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


HoRRnLE TRAGEDY IN MIssrssrrpr.-The
Pauldlng miss Clarion relates the follow
ing shocking affair:
On Thursday last, James Clark. . wall.
known citizen ofthe county Of CLARK. made
an assault upon bis negro = oman for a cauac
which we have not heard stated. He then
ordered her into a corner of the room, and
commenced pitching bis knife at her, point
foremost. As the knife would enter her
flesh, he would compel his victim to draw il
forth and return it to him, This demoniaeal
amusement was continued until the. slave
was covered with about flty bleeding CASH
es! The same day he whipped his wife, cut
her all over the head with his knife, not dan
gerously, we understand, but in a mass Of
cruel and painful punctures. He also cut
offher eye-lidsi
This strange drama Wound DIP on Friday
last by the commission Of murder. Clark,
on that day, ordered his wife to 60 aud call
Lewis, Ga negro belonging to the fdnnily.)-
She obeted, but the slave refused to Gomez
through dread Of his enraged master, We stp4
pose. Mrs. Clark returned, and was whip
ped by her husband for not bringing the me-
gro! Five times was she sent upon this ca
PRECIOUS mission, FIVE times was it fruitless,
and each time she was whipped for her fail
ure. Clark then called to the slave, inform
ing him that he would shoot him next morn
ing. The negro, it seems, did not heed the
warning, for while splitting rails the next
morning, he was deliberately shot by his
master. The wound was fatal; the negro
ran about three hundred yards, and fell in
mortal agony. Clark, who is supposed tn he
insane, has been committed to answer for
murder.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

.Oy-There are one, hundred and six post
Offices and pOstmastcFs lathe new State Of
California. ~ I'm az ssass VIA. Seas
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

SAD AFrAIK.-The Salem Gazette states
that an industrious Eishman, residing in
Boston, had accumulated and saved money
enough from his earnings to secure and fur
nish a snug little tenement, and to send for
his family to come over and occupyit. They
took passage in the ship Moses Wheeler,
which arrived last week, but the wife and
six children had died during the passage
ovaH |H#
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

TuMBLING.-"R is, strange" muttered a
young man, as he staggered home from o sup
per party, show evil communication cor
rupt good manners! I've been surrounded
by tumblers all the evening, and now I'm a
tumbler myself."
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

GEN. PIERCE, Il il stated, refused to see
separately either Of the New York delega-
tons, which waited upon him last week in
relation to his cabinet appointments. Both
delegations, friends and opponents Of Mr..
Dickinson, were therefore compelled TO
unite. The mission is also said to have ef-
fected nothing.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

Conviction FOR USING A POSTAGE STAMP
TwicE.-In the u. s. District Court at Al
bany, New York, on Saturday, a verdict was
rendered on behalf of the United States a.
gainst VIM. A. Hilliard, Of B~ridgewater,
Oneida county, for usinga postage stamp af-
ter it had been once used already, in viola
tion'of the act of 1851. This is the first
conviction for the offences.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

A CARSo Or LAOaEs- FOR CALIFORNIA
The ErenOhship Sonsonatte arrived at Val
paradise, recently, with a cargo Of 400 ladies,
for California; The young ladies quite en-
livenedthe streets of that city for few daye,
aud one or two soft hearted estraNJeros tried
hard to induce some Of them to remain, but
il was no 90. The. ladies said that having
come 30 far, they were determined TO see the
elephant.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

WAR SrEAMERs.-England owns more
than double the number Of war steamships
possessed'by any other uationi there being
in,the British navy N bundled and forty
one; in the French sixty-eight;r in the Rus
sian thirty-two;' and in the United States
but fifteen.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

A HUNDRED YEARS Aeo.-In his History
Of Massachusetts,, Bradford states that on
the anniversary of the Society for Promoting
industry, three hundred females Of Boston
assembled on the Common with their spin
n~ing-wheels. They were neatly attired in
cloth Of their own manufacture, and a great
crowd Of spectators collected to witness the
enc This was in 1853, Just o n hundred
years ago.
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cry OF LANCASTER:
monday evening, Ian. 81. Isss


TaK GARDIxfR CLAtn.--We are %slillleft
in doubt as to the claim Of Dc. Gardiner for
Losses in Mcxico. It was confidently re-
por,cd, upon the return.of theicam,nissioners,
that no such mine, as the Doctor claimed.
couidbe found and that as q matter of course
he was entitled to nothing. This was not
exactly denied by Mr. May. one OF the COM
mission, but he stated that what evidence
wss discovered could not be published until
Il was given to the proper authorities, us the
members Of the commission were under an
;piJnction Of secrecy. Again it is reported
that DR.. Gardiner states thathe has in his
possession full and complete testimony to
establish the Justice ofthe claim. From all
which il would appear, that he is an accom-
plished villain or a much prosecuted individ-
ual. There is still another report, differing
from either Of the others. The first report,
that no evidence could be found, is in part adj
mitted, but Gardincr's friends claim that the
Government commissioner were requested
u make an examination Of the alleged mine.
sni satisfy themselves of the business Of the
cia.in, but that they refused to do so. A.
midst this conflict of rumorS, IL IS better FOL
those TO wait the investigation, who wisi
neither TO acqnit without testimony, nor con
denim without a cause, The ODDS practice
OF c%ondemning and villifying, is fur worse
than the original fraud, If fraud il is.
MEMBERs FROM PEMBINA!-It must require
ms little patriotic zrnl as well as an unbound
cd love of official cares and ho.ors TO in
Grce an attendance of the meIabers from
-pembiHa on the Territorial Legislature o
Minnesota. The Minnssotian OF Janunr,
l5ih notices their arrival at st. Paul "iI
good health, after a tedious journey Of twen
ty-one days" Messrs. Kittson, Rolette an
Gingras, tho members from Pembina, wer'
sixteen days in reaching Crow Wing, t
which point they journoycd with their dol
trairs. At Leech Lake the snow was fou
feet deep.
The members from Pemoina report tina
the crops have been excellent and the hunt
productive the past season, in that twenty
one days travel out Of the world region in th
Northwest. "This is great country"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

The JAPAN ExPEDlTIoN.--The Boston
Post publishes the following extract from a
letter, received from a gentleman who has
Just returned to this country from a trip to
China, relative to the feelings of the ia
panesc toward the expedition expected from
the United States:
" IL was informed by a gentleman, a native
OF Japan, that the Emperor is ready for the
American expedition. He exhibited a let
ter to me, which he had just received from
one of his countrymen, then on the Island of
Jeddo. The people kept a strict lookout
all over the coast; and their fires were al
ready burning on the mountains at night, in
order to be prepared in case the squadrons
should appear at night. One million of col
diers are ready and at hand. The coast is
all set with guns, while in the bay of Jeddo,
where the fleet is expected, there are count
less wal junks, and the whole bay is sur
rounded with innumerablc forts. The ex-
petition will find the Japanese much better
soldiers than they anticipate. The presents
had better have been left at home. A trade
will not soon be opened with that country,
except by force"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-03

~
BANK TAxxrIos.-on Saturday last, the
franklin Bank of Columbus made an appli-
cation before Judge Bates for an injunction
against the Treasurer of Franklin county,
to restrain him from collecting taxes claim
ed to be due from said bank under the law Of
April, 1852. The case was argued by
Messrs. Stanbery, Swan, Andrews and
Swayne for, and Backus and Noble against,
the injunction. The question involved the
constitutionality ofthe law. Judge Bates
held that the clause of the constitution un-
der which the law is claimed to have been
passed is on its face contradictory and incon-
s%istent. 1t specifies, with a minute exact
ness, the precise property which shall be
brought upon the duplicate, Notwithstanding
one half ofthe property so specified is only
the representative Of the other hall. 1t then
provides that banks shall be so taxed as to
be placed upon an equal footing with other
property, and taxed in the same way. He
thought the former clause must give way to
the latter one, because he could not con-
ceive that the Constitutions Convention
ever contemplated taxing banks twice as
much as other property. This law does so
tax them, and is therefore Inconsistent with
the constitution of the State. 1t is not de-
MED that a charter is a contract. II, there
fore, the constitution of the State violated
p~re-existing charter, it was in that far a vi
%olation of the Federal constitution, and must
give way to it. 1t is a nulity. Any Other
idea would place the State above the FEEDER.
al authority, and cannot be tolerated for q
moment. But this question he did not con
slider it necessary to decide5 for the otheI
covered the whole ground.
The injunction was allowed.
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the banner Of Temperance throughout the
land. gathering under its ample folds, all our
fienIs, and converting The world to cold
water. 1t will keep us from a thousand
E%nares; we, in our youth, have bound our
by this solemn obligation, never to
taste, or deal, or even look upon the wine,
when it is red or leaves its color in the cup
If we adhere to this, we may never fear the
bite of the serpent, or the sting OF the
adder
We are in youth, temperance boys, and
may W. also be temperance MEN. We are
liking ourselves on a firm foundation never
to be shaken by this enemy of human happi.
ness. Our influence upon the world will be
powerful; and we shall grow up temperance
men with the habits which we are forming
now in our youth, and which will grow
stronger as our years increase ; growing with
our growth and strengthening with on
strength +: for as the "twig is bent the tree
inclined"
Now, brother Cadets, let our aim be high
for our cause is good and our prize is the re
ward Of Temperance, the esteem of all goo
men, a life of happiness and a c%onsciousnes
of having done our duty. Then let US az
here strictly and forever to these vows of Of
youth, and never allow the lempter to G
the better of us.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-01-19
TEMPERANCE WORKS
For sale at the once Of Spirit Of the Age

For sale at the Office of Spirit Of the Age.
The Bloody Hand and Morton Mansion
two fine Temperance Stories in one PAM
phlet-written by a North Carolinian. Price
20 cents each, or 6 for $l-Postage prepaid.
Funeral and Dedication ceremonies Of The
Order Of the Sons of Tcmperance'-in a neal
pocket edition pamphlet. Price 4 cnpies25
cents; 20 copies for $l-?osiage prepaid.
The Fire Bell pronounced by good judges
10 be one of The hest Temperance works extant,
for lis size. Price Is cents single copy; 8for 81
-postage prepaid.
Perkins Prize Essay an e~xcelleIt trac
on the Evils Of intemperat ce. Price 4 copie:
25 cents or 20 for S1-postage prepaid.
The Maine Liquor law Price $llper 10(
copies.
Wetmore's Appeal to Protestant C tristan
in behalf of the Sons of Temperament copie
% cents; 20 for S1-pos,age prepaid!
Send in your orders and scatter light and in
formation broadcast throughout the leigh an
breadth of The State.
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S'uutbG' Drpartmlat.
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.

Knowing the intimate connection between
the Sons and Cadets Of Temperance, | am
surprised at the Indifference of the former
towards the latter. But as it is natural for
q person to attend to that which has a ten,
dency 10 advance his own interest, | am in
clined to think this negligence is through a
want Of proper consideration. Brother Sons,
do you not know that your Order is placed
upon a fast revolving cylinder, and unless
supplied by the rising generation, it will soon
be DESTROYED by the c, %olutions Of time? Dc
you not behold i'll our ranks the members
Of your Order in embryo? Then why no
lend US the helping hand.
Have you a Section of Cadets in your Vi
entity Is it in a fourishing condition, o
is it only attended by a few, and they Will
low spirits If the former attend thei
meetings and give them encouragement
will the latter seize the helm and ride then
into the port of prosperity?
The constitution Of the Cadets require
four officers to be filled by Sons Of Temper
ance yet in many places it is difficult to &C
one-and some, yea, several Sections hav
surrendered their Charters for the want
the paternal guidance Of the Sons.
Our Order was never known to increa;
faster than when Mr.. White lectured in til
State and since that time it has been sta
ding still, or gradually on the decline
Worthy Temperance Lecturers, does til
not show the Importance Of your assistance
Can you not, while advocating that glo
Gus prineiple-anti-trafic throw a ft
crumbs upon the waters, to be gathered
ter many days. | assure you, it will retu
with an hundred fold increase.
The Cadets of Temperance is an Orc
in which | glory, and it is one | desire
see spread through the whole land. W.
while it is yet day. AS the twig
bent, so the tree inclines." "Train u
child in the way he should 90, and when
is old he will not depart therefrom."
A CADET
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-01-19

ETlHE Subscriber would most respectfully in
Z form his friends, patrons and the public in
general, that he has always on hand a large as
s0rtment of
Ladies, Gentlemen's, Misses, Boys and Chill
dren's Boots, Shoes and CATERS.
find in addition to his first supply recently
laid in for fall and winter wear, is now reeeiV-
ing a few cases of extra fine French calf pump
sole and stitched Boots. Also, Ladies Cater
Boots, Calf, Goat and Morocco ditto, making
assortment complete, embracing every article
usually called for in this line feeling assured
that with the assortment he has now and intends
keeping on hand, he will be able 10 fit and
please, both in the price and quality, all those
who may hereafter favor him with their patron
age. All orders thankfully received and prompt
~ executed with n~eatness and dispatch. Very
thankful for past favors, he hopes TO both merit
and receive a continuance of the same.
d D. CARROLL.
Clinton, n c., Jan. L, 1858. l7-4w
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FoR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
AN ADDRESS.

Delivered before GEORGE W~AsH1NGToN SEC
TIoN, No. sc. Cadets Of Temperance, WI.
1aington, ". c., By MASTER JouN F..
WILLIAMS.
WoRTHY PATRON, and BRorHER CADETS:
Unaccustomed as | am to speaking in pub
lie, | am here called upon by you to prepare
a short speech. You have selected one Of
whom you do not expect much but one
word of exhortation | would give Grid on
your armor, and have for your breast-plate,
Friendship, Love and Truth" Ifyou should
happen not to win the first time, try, and try
again, until you DO gain the victory over In.
temperance, the great enemy of God and
man,-put all our efforts in the right place,
20 we may he able to tread the dreadful de-
mon under our feet.
Indulge not in strong drink, wherein !,
excess. We 60 not forth, like Bonaparie
to shed human blood. We 30 not forth tc
gather the treasures Of the world-but we %
forth, with God for our hope, TO tread til,
demon under our feet. The very name, In
temperance, inspires universal terror. Ma,
we for a moment look at a young mar jus
from College, who becomes Incorporate
lie arrives from College with great airs, h
meets with some Of his old friends, the
(perhaps have become drunkards,) entic
him to visit the bar rooms which they ar
accustomed to he takes Il drink with then
and so on until he becomes the most mise
rablo drunkard in the land. The sight
awful, when seeinga poor fellow-being, wa
lowing in the mire; this, Isay, IS enough
awaken the hearts Of any one even tho;
of the most hard-hearted.
The cause Of Temperance is great caus,
1t has its thousands Of adyocates, from MAR
TO California. 1t has brought many back
society who have been led astray by e,
habits. Friends, you are beset with mar
dangers; but be not afraid God is on o
side, and lie will help us: let us be bour
together by one tie of friendship, be bour
together by the same law; and let US wa,
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This Academy is situated in Granville County,
7 miles south est OF Oxford on the Road leading
liom Oxford to ID ickerson Bridge across Tar Riv-
er, in a very pleasant and healthy country and
surrounded by q highly respectable and very in
~telligent Community. The Trustees have en-
ployed for tile next year Mr.. John Booth, a gen.
lIenan who comes highly recommended and has
lad several years experience as a teacher, las
principa) in said Acadeu y.
The first Session will commence on The 10th
Of January and close the 10Th ofJune.
The prices of Tuition per Session are as fol-
lows.
For primary Branches Of English $50
For higher, do do do 1000
For Languages, do do do $500
To lie due at the end of each Session. Very
eligible Board II ay be had within one mile oflLe
academy for Six Dollars per month, including
washing.
SIudents will be received at any time during
the Session and charged accordio gly;it is howev-
Session. Any Communications on The subject
must be addressed to William A. Eaton, Staun-
Ton Depot, Granville County, North Carolina.
The course Of Studies in the above Institution
is intended 10 prepare young men iOI any College
selves that il Will compare favorably with any
similar Inst uuon in the Southern Country The
Institution is far removed fIom any haunt OF dis
sipation and vice, aud the Society around II So
cond 10 none for intelligence aud moralny.
BY order Of The Board
WILLIAM A. EATON, President.
d. S. PAsCHALL, Secretary.
Dec. 7th, 1852. 16-8t.
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s " I'M oGlhlA vi liz AOE.
LET Us BE FRIENDS AGAIN-Br MEMO,
lseIsd from a Scrap Book, aud Dedicated to Miss
II. S. T.c5 Wake Forest.
Oh! let us be friends again,
Warm friends, as we have been;
Fer cold estrangement, like a cloud,
Our sunlight come between.
A t~houghtless deed, a word, or look,
Has parted US in pain
A kindly word, or cheerful smile,
Can make us friends again.
OH shall a "trife, light as air."
Engender ranking scorn?-
The rose, from one cold, transient blast,
Became the goading thorn
And hearts that fondly, deeply loved,
Now live of each unblest,
While passions rage like angry seas,
That will not hush to rest.
The past has had its hallowed hours,
OF love and trusting faith
They linger In our memories now,
They'll haunt us until death
In years to come, our chastcned heart,
May live these seasons DER,
And be as happy and as loved,
As ere they were before.
No heart, thought stern as adamant,
But may be softened yet,
If we but school it to the task
To pardon and forgive.
A thoughtless deed, a word or look,
Has parted us in pain;
A kindly word, or cheerful smile,
Can make us friends again.
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N7TAINY 5gTIR MI

THE SUBSCRIBER takes this method Of
informing his friends and customers, that he
has associated with him in the Clothing bust
ness-Mr. JOHN l.. KING and Mr.. JAMES II.
BIGGs, who have been for some time connected
with The Establishment, ard are well acqnain-
Ted with The business. In future the business
Will be conducted in the name Of
u. u. BIGGS O. 60.
By this new arrangement one OF the Firm
is expected TO spend about one half of his time
at The North, making purchases and superin-
tending the manufacture of
READY MADE CLOTHING.
The intention Of the new Firm, Will be Il
offer greater inducements than heretofore, both
as regards variety and prices.
The Subscriber tenders his sincere thanks t,
his numerous friends and customers for lhei
patronage and support, and earnestly sulicits
continuance 10 the New Firm.
j. J. BIGGS.
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North Carolina Clothing Store.

The Subscribers most respectfully call The
attention Of the citizens Of the State To their
Stock Of
CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS:
Also, a fine Stuck Of Cloths. Cassimefes and
Vestings, which will be made To order, in the
most approved manner. The balance of ,heil
Stock of HE4VY WINTER COLTS will
be sud at "a very small advance on the frs
cost-for cash. Their Furnishing Goods viii
also be sold at reduced prices.
A fine lot of Hats always on hand. Cutting
done at the shortest notice.
Call al No. 10, Fayetteville Street.
J. j. BIGGS & Co.
Raleigh, january 8, 1853. l8-4t
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BEEBE L co.,
156 BROADWAY, MEW YORK.
Spring Fashion for Gantlemen's Hats, 1853

BEEBE & Co, respectfully So
licit the orders of their patrons and the
Apublic, for such goods in their line as
E~will be wanted at the commencement
of spring trade the object is 20 afford ample
time to manufacture the Hats. and have them
ready for shipment in time to Offer for sale on IL
18th of February, when the Fashion will be in
troduced in New York.
The following is a list of their established pri-
ces. subject to 5 per cent, discount, Terms
Cash'-$36. $50, SAP. S45. $48, $5l, and S54
per doz., for fine, fashionable, black Hats, and
from S42 to $50 per doz. for white Rocky Noun
lain Silver Beavers. 17-5t
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FANCY GOODS.

Accordeons, Violin strings. Pocket knives,
Porle-monnies, Hair Brushes, Shaving Creams
and Suap. And many other things too nuner-
Gus to mention. Give me a call one ard all.
and don't forget the place, north of the Pres
byierisn Church.
The Subscriber would respectfully call the
attention Of his town and country friends, 10
his well selected stock of Candies of his own
manufacturing, such as Peppermint, Lemon,
FL larhound, Cream, Rose. Spice, Sas2fras,
Peppermint Drops, Lemon Drops, Fiaxseed,
Cayan Pepper, Kisses, of which he pledges
himself TO sell as cheep as can be bought In
any other establishment in town.
VIM. j. GRIFFICE.
Dec. 10Th, 1852. 10