The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

LA6hEh1 luO obAC V1iNeA ~
Courier, who, from his recent position at
Washington, Is familiar with the Gardiner
Claim and It's strange history,in noticing the
conflicting statements sent forth from Wash
ington since the return Of the Gardiner
commission, takes occasion to explain that
commission and some other matters. The
whole thing is queer, to say the least. The
Courier proceeds;
About the time Of the close Of the last
session Of Congress, the"Investigation Com
mittee" Of the Senate, which had been for
some time overhduling "the Gardner fraud"
appointed a commission Of three persons to
proceed to the district Of Rio Verde in Mex
leo, and make diligent search for the mines
which DR.. Gardiner claimed to have owned
and worked there, and upon which claim he
received the reward of the Mexican Com
mission at Washington for the sum of S425V
900. The object of dispatching this COM
mission, was simply to establish the fact of
the existence or non-existence ofsuch mines.
George w. Slacum, of Alexandra, had pre-
viously been sent from the city of Mexico
by the American Minister there, Governor
Letcher, of Kentucky for the same pur-
pose, but did not go within a less distance
than eighty miles Of the place where the
mines have always been said to be, and of
course failed. Neither the President, nor
the Senate's committee, were satisfied with
the report made by Mr.. Slacum, and so a.
mother commission was resolved on, which
might be accompanied by DR.. Gardiner to
the alleged scene ofhis mines. This the in
~vestigating committee of the Senate very
properly appointed.
One of the members of this commission,
(and he the one who it was supposed would
be the master spirit in the work to be done,)
was a personal enemy Of DIR. GARDENERS and
therefore objected TO by that gentleman who
reqested a substitute to be appointed. This
request, proper as it was, Mr.. Soule refused
to accede to, whereupon DIR. Gardiner de,
clined accompanying the commission aud ap'
pealed TO the President, muking his expla'
nation in due form, and requesting that
!, commission should be sent out which hi
could accompany. He did not ask the priv
ilege Of naming any one who should go on
! upon it, but simply requested that it nigh
not be constituted in whole or in part of hi
= known personal enemies.
2 After taking time for consideration, Mr.
: Fillmore determined to grant the request .
D DR.. Gardiner, and did appoint still anothe
{ commission, and provided for sending thi
out by a u. s. vessel from New Orleans
= THIS commission the Doctor accompanied out
From this statement of facts, it will b.
8 seen that there is no "the Gardiner commits
: sion" in the case. There were two commits
s sions sent out, one appointed by the Inves
}, tigating Committee Of the Senate, the othe
: by the President Of the United States. TIL
members of the first named have returne
: and reported that they could find nc mines
r and that they are prepared to. prove that n
8 such mines as those DIR. Gardiner based hi
e claim upon ever existed in the district of tn
Rio Verde. The members Of the other com
mission have returned likewise, and repor
that they found the mines, and that they ar
: prepared to prove their existence and de
a scribe their locality.
The Senate's commission went to the fot
c Of high, steep mountain, which TREY reT
resented as being Inaccessible to any thin
e but a cat" The Presidents commissio
y made he ascent of this mountain, and anon
its businesses found the mines which the
were in search of, in location and characte
d Just as DR.. Gardiner had described them o
the way.
TELEGRAPH BETwTEEN ErRorE AND A
n mERIcA.-Thc idea Of connecting Gre
Britain and the United States by telrgraE
. is revived in London on n grand scale. tt
l. proposition is to extenIthe line from SEQ
ID land, by way Of the o kney, Shet anil al
Feroc islands, to Iceland, and thence
Greenland; thence across Davis Straits
il Labrador and Quebec. The entire leng
Of tire line will be 1900 miles; and the su
marine portions of it from l,400 to 1900
Of From tho Shetland Islands it is proposed
carry a branch to Bergen, 10 Norway, co
meeting it there with a line TO Christian
lie Stockholm, Gottenburg and Copenhogel
from Stockholm n line may easily cross 4
is Gulf Of Bothnia to St. Petersburgh. TT
IL whole expense Of this great Information
lie work is estimated considerably below ESQ.,
he 900.
=. 6The Ericsson air ship at New York
~ getting ready for her trip South, which W
be to Baltimore or Washington. The f
press says the company are also waiting
y the act Of Incorporation, which has been ?
titioned for at Albany. This secured, t
~ keels offve new vessels will be immedial
10 ly laid. The projectors have undated CO
~ 6dence in the success of their e~nterpri'
notwithstanding the faithlessDes Of so ma
in the community.
cs The FLORIDA WAR.-It is said that abo
IS: 1000 volunteers are prepared in Florida
ed take the field against the Seminole 1ndiul
a