The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-04-28

increase the number Oh daily arrivals and
departures Erori Sae 70 three wagons, and
eventually to i've" .g, tas 4,.g vas s.
This arrangement was, the origin Of Itc
"Baltimore and Ohio, Railroad Company"
which, when their road is fully completed
slad stock ed, Wi II represgHta capital Of $780,
i600,0ee The distsRee Which the wagons
made in eight days will now be accomplish-
ed in one By the cars, with 500 instead of24
tons for a ioad. Baltimore aud Wheeling
didn't "wait for.the wagon. ~ Clece Her,
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RpGUE OUTwIrTED.- A curious instance
occurred in London, not long ago, 10 which
a rascal was outwitttd a bachelor gen
tlcman, who w;ts avery superior draughts-
man rand caricaturist, was iaidup in his a.
partments with gotltn both feet. He could
mot move, but was " heeled in lis chair in
tand ost of his sitiing-room. "A well-known
tvagabdnd, asccr,umitg the fact, watched
ttiil his servant was sent upon a nrssage.-
/ The area door communicated with the ktch-
en-, through which thevagabond entered and
walked up stairs, where, as he expected, he
fonnu the gentleman quite alone and help
! less ''9 ~ ..'47 '.l'
n nm sorry toisec youin such situation" :"
| said The rogue; ~..yod cannot move and the
servant is out"
! The gentleman started.
{ III is excessively careless fo ltuve your
lself 50 exresed; FOR, behold the consequenc-
les! take the liberty Of removing this
watch aud seals OF the table, and putting
! them in my pocket; and as ! perceive yoar
keys are her., | ,hall unlock these drawers,
and sec what nits my purpose"
""pray, help YOURSELF rep Sod rhe gen
Il cnau, MA sysg aware that he could do
nothing to prevent him. e
The rogue did SIS actprtingly. lie found
the plate in the sideboarh and many otIidr
| filings that suited him; and in ten minutes
having made Up his bundle, he made thegen
tlcman a low bow and der6mped. But the
gentleman had the use of his hand, and had
| not been idle; he had taken an exact like
iness Of the thief with his pcncil; aud, on the
servants returning soon after, he despatch
ed him immediately to Bow street with the
drawing, and an account OF whist had hap
pched. The 'likeness was so good that the
man was Immediately Identified by the run
hers, md was captured before he had time
to dispose ofa single article. He was brought
ITO the gentleman two hours afterward, and
lin six weeks was on his way TO Botany Bay.
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70 The Wives OF a SULTAN.-A correspon-
dent OF the New York Times, in writing from
.Constantinopie, and speaking of the Harem
Iof the Sultan, says: The topic tsell
suggests to us to remark that alter much
Inquiry, we huve been led ct believe that
the Sultan has neither four wives, MOI
seven, nor twenty, as is often reported, aud
Indeed, that there is no definite number. ~
Nor could we ever learn that, as IL general
rule, there is any precise equivalentto civ.
lin or religious marriage, as understood in
Christian cunntSies. But that the distn.
gushing bond anHpledge by which any lady
Eefthe seraglio comes to be regarded as one
4 OF Hi Mnjesty's wives, is that she has pre-.
scented her sovereign lord with "A prince oil
princess of the Ottoman line. From that
moment she takes an espeCialrank in the es
ttablishment of the Harem, with separate a.
apartments aud attendants; and the.One who
has first had that honor receives the title d
First Lady, aud the next that of Second La
dyyahd so on and tickets are, even put upon
lthe doors of their apartments, with these
designations written upon them. But W,
forbear being too curious e pHr gHq .t1aab
ft41 1!,f.ri-t -ys-is ~+~t. -4+-,-rfrr . NJ
r. A VALUABLE CuDGE;s--The following 10
mnousl paragraph is from the Bath eng.
Chronicle: 5HI 5AA ter " 'rH q " fat
"a iriepd Of ourswhose avocations conpe
him to.travei much 10 the dark, astoDishe'
us. a few nights ago. by eshibiting a capi
tai weapon of attack and defence. Takin.
from his pocket what appeared to be a stou
/. constable's staff, he struck t smarIly agains
/ the ground,and in nm instant blaze Of ligh
burst from the endof it, SO powerful am
J brilliant chat everything within a quarter Q
! mile was rendered visible, AMI continues
\ TO be SO for nearly ten minutes. Had
been used as a life preserver, and struck a
gainst the head ofa man, The light wopl'
, have been kindled Unjust the same manner
, so that the instrument may be used first L
, hoor an assailant, and afterwards TO ldentil.
: hlm.'' 3ss~e 2 paA fsln0E Ae"A sni S'ait 2
rnFs0rFTE Eo..a Fl llmore,r alias q Coll Polk,
ARRESTED in New York last week. ON th
charge of swindhng.itls said has thre
times.inthe State prison. .HeIis exceedingi
! accomplished aud easy in his manners, am
I sinceiehisarrest hssbeen identifiedb byl sep
Aral spersonss including hotel skee pers, VIII,
have suffered by him. I4EIis real name /
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