The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-05-26

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York says: "WoOl isrvery quiet and al
steady rates in this market. Tn Boston,
however, there have been large sales Of for,
eign. W. hear OF sales Of 100000 lbs
Morocco wool, from second hands in thi;
market, at full prices. In domestic fleece
some small parcels have been sold at Al
65c. Shearing has commenced both in thi,
State and in Ohio. There is report o
one house, who is the only large holder o
fleece wool, having.made a sale Of I00.00t
lbs at 60 a 65c. Pulled wool is in bette
stock; 10000 lbs sold at 40;. for No. l city
pulled; 45c for No. l country pulled; 4S
ooc. for super; IS a Coo. for extra"
@The Presbyterian general Assembly
'(Olj SCHOOL, assembled in Philadelphia OIL
Thursday, when us delegates answe ed tt
their names.s The opening sermon was
preached by the Ray. d., JDhn G. L1rd,o
Buffalo, the Moderat jr Of III last A ssembly
A resolution was adopted to IKE CHI Irge of
the funeral service Of the Rev. L. S. Glib
SIN a commissioner from Huston, Texas
who diedin Philadelphil on the nth inst.
In the evening a lecture was delivered be-
fore the PRESBYTERIAN Historical Society, by
the Rev. DR.. Davidson, DIN. j.
$500
LAKES IN MISNEsoTA.-The st. Louis In
telligencer slys:-We understand from citi-
zens Of st. Louis whJ spent the season at st.
Paul in the summers Of 1872, that within
n range of twenty miles Of st. Paul, they
have counted not less than fifty to seventy
lakes, while others from there state the mum
Der to be much larger. These lakes abound
in fish. AMI are filled with water clear as a
chrystnl. Some idea Of the rapid growth oi
population in the territory may be formed
when it is known that ST. Paul, which 8
years since was but a small trading post,
has nov over four thousand Inhabitants
Tiis affords but another evidence that the
An Ilo Americans are essentially a fast peo-
ple.' With the growth of the place keep
pace the efforts Of her citizens to increase
Already their pres les diffIse thought among
the people, and the Oldest press has been es-
tablishcd only about four years.
FROM New BRUsswGcx AID New
FoUkDLAED We have received New Bruins
wick papers of a late date. The Lieuten-
ant Governor Of the province had three OF
his ribs broken by fall from his horse,
which was attacked by . dog.
w. D, Taylor, OF Liverpool, u. c., and
formerly a member of the provincial parlia-
ment. committed suicide on the 18th inst, by
shooting himself with a pistol. :
The Countess Of Elgin had been safely
delivered Of a son.
The latest Newfoundland advices ST tate
that Ambrose Sheca, member of the AS
sembly, has been appointed a delegate to
Washington. for the purpose of prompting
tho views OF the House on the subject OIL
free trade between the, United States and
Newfoundland, to communicate with the
British Minister. I'D
SufcIDE.-We learn from the Cltrmont
Sun that DR. Tomlinson, of Neville, former
Iy princip2l Of the Augusta, Ky. College com
United suicide on Saturday evening last, by
emitting his throat with n razor. He had been
in u melancholy state for some days previ-
oIs to committing the rash act. He was
not quite dead when first discovered, but ex.
PRED in a few nom nts after. The deed
was pcrpetruted up stairs in his house with
or lle. hal gIne with tlo ~osIensibl9 object
Of shaving.
= "Ships for California have some diff
in obtaining full freight at New York,
the last advices from Tint quarter very gen
recommended! a cessation Of shipment
of mo ,tkints of7m 7rrh>nJ; Sc until the atoc ks
on hand shall DO diminished. For
measurement goods, the rates of freight the
few days past have gone down ten cents per
foot. There is not much doing for Austria
liza.
0J-Thc late hail storm was very severe
in tie lower section of Prince Georges
Md, some of tho stones being as
as eggs. The tobacco plants were
injured, windows broken, and in
cases the weslher- boarding of dwell
Iings much DANCED. Four men, who were
mn ,". n boat ia tho Potomac, were so Sc
verely pcltrd that they still remain IN a dan
condition.
VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILR AD. Tho cars
this road now run to Mracham's river, and
II Of the lG miles, necessary to carry it
across tho mountains 10 Waynesborouph,
nearly ready for the rails; white so
niles beyond the mountains are under con-
tract. BY next winter the road will be
for the rails to within so miles of the
White Sulphur Springs. The Blue Ridge
Tunnel will be fnished in about two ears.
ANNEXATION OF TIE SANDWICH ISLANDS,
The President has determined, it is said, to
appoint n commissioner to the Sandwich Is
of sufficient ability and wisdom, to eff
the annexation of that country to the
Unlted States, should such n measure be
requisite to prevent it from falling into the
hands OF France.
6I-M. Oscar Lafayette, the grandson
md representative Of the family OF the ia
nous Gen. Lafayette, has refused to take
he oath of allegiance to the French Emper-
n, required from him as u captain Of nrtil-
cry, md has In consequence been deprived
# his commission.
6J-Thc Pacific Railroad" from st.
Iouis TO Kirkwood, n distance of thirteen
nd a halfmiles, was opened on the lth
mud it is expected that, in a few
0ricf weeks moro, II will be completed to
he length, thirty-ninc miles.
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IRIsU EMIGRATIoN- From Ireland the
hief intelligence Ivy the Africa, relates to
he emigration movement which is more