,rus, is now poor village Of 90 or
80 houses. Timothy was the first Bishop
Of this city, and ST: Pau! honored them
with an excellent epistle. which. .hnwever,
none of the present inhabitants ale able
To read, being very ignorant. There are
sti u vestiges Of Roman theatre. circus,
aqneduct. and heaps of stately ruins,
which some suppose:.to be the remains
of Diana's temples for there was b second
temple. it seems. built 10 the honor Of
that goddess. after the destruction Of the
first, not at all inferior 10 the former in
grandeur.
The sixth ancient wonder was the pi-
ganiic statue Of Jupiter Olympus. 1t
was made by the Celebrated sculptor Phil.
idias; it was composed of ivory, gold and
precious stones, sitting upon stone g.
quaIly.marvellous. The height was above
60 ellis. 1t was placed at the farther.
most end Of the temple of Jupiter Olym.
pus, at Achaa. between the cities of Ellis
and Pisa, called Olympa.tho place where
the Olympisn games were kept
The seventh ancient wonder was the
tower of Pharos. commenced by Ptolemy
the elder, and finished some years after
by himself and son, Ptolemy Philadel-
phus. in the year of the world 1910. on
the Island of Pharos. which extended
from the east to the west. in hay. about
three leagues, forming the two ports Of
Alexandria. 1t was built upon the east
end Of this island upon a rock Of white
marble. of large and square structure,
on the top of which fires were kept con.
slantly burning for the direction Of mar
iners. II was most magnificent tower,
conssing of several storesand galleries,
with lantern at the top which could be
seen many leagues at sea. 1t cost 800
talents; if Attic talents. il amounts to
} C los. 900 sterling; if Alexandra, to twice
that sum. Soslratus Of Cnidus was the
architect, and by the following strstagem
endeavored To reap all The glory of rails
ing such a, wonderful structure TO him.
SELF He was ordered to engrave on it
the following worcs-'King Ptnlemy. the
Gods. the Saviors. for The benefit Of Sail
ors,' but instead Of Ptolmey's he cut
uut his own name in the solid marble and
filling up the hollow Of the letters with
mortar, wrote upon it the above iuscrip-
ton. In process Of time the mortar wore
off, and the following appeared: Sos
lratus.. the Cnidian. the Dexiphanes.
To the Gods, ,he Saviors, for the benefit
of Sailors This. as it was engraved in
The solid marble. lasted as long as the
tower itself This wonderful work has
been demolished some ages since; and in
its place stands castle. called Farillon.
where garrison is kept to defend the
haibor.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

PLAyINo CuNcRgssMAN,-AW Washing
toa letter writer tells the following good
one IN an obliging candidate for CLERK
Of the House:
last night, as the passengers from the
cars we're rushing into one nf our priuci.
pal hotels. man. aliiIed us a traveller
unnnunced himself as newly elected
m'mber ~ Congress from one rf the far.
oil States. llc was sonn surrounded by
the friends Of a certain candidate for the
cIerkShp. and his vote solicited, The
9rriutimaled thai he though pretty
well "flhat geutlhman from what hs had
hear'l "i him, but as he had iust arrived
could not say anything positive until he
hadehangel his dress, and refreshed him.
sell. BESIDES. his funds were out, and
. as ne c"nid not draw his mileage until
"imnrrow. he must seek some friends to
belPhim. aud fifty dollars would answer
Tor the present. Tho arrangement wsa
quickly made to pu, the member int,
fUnhs. and fifty dollars we're handed hin,
= bal:'n the following day the a Assumed
member was among tho missing. and haa
not been hesrd-of since
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

WMaj. Gen. Scott, we sce it stated,
honored Kossu,h with q call on Now
Year day While there, Gen. Cass came
in. aud going up TO Gen. Sent exclaimed.
in his usual puffy manner. well Gener.
al. are you prepared to lead hundred
thousand brave Americans to Hungary
to assist our friend the Governorl" Sir"
replied Gen. Sc"it, drawing himself up
I" the height of his stately person, II am
prepared 'o lead my counlrymen wher.
ever Congress directs mo to go!" The
answer was that uf a true American. and
worthy "Ihe hero of a hundred battles ("
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

ALTERATION IN THE TARIFF is sta.
ted that Senator James, Of Rhode Island
has prepared "a projec, for change in
the tariff. which, with the appreciation oI
several leading democratic Senator'S, win
be submitted to the Senate in few days
II proposes areduclion of the rate of du
ties on some articles Of manufacture that
enter into general consumption, and in.
creases the rate If duty on the 6ner fab
rics. 1t proposes to add ten per cent. Ia
the present duties on iron, aud the same
upon 6ne cottons, aud fabrics of cotton
and wool, but leaves the present system
unimpaired IN othosirespecls
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

AN AwFUI. SCeNE.-At Chalons in
France few months since Joseph Mon.
charmont, convicted uf double murder,
was beheaded in the great market place,
ia the preseuce of an immense conc"urse
of people. but not without much Difficult
", When called upon by the chaplain,
who told him that he must prepare to die
in few hours. he uttered dreadful cries
and imprecations aud swore that he
would never be dragged to the scaffold.
When the officers of Justice arrived, his
door was barrioaded, and he refused to
surrender. A struggle eusued, he was
pinionrd and put in cart. Arriving at
tho scatIolj, the guards united his legs.
and attempted tn make him mount. Mon
chalmout then turned upon them and
showed fight. He was repulsed. and ub
liged tn fly to the scNfIold, where he was
beyond the reach of his guards and exc.
cutluners for several hours. He then
called on the crowd to rescue him but
they heeded him not. Stones were hurl.
ed at him sumo woundiRg him badly, but
he retained his position covered with
blond Finally, his executioners capitu.
lated, and agreed To take him back a.
gain, He descended, was put in the
cart, aud reconveyed to prison, where a
gainst his own suspicious, he was sud
denly boond, aud again taken to the mar
ket place. He was an easy conquest this
time. He was carried up the steps Of
scaIfold, struggling all the while. and in
a few moments his head was severed from
his body, GNd tie law riadicdtrl
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

DisAsTERs ON TuE LAKES IN 1851
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser pives
its annUal statement If tho marine dis
asiers an the lakes, together with the
lnss Of lite aud property attendant upon
them. from which it appears that during
the year 1851. property to the value oi
S730.537 was lost, aud 70 lives. Five
steamers. three propsllcrS. aud thirty
seven sail vessels were totally lost. The
disasters of tho last indr years have in,
volved the loss of $2.67S,l4 worth oi
property. and 500 lives,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

|
CnEvALIER HULsEMANN AND Mn Wen
sTER.-A Pretty Diplomatic Passage
The Charge of Austria "near this Gov.
erument" is certainly determined To
show how utterly conlenptible human
being can make himself in the service al
a despnlic master The Washington
corr espondent "f the Philadelphia North
American. writing on the 18th. says:
While clnsiug my letter at this late
hour Of the night. il is announced To me
from respectable but unofficial source
that Mr. Hulsemann. The charge d'df
taireS from Austria. has addressed fur.
NAL communicating To the President di
reciy!- thus "vers:erping the prnprie'
ties Of official intercourse complaining
of the presence of the Secretary of State
a, the Knssuth dinner. and of the senti
ments expressed by him IN that ocasion.
Whether Mr.. Webster may consider il
proper undersuch circumstances TO send
him his passport ur In give him a second
edition of certain letter" to which he
referred IN the speech, is more than can
venture To predict in the absence of ful
Ter inlo,malion. The public will un.
derstand that the present information is
given with the foregoing facts. as it is M
part Of my practice or inclination Ia make
statements without undoubted authority
in every instance"
Ina ,elegraphic dispatch Of the 18th,
published in the same number of the pa
per. the spondent adds:
THE letter from the Chevalier Hulse
mann to the President, referred TO in nv
regular communication Of last night. was
transmitted yesterday, after the purpose
To do so had been openly nnnounced.--
II has not yet reached The Department Of
State. but il will be received there To day
The President aud Mr.. Webster had a
private consultation on the subject this
morning. II is not improbable lha, the
Chevalier's. passports will be presented
"a, hi u,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

SINGULAR DECEPTIoN-Some Abo-
litionists in Boston, last week, contribu
ted funds sufficient To defray the ex.
pense Of large hall for one evening. at
South Boston, in order To hear cOlored
man, who had been slave, give an &C.
count of his life. Instead Of opposing
slavery. however. he surprised and con.
fused the contributors by defending it.
anl said he had ~" objection to going
back to "Old Virginia" He was fre.
quen,ly interrupted. bnt persevored to
tho emil Of his statement.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

A MoDEL SuRscRIBER.-One Of our sub.
sc'ibers To the Weekly Spy in this coun.
~ sentto tho office yesterday. for two or
three missing numbers, tn complete his
file of the paper for The last year, He
has taken. and paid Enr the paper since
Anno Domini 1902, period Of arty
years, and now possesses the whnle set,
bOERl in good, substantial! mauner.-It
is needless for us tn add. that the afore,
said subscriber is one Of the most intel.
ligent men ia the country. - Worcester
SpH.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

INAUGURATION OF TnE GuvgRNoR OF
TgxAs-Gov. Bell. of Texas, was inau
gararc'l ut Austin on tho 23d uIt.. when
ho delivered an address, concluding q.
follows:
1t was not until Texns took her place
n' onc Of tho States Of tho American
U"l"n that sho occupied the position
which nature designed fnr her. From,
That period tn the present hor onward
march I" power and Improvement has
heen mexampled.-From every land
cmigrnnts aren'cking,in welcome crowds
10 p''lake e"t our prosperity. From the
vine clad hills of France und Germany
from neutrality-suspicious. aud EoglonJs
smiling fields, mud from our own sis,o,
States. they swell the living tide, until
the solitary places have been made to 10,
.jpce, aud the wilderness To blossom a,
The fuse.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

CIV. BABY AND KossUTm.-GeneraI
BOily, the Representative in Congress
from Accnmac, had an interview will
Kossuih at his own request, on the sub.
ject of his mission. Kossnlh wished /,
knuw tho reasons for the declaration q
Gen. Baily in the House. that nine tenth,
of tho American people were utterly a.
verse 10 intervention IN fnreign affairs,
directly or indirectly. now or at any time.
Substantial reasons were given. aud the
strongest prnuls. derived from an exten.
sive acquaintance with public sentiment.
oflhe fact alleged. Still Kossu,h laburs
under the delusion that the great mass
of the American people are with
him. He has been led 10 believe, by
demag"gnes in New York. Philadelphia
and Baltimore. that the people will every
where declare in favor Of his objects
aud views. A correspondent Of the N.
Y Express says "Kossulh might stay
here ten years, studying hard. and he
could hardly begin to comprehend the
politics aud pulilical men that figure and
Intrigue at Washinston."-Ctn, Gas.
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wednesday Evening, jan. "a. 1852

1
THE PREsIDENcY - Col. AHea.--We (
do not think that Col Allen aud his !
friends were fairly treaed in The late Lo
cofncu Cunventinn. We said before
hand that sChcming politicians of cousid
erahle tact and little integrity were al
work To defeat an expression of the peO
pie Of Ohio in his favor, and the result
and the remarks of the Mount Vernon
paper published yesterday confirm our
predictions. Col. Allen and his friends
were voted down by combination of.
we will not say the friends Of olher can
didaies. but Of his enemies in his own
party. 1t is kind Ofunion of those fac
ti"ns which were in existence at the time
of Chase's election. Iogether with other
fragments Of the party scattered through
out the Stale aud who deem any change
Tor the better, so far as their personal in
terests are concerned.
1t matters but little what the object oI
the leaders in the Allen movement was
"a very large proporl"n Of the masses
of the party was for him and an expires
sion Of the kind asked fur, he being the
only candidate named for Ohio. was moth.
ing more than was due to him for his
services to The party. ard could not have
resulted in harm To the otler distinguish
ed candidates. But it would seem that
as DR.. ODDS stock improved. Col. Aliens
went down, and the unl y difference was
that Culonel Medaiy wrote the latter's
epitaph in fulsnme adulation. while the
former be treated 10 traitors deserts
By parity "f reasoning, it appears very
doubtful whether Col. Allen will ever a
gain get iu'"tEe good graces oilhe Auto
crat of Locofocoism in Ohio.
Bat we have gone much farther thar
we intended. The subject is an inter
esting one in every aspect aud the secret
history Of The intrigues which preceded
The late Loco foco Convention. it pub
liShed. would form rich chapter in q
treatise upon the peculiar symptoms o
Ohio Locofocosm. .....
And now for The present prospect o
Col. Allen. The Cleveland Herald saws
that. notwithstanding his defeat in Con.
vention, it is stated upon good Demo.
cratic authority that. in the National
Convention. the Ohio delegation will
stand as follows: Allen IL; Cass 7, in.
cludlng The tw0 Senatorial delegates;
Douglas 2; Butler 9; Houston |. IL this
calculation will afford our neghbor and
the Democracy horeabouts any cnnsdIa.
ti"n, we cheerfnIly give them the chances.
But. mark ye! Look well to some of the
home leaders ia The movement. Thew
will cheat you.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

EV Mr. Weed, editor of the Albany
Journal. now in France, says. in his last
letter.
"The success Of Louis Napoleon's dc.
monslraiion will.in defiance oflhe maxim,
roll back the wheels of revnluton. Ii
will put nut the fires aud crush tho spiri,
of Freedom all over Europe, There is
no hope for Switzerland or Sardiria, and
less than none for Hungary. The peo
pile Of Prussia, Belgium, &C.. who oh
tanned irsialmeu's IF Liberty from Their
monarchs, will, or may be requiled IL
yield them back"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

The greatest amount oftolls Collected
in any year previous to lS47. was S6i2.
3O2. The net receipts Of the Ohio Ca
nal for 1851. were s3O7.79l.
The business m the Hooking Canal
has increased largely aud in few years
il viii pay about as we'll as any other in
the State.
Receipts for 1850. .....SS.07s:e7
{" 4" 1861 :. ...1l.Sl4.S7
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

V The book case which the Queen
of England is about to present to the
Emperor of Austria will cost $50, 600
The Boston Post thinks that if Queen
Victoria would give him the New Tes
lament. worth one dollar. and then give
him $4,000 To read it. there might be
slme prospect Of improvement in the
young rascal.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

THR SiNNER's PRoGREss.--It has mol
been generally known tina, the celebra
author of the Pilgrims Progress, WRITE
a counterpart, called the Sinners Prog.
ress. or the Life and Death of Mr.. Bad.
man. A new s,ereo,ypod edition is now
in preparation BY the American Baptist
Publication Society. h.5
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

THe oaIo PUBLrc WoRKs.-Tho Cat
mails of Ohio, the past year. have Produc.
ed an increased revenue. Thisispwing
to a great extent To the large amount O.
produce which has been shipped over
them. The amounts collected for the
pas, FIVE years have been as lollows:
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scarcely yield enough revenue to keep it
in good order.
Tue NEw YoRK CANAL-FarOritiSm
in Contracts The fear Of our neighbour
iarthest up street. "ihat the Wings might
appropriate every dollar of the canal loan
befbre the Locofi,co Canal Board got the
conrrol oft" has not been realized, and
he can now sleep eIsier. They not only
got the controofit, but beGnre their seats
are fairly warm have mrs appropriated it
already.
The favorilism upon their part has
caused great excitement along the line
oi the Canal 'and it is asserted in the
Rochester american that the political and
personal favoritism, which has Influenced d
the present Board in the recent award
ing Of contracts fur the enlargement Of
the Canal. and the rejection of bids by
by responsible contractors who did
not happen to be Of the right poIitica
stripe.will cost the State between twO ana
three millions Of dOllarsi Is not this Q
nough to satisfy nor neighborl
A writer in Buffalo paper gives lis
of seven responsible bidders for the wnrk
on section No. 255. varying in amounts
from Sls2, 1888 to s253,07l; ye, The board
passed over all these. aud gave the con
tract tn George Law at S349 4S5. Thu
$l50.000 was lost on that section alone!
Section M 259 was let To N. L. Paine
& Co. at $299 III. notwilhsta landing there
we're sGetyniae lower BIDS of unques
iionable responsibility for the same work.
Some Of them were nearly $4,000 less.
These instances are given as samples
merely Of hundreds like them.
IL is said IN answer to these charges.
and 10 defend the Canal Board, that the
CONTRACTS have been made below the en-
gineer's estimate, upon which the en-
largemeDt law was predicted. But this
can be no excuse for the violation Of the
express provisions Of tho law which en-.
litleh the lowest responsible bidder to
tho contract. Even were this provision
wanting. common honesty and justice
would dictate more decent regard for
the economical administration OF the
law.
Mr.. Mather, one Of the wing members
Of the Canal Board, offered resolution,
at recen, meeting ofthe Board, request.
ing the Legislature to uppoin, cnmmi,.
tee To investigate the action uf the Board
in the letting Of these contracts. tn
resolution ras laid on The table. The
Legislature will probably make the in.
ves,isalion, whether It is or is not in,
viied to il by the Canal Board.
Such conduct should not for q nome nt
be tolerated by tho people. 1t was some
thing Of tho kind in our own State which
increased the State debt aud now causes
such heavy taxes. The practice extends
to several kinds Of public expenditures
and whether the favoriIsm is exhibited
in appointing extra clerks. increasing
salaries, awarding contracts on public
wnrkS, orpaying ex"rbtant and unnec.
essary prices for public printing!, is
like reprchensible and should demand
the consideration and receive the con.
dennaIion nf the tax payers. Men in
public station, if nature has not made
them sensible Of il. should be taught that
!, is their duty to pay u, least as much
regard To the public's Os their own in tier.
ests,
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.S3,736:20

Inciease. SO, ,736:20
IN two years time. the receipts have
nearly doubled. The Board Of Public
Works think that the National Road will
scarcely yield enough revenue to keep it
in good order.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

TRE z & M. RoAD.--.We clip the
following from the proceedings 10 the
Senate on Thursday last. which we had
not previously noticed. lu our opinion,
very simple question is involved. II
the road sells nader the special law, ii
will sell i"r enough to pay the creditors;
It II sells under an execution. It will not
II is ofno valueto the slockholders now
and never can be under existing circum.
stances. They will receive a greater
benefit from the completion of the road
than they ever can by holding on To il
aud keeping the creditors out oftheir JUS
claims:
Mr.. Kilbourne offered the following pre-
amhle Il resolution. which wassagreed to
Whereas, on the 20lh day of March
1851, an act passed the General Assem-
bly, Of the State of Ohio. authorizing {
sale to be made nf the gainesville ant
Maysvilte Turnpike at public auction
aud whereas, tho capital stuck paid in tC
The company amounts to about six hundred
thousand 1nllars, about one half nf which
is owned by the Stale, aud the remain
der by private individuals; aud whereas
this act authorized the sale of the stocI
held by private stockholders wiihou
their consent, and without remuneration
to lhemin any manner; aud whereas. it il
not believed that the State stock is %
any considerable vaue, but has been sug
qeeted that this manner Of disposing %
il will involve the State in litigation
with the private Stockholders. therefore
Rcso'Oed, That the judiciary commit
tee be instructed To inquire into the ex
pediency ol repeating said act, and TO re
port their opinion.
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UTU oteUhehNITID sNW WcN u SIgI
The prospects ola bloody fight

WThe New York Erpress says:-Mr
Webster is not only writing second let
ter to the Austrian Minister, but has pre-.
pared second letter to the government
Of Great Britain upon the Prnmetheus
affair." Thus. between Europe and A.
merica, the steadiest sort ofhands are re-
quired at The holm Of tho government.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22

TnE PREsrDENcY-A New Aspirant.--
The Democracy of New Hampshire. in
Convention assembled. unanimously re.
commended General Pierce, somewhat
distinguished in the Mexican War, as a
proper person to be nominated for Pres.
ident by the Democratic National Con.
venlinn.
The Democracy Of other States appear
to be more favorable to their own distin.
gushed men than those in Ohin