The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-03-03

LIABILITY FOR CoUXTERrrlT DiLLs.--h
foreign counterfeit bank bills presented nj
the counter orlhe Suffolk Bank in Boston,
are marked on tho face and back, and the
names OF the person presenting them taken
dowu,aotha' II such notes get into circulation,
II can be ascertainrd from whose possession
they came. A lew days aga a man presen-
ted a counterfeit bill 1.-THE bank, which had
tue mark upon it, mud upon reference it was
ascsrtninrd that it was deposited in July,
1850, by Il trader of Boston. The bill was
taken to Ibis trader nnd redeemed, in order
to %prereu! d prosecution.
THINGS ~ PH.AADELPHrA.-Thc Penn.
s%ylvania Legislature has accepted nm invita-
tion orthc Councils to visit Philadelphia.
Mr.. l.. Stuart, a drovet from jlillshurg,
Pa, was robbed, on Monday night, Of 81
902 80 in money and a watch, bv some per
son, who entered his room at the Great Mcs.
tern Hotel. Among the money we're one
300 md two $500 bills on u Baltimore
bank, Two persons in the sumo room and
two others IN different rooms were also sui.
fcrcrs for smaller suns.
PRICK OF WuoL -Therc is but little OF.
fering at Piltsburg, but prices are better for
all lots that can be had. Prices ranges
from 10 10 55 cents. Tho next wool cror
Of Ohio is beng Thought up at 40 to 60 cents
per ID. and it is stated that in the county
of Washington, the principal wool.growinu
county Of Pennsylvania, prices for the com.
ing clip will range from - TO 20. Accord.
ing to present appearance, the new cir
will soon be all engaged.
DEsTEUcrtoN OF HUMAN LIFE ny TIGER,
IN lSpfA,-The annual loss of human If,
from tigers, at Singapore, says Capt. Keep
pei, chiefly among the Chinese settlers, i,
perfectly fearful, averaging no fewer thar
AGO, or one per diem. Great cXrrtiuns nrc
still making for the destruction of these ami.
mails, which is effected by pit-rslls, cage,
bsited with a goat, dog, monkey or othe
restless animals, and by sundry cunning
7 contrivanoRs.
WAGES IN AUsTRALIA.--The wages o
mechanics and laborers in cities in Aus
tralia range from 1915 to 3,7j per day, an,
in many Of the rpal districts they are no
so high. These prices are much lower thai
has been generally supposed and on an nv
erage do not Tuch exceed the rates paid il
the United States, The cost of living how
ever, Is cheaper than in California.
Free TRADE DIREcT TASATloN.--lI
a discussion on the Reciprocity bill in tn
House ON the 22d, Dir. TowRshend, Free
Democrat, of Ohiu, said Oaio was ready 70
free trade and direct tuxa,ion. He desire,
coal included in the provisions of the bill
Free trade aud liberalization are among tn,
latest ptNnks in the Ohio Free Democracy
platform.
SLEnGE ~IlAEntR MusIc.-A singular mu
steal novelty has, in some degree, relieved
The laaguor and monotony Of Rome. II
Verd's new opera, tho Troubadoar, an dnUi
chorus with an accompaniment Of sLelSe ham
merS, introduced.
OF During the last thirty nine and a-hal
years II is said, there have been built in tn,
United States, 1880 vessels and that NOR,
ships arc built in Maine than in all the othe
States.
G-The Republic says that the story o
the presentation of a gold comb by Mrs
Fillmore to the Aztec children is a gros
humbug. Nuf ced. 81
67-The number Of emigrants who sale
during the last year from the various port
| Of Great Britain was 1000 perdsy.