The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-08-18
PEavDvEEHr BtEeTIOH.-The FrankGors


CommoBwealtlrgiVos the following facts to
show that the election OF Mr.. Breckenridge
was secured over Bfr. Letcher by the In
portatiOn Of illegal voters by the Democra-
cy, q thing they very often do:
In 1851 Dixon received $3.50 votes in
the district when a candidate for G~oyernor,
Powell 1901. and C. NJ. Clay 27I-ihe
whole number Of votes cast 1903. At
the same election Combs, for Congress, re-
ceived 5,I4l, and breckenridge 5,G7I, the
whole number of votes being 1882. In
1852, Scott for Presl iont, received in the
district 1888 votes, Pierce 5,o57--the whole
number Of votes being 1910. This shows
the slight variation Of 1874 10 the number or
votes cast in these several contests. But
now we find that while Gov. Letcher has re-
cei,el COOS votes, Maj. Breckenridge has
received 6,532l Lescher's vote exceeds
Dixon's by G53; it exceeds Combs by s67;
it exceeds by S35 Breckenridge own vote
in 1851, when he was elected by a majority
Of $40; and ii exceeds Scots by 323. But
breckenridge Vote exceeds POwell's by
1863; it exceeds his own two years ago By
S6l; and it exceeds pierce's by I,47jl The
whole vote instead Of ranging from ten TO
eleven thousand, as in the previous contests
just named, nov rises to 1898! 1t would
be a rare credality that could believe that
the Democratic increase of neorly 1900 O.
yer Pierce's Votes,was made without a large
proportion of Illegal votes. And it will be
especially difficult to believe 1t when II is
seen that it could not have been composed
Of accessions from the Wings, in any de-
gree worth noticing, because the Wings
have given Letcher more than three hund-
red over their vote for Scott. There is on
ly enc explanation of the fact, and that is
the importation Of breckenridge voters
from abroad. tf af J
DEArHs IN THE LATE GeS. TA9LoR's FAM
lLY.-The New York Mirror, in recording
the death of Col. Bliss, who fell a victim
to yellow fever, at Pascagoula, on the 9th
inst, thus feelingly alludes to the occu-
pants Of the Presidential mansion a few
brief years ago;
"Only a daughter (the widow OF Col.
Bliss,0 ofthe victor at Buena Vista, Of all
his family who occupied the 'White House,
is left. What-a startling change since the
the hour that saw the republican soldier
borne by the hurras of a grateful people
from the field Of battle and peril, and 10 him
of undying fame and honor, to tire highest
seat Of earthly power. Their, all was liiei
the p~roudest aspirations that codld fire q
mortal Heart were fulfilled; the %loftiest am
bitiou reposed satisfied under the shadoN Of
q goal reached unsolicited, a lame perfected
without Flemish. General Taylor aud his
wife, ond Cononel Bliss then lived; their
present hOnored and happy, their past glo-
rious, aud their future bright. They are all
dead! Cne link Of the loving and beloved
circle Of that family group, on which the
eyes Of the nation rested with delight, re-
mains. She is, indeed, widowed and or
phanci-miIIions will share, though they
may not tighten her grief"
ONE HGNDRED ANT Fifty Tons Pure
CoPPER!-Lake Superior may well chall-
erge the world! Ia, following let ter from
the North American Mine, Lake Superior,
August 81, 1853, is clipped from the Detroit
Advertiser:
We to-day send from our mine a mass of
pure copper, weighing $500 los, which we
placed in the care of the State AgricuItur.
al 50 iety for the purpose Of representing
this mine and this part of the State at the
the Worlds Fair. This mass was chissclcd
ont OF another mass, the weight of which is
over forty tons, and will be for Il few days
on the dock o G. Williams g. Co., where it
can he seen by all who have any desire to
do so. That great mass Of copper in this
mine which has been seen by hundreds Of
visitors this summer, among whom we were
4 pleased to see Gov. Parson and lady, is
still reposing in the mine, while some 30
men are engaged with hammers and chissels
in cutting it up. Its weight will reach over
$50 tons, all pure copper! Think of that.
TOUCHING CASE OF C|oSJUGAL AFFECTION.
"A touching case, Illustrative of conjugal
love, occurred at Memphis, Tenn, a few
days since. A man and his wife were com
ing up the river, when the husband took
sick and was supposed to have died. When
they arrived at that city, the wife had a
, coffin purchased, and her husband was de-
/ posted in that last home of the dead. Jlst
3 before the moment Of closing the coffin.
, however, and the final interment of the de-
\ ceased, the breaved and agonised wife in
4 sisted upon once more looking upon and EN-.
bracing the cold remains Of the deceased
partnerof her bosom. Whether it was hel
e warm embrace or returning consciousness
certain it is that the supposed corpse sud
denly evinced signs of life, ard tie proper
restoratiVes being applied, within twenty.
four hours the invalid was enabled to pro
a coed on his journey, with every prospect o
= aspeedy recovery, owing his life to the un
firing devotion and love Of his true an,
h faithful wi 70