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The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

REsrrruriJs.-The Washington county
IN. W Post says chap in a certain will
age, with whom he is acquainted, having
had sanded sugar sold to him, inserted in the
weekly paper the following:
Norlcs.--I purchased Of a grocery in this
villaoe quantity of Sugar, from witch
obtained ONE POUND OF SAND. Il
the rascal who cheated me will send to my
address seven pounds OF good Sugar (Scrip,
tnre measure ofrestantion). I win be salts
fed; il not, I shall expose him.
On the following day, nins ssrea poua1
packages Of Sugar were left at hisresidence
from as many different dealers, each sup.
posing himself 10 be the psrson INTENDED.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

PUBLIC SPIRIT IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
The city of Savannah, with population OF
only &c, 900, has subscribed and paid to the
various railroad companies in the State OF
Georgia $3.770, 900, endorsed the bonds OF
another company to the amount of $4,000,
and has also recently subscribed one million
dollars to the Savannah and Pensacola rail-
road, making an aggregate for railroads u
lone of $4,s45, 900. Besides this, she has
contributed $45O, 900 for steamships, $780,
600 Tor canal, 100000 for gas.works,
$3.50 900 for water-works, and very recently
SleO 900 for the improvement of her harbor,
making an entire aggregate for public i'm
proyements of $4,6O5,OoO. The Philadel-
phia Gazette thus shows the effect Of these
liberal subscriptions:
"When the Central railroad was COM
menced, the population Of Savannah was
but about seven thousand; it is now twenty
thousand. In the year 1871 and 1912 she
shipped $40 bales of cotton, $4,000 casks OF
rice, and % 100000 feet of lumber. Dur
ing the year 1851 and 1852, she shipped 67,-
900 bales of cotton, 75,500 casks ofrice, and
Al, 900 900 of lumber. She has continu.
GUS railroad connection with the Tennessee
line, distance of 500 miles, to which 200
miles more will be added on the completion
of the Nashville and Chattanooga road. A
connection with Knoxville, Tennessee, as
we'll as with Memphis, will soon be effected
and another with the Mexican gulf, by the
Gilard road, when she will be the terminus
of nearly two thousand miles of railroad"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

We have laughed heartily at the Irresist-
ible fun and drollety of the following. Il
is decidedly the best Of the season:
The woonsOcket Patriot Editor makes
merry over the mistake of a Shanghai hen
of bis; that has been setting" for fve
weeks upon-tlOo round stones and q Piiecs Of
brick!
"Her anxiety (quoth hey iS no greater
than ours TO know what she win hatch. II
it proves brick.yara-that hen Is not for
sale
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28
Farming IunpIemcmls.

THARNERS will find at the Great Hardware Store
H every description and the best quality of Farm
ing implements. We have now on hanl,
IS Doz Cast Steel Hoes
25 Amss' and Lippincott's Steel Shovels
Is Snyders and Rowland's long handle do
6 Ssts Cultivator Teeth
80 Waldron's, Darling Lambs Grass Scythes
20 do do do Corn do
i Grifin's aud Waldron's BriAr do
b Woliord's and Yankee Grain Cradles
20 Scythe Snathes
80 Cast-steel Hay and Straw Forks
100 Best Hay Rakes
300 Scythes Rifles, Crumcreek aud Indian
Pond Stones.
All Of which we have purchased diract from the
manufacturers for cash and will sell as low, 1t not
lower than last years prices.
EFFINGER. WHITE & LATTA.
Lancaster, May 4, 1852 b9
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28
eTWe find the following prstty para

OTWe find the following prstty para
graph in an exchange:
NJ. A. Townsend, writing from New Brigh-
ton, Pa, under date Of June 81, says: "a
little boy, blind from birth, aged about four
years, died in this village few days ago
with scarletna. About an hour before the
little sufferer departed, he exclaimed, pa!
Ises nowi Dlraness is all gone. Dty hos
come" His father inferred from the Incl
dent that he was better, and would proba-
bly, recover. But an hour passed, and be
was with the angels"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

tbs NAyiGATioE OF THE RIVER AMAZON.
This is matter Of very general interest
to the commerce OF this country. We no.
ticed the other day that the Brazilian and
Bolivian governments had given a large
grant Of land to Captain J. D. Williamson,
Of New York city, fJT the purpose Of ncvi-
eating the Amazon river aud its tributa-
r,es.
Tho n. Y. Courier says that a company
TO carry the enterprise into effect has been
organized in that city 20 be called "the
Amazon Steamship and Trading Company"
and the Courier adds Bfliimore Patriot.
They will lay the keel of q large sea
steamer and several smaller ones for river
service in few days the large one to be
called after the Empero- OF Brazil. Capt
Williamson will go ont with a steamer fo
the purP Isc of locating some of the landi
Of his grant, form s'ations on the river, ant
take charge of the enterprise there.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

TIE MAINE Law IN MEcurGAS.--The De-
troit Tribune says that the confidential
clerk of one OF the most extensive and re-
spectacle liquor houses in Detroit recently
made his annual business tour through
Southern Michigan, to make collections,
and, of course, obtain orders for "stock in
trade" Returning few days since, he in
formed one of the proprietors of that paper,
that he had made very successful trip, so
far as collections were concerned, but that
he had not received solitary order for new
supely--that all his customers, and nearly
all engaged in the retail liquor traffic, said,
they didn't want any more--that they in
tended to dispose of what they had, co OUT
of the business, and GO IN for the so called
Maine lap Of Micligan. ."--that in the inte-
rior Of the State, so far as his information
and observation extended, the people Of all
classes, were determined to abide by and sus-
tain the law.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

6TA singular mode Of betting is resort.
ed to on Sundays, on the western waters,
on which days there is no card-playing al
lowed. The gamblers sit around table
each having before him a lump of loaf-st.
gar; a stake is put up BY the players, and
Eaupon whose lump the fly lights first,takes
the 'pile.' They. also make side bets a.
mong themselves upon this important Q.
vent. The excitement often WAKES high
as the fly hovers over and around the sweet
ihoFsels, undecided upon which to feast.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

SINGULAR DELUsroN.-Sheriff Bartholo-
new of Ashtabula county is'laboring under
alteration ofmnd, supposing that many in
dictments are hanging over him, and that
his ruin is sought, for some purpose or 9th
er. He left jefferson on foot ON the Sd,
and has been traced to Warren, Pa. The
deluson is the more singular as Mr.. B. is
very honorable man and his public duties
have been faithfully discharged. The Ash
tabula Telegraph states that his friends are
in pursuit of Mr.. B., and his case is pro-
nounced one Of those which yield readily
under skilIful treatment,
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

NOTHING TO LAUGH AT.-A certain Chief
Justice, now no more, was once holding
Court at East Cambridge, Mass. The bar
was crowded with lawyers, waiting for the
call Of the docket; and the Judge, being de-
termined to be facetious, produced miser-
able pun. The bar, as in duty bound, rails.
ed great shout of laughter, which reused
the venerable Sheriff from his slumbers. -
"Order," cried he, rapping his desk, "si.
lence in Court--there's nothing to laugh
att"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

WHEAr.- Much Of the Wheat in this
county has already been cut. That grown
on the bottom lands has proved to be better
than it was anticipated i would be, though
falling far short of good or even all aver
age crop. The accounts received from the
upland portions ofth county do not m1teri-
ally conflict with the apprehensions of a
failure expressed by us some weeks since.
The weather continues quite uDfavorablo
for crops. Coshocton RspublicGS.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28
liDAnTrs.I'

4 FEEscExAs stopped lad 10 The street
to make 'Oms enquiries ofhIs ~ksrsabou,s.
"Mon fren, what is ss name Of eis S,reeti''
"Well. who said 'twantp
"of course we do"
"PardOnnsrI I have not % name spi yoS
call him."
"Yes, Watts we call Il.
"How you call zs name ofziS strsstid
"Wstts street, I told yer"
"Zis streetlp
WAITS street, old feiier. aad don't YET
60 to make game o. me-"
sacre mon do. ! ask you one. two. Tree
several times, often, viii jodtell me as aems
ov ze dam street, eh7"
Watts s,reet,I tOIs yer, Yer drunk
ain't yerl''
"Aon. little fren. yeeA you n. sktR
In Vsndam street.p
"Eh bieni You iifiu Won dam s.rset.sn
you is Won dam fool, BY DAMP
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28
nrparson RrownIow has been challenr

OTParson Brownlow has been chaleng-
ed to fight duel. What pity that Nc
Curkle and Gwn had not adopted the Par
sons style of settling disputes. 1t would
not have made them whit the more ride
ulous in the eyes ofthe world. He answers
the challenge as follows:
awe select hog-pen, Immediately alter
a hard rain, and dung-forks as the weapons
and whoever lifts the other out is to be ac-
knowledged the victor"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

SusProfoUs.--Punch in the billing and
cooling of two birds. which is used 50 often
to represent marriage, sees things which IL
might not be amiss for others to see. His
thoughts nthe subject are thus exPrsssedi
''oh let theswreath when raised, a cage reveal
Wherein two doves their little bills entwins
(Avile devica,) which always makes me feel
Marriage would only add your bills to mine"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

THREE HUNDRED Dollars FOR PRIZE
Essay. The Tract Society Of the NJ. E.
Church in New York, offers the sum of $500
for an Essay on Systematic Benefcence,
with particular reference to the phiIanthrop-
ic finances of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. The length, it is stated, shovld
not much exceed one hundred pages duo
decfmo. They must be sent in previous to
the lst of January next. s,as
6erThe Barqus A. B, Sturgess was plac-
ed in quarantine at st. Jago, in conse-
quence OF having lost a man overbodrd ~ III
pdsagsl This raises the question, 10 fall.
ing overheard contagious or'infectious,
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28
Thnrsday morning. .1tiIy 90, 1859,
EFFINGER, WHITE q LATTA's
House building Materials.

ENFFINFER. WHITE 6 LATTA offer extra o. ~
IL ordinary inducements to Carpenters and s;Iil
those about building new houses and barns = 1,sh y,
The superior quality Of the Nails White Lead Glass
and Sash sold by us is generally admitted.
We now offer for sale,
800 Kegs Jnnista Nails, Spikes and Brads
10000 Lights axl0, l0xl2 and l0xl4 Window Sash
400 Boxes Window Glass
900 Kegs pureWhite Lead
200 Doz. White and Dark Knob Locks Latches
20 Barrels Linseed Oil
Also, Strap Hinges, Door Butts, Hasps, Hooks and
Staples, etc. EFFINGER, WHITE LATTA.
Lancaster, May 4, 1853
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

WESTERN RAILROAD ScBEMEs.--A meet
ing was held at Memphis, Tennessee, few
days since, to consider the project OF rail
road from New Orleans to Cleveland, Ohio,
via Jackson, Henderson, Evansville, and
Indianapolis. Resolutions we're adopted
warmly approving the scheme, and pledging
the citizens of Memphis to cooperate with
Others interested in the construction of the
road
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

A BAD "TAKEr-A'jour printer, named
A. H. Forrest, lately discharged from the
Register oti;e, at Lawrenceburg, Ia, hired
an S55 horse to go to HARRISON last week,
but,probably not being good rider, cOuidn't
hold the horse when he got there, aud i has
taken him clear out of that neck Of woods.
I. will be a bad stake" for him, some Of
these days.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28
NEW .E0nns.

SUPERIOR in QUALITY g. CHEAP IN PRICES
VE7E are now in the receipt ofouf New Spring
w and Summer Stock Of Goods, IN all their
9arietg in the
DRY GOODS, QUEENS AND GLASSWARE,
SHOE AND HARDWARE LINES. SO. sc.
which we offer to tha public az the most interesting
nd cheapest stock Of Goods brought TO this market
u which we invite the public attention, and which
10 ,o sol on the most Tensoneble terms at the Old
nlo5o Room shrst docre East Of tho Swan Hotel
WHITE, Jr. g. JULIAN.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

ETA passenger train of cars will COM
mence running from Morrow, sixteen miles
out on the Wilmlngton and 2anesville Rail-
way, the first Of next month. The passen-
ger cars were brought down yesterday. -
Cir. Gas. M.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

PRoGREss OF AUsTRALIA.-The Chamber
OF Commerce at Melbourne have published
some statistics showing the extraordinary
prosperity Of the Victoria (Port Philip col
ony. Eighteen years ago there was not a
civilized human being residing in the colo
ny of Victoria ,while The population of Mel
10000, and the town of Geelong not less
than 10000. They also give the following
comparison OF the colony in tie years 1851
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28
c15-Fleas are saidto abound to an extra

-Fleas are saidto abound TO an extra
ordinary extent in the western corner OF
Charters township, Allegheny county, over
a space Of some three miles, filling the
houses, and almost driving the inhabitants
distracted. Some have succeeded in driving
them away by. whte-wGshing everywhere
about their dwellings, stables, &C., and
strewiug lime pIentifully about; but others
are still suffering from this plague.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

HoRRIBlE DEATHS FROM PorsoN.-Two
men in Illinois, near Lacon, came to ter
rible death last week. A companion had
stolen bottle Of liquor, as he supposed
which he handed them for treat. They
both drank of it in such haste that its pun
gency and deadly power we're not discover
ed until too late to avert the evil. 1t turn
ed out to be nitric acid diluted in rain water
said to have been procured for the purpose
OF galvanizing. But moment elapsed be-
fore they fell to the ground overwhelmed
with the most intense and excruciating
pain. They rolled and tumbled, and claw.
ed their faces and the earth with both
hands, indicating by the contortions of theiI
bodies and groaning, all that agony which
would ensue if they had swallowed red hol
Goals. Death soon ensued.
A similar affair occurred ON board a
steamboat on the Ohio river, near louisville
few days ago. Several Of the crew tap.
ped cask of whisky. as they supposed, In
the hold of the boat, and drank freely. Two
Of them died in ,convulsions soon after, and
another is not expected to survive. In
stead Of whisky, the cask contained q pois-
onous liquid.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

WoULDS'T HINDER PaovlDEScz. - A
blacksmith In Erie county, was requested
by wealthy distiIler. to put him up light
ming rod on his distillery. The honest son
of Vulcan instantly refused. remarking to
the whisky maker, eff it is the Lords will TO
send streak of lightning upon your d;stil-
cry, l am not the man that would do any
thing to avert it." This blacksmith !s {
member of the Ohio Legislature.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

A HfT BIZ MISS. --Congreve rockets
were invented in 1903, by Sir William Con.
greve. On certain occasion, when viz
iting Westminster Abbey, In company with
some ladies'. his attention was directed by
one ofthe party to the great composer.
Purcell's monumsnt--'He has gone to that
place where only his music can be excelled" I"
There, Sir William" said the young lady.
substitute fireworks for music. and that
epitaph will answer for YOURSELF"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

TIE Nav EEvEtoPEs.-When the card
OF Dir Hes5it shall have been removed
from TIE new envelopes, they will be popu.
lar with the people. Some complaint has
been made about the p5ice charged for rh
letter size-t'so dollars per thousand exclu.
sive Of the postage ra;es--bui It should be
reeo'Iectcd that the cost OF boxlng and
Transporting the envelopes is a considerable
item, and we presume the sum charged opig
covers the aggregate cost.
Ihe following is description Of the sey-
erai sizes o! envelopes TO be emitted by the
Government.
No. ], or note size, Al inches, made ex.
clusiyely Of white paper, water-m1rkcd "P.
o. D. Z. s." and the stamp Of the denomins.
ton OF three cents, representing the head of
Washington. 10 profile, on a red field.
No. 2, or letter size, 81 by 50 inches.
made Of either buff or white paper. OF the
same wafer mark, and the stamp Of the De-.
nomination OF three cents, being the same
as on No. g..
No. 0, Of official size, made rither Of buff
or white paper. and the stamp Of the denom.
ina.ion Of six cents, representing the head
Of Washington, in profile, on a green field.
Letter sized envelopes Of the denonina.
ton Of six cents, made OF buff or white pa
per Of the same water-mark, and the STAMP
Of the same color and device as No. 8, are
to beissued.
Also, letter size envelopes Of the denomi.
nation Of twenty-four cents, made exciu.
siVe.y of white paper Of the same water
mark, and the stamp of the same device, on
pink field.
The envelopes are TO be sold 10 Pest.
masters. and all other persons, for cash, at
the following rates, viz:
Mol, or note envelopes, at ono dollar
and sixty cents a thousand, or sixteen cents
hundred, in addition to the value of the
stamps.
No. 2, or letter size, at two dollars q
Il ousand, or twenty cents hundred, in sd-
dition 10 the value of the stamps.
Nos. or official s'ze, at three dollars and
twenty cents thousand,or tbirty-twu cents
a hundred, in addition to the value Of the
stamps.
The postage stamps now In use will not
be superseded by the stamped envelopes,
but will continue to be used, as heretofore,
by those who may prefer them.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28
sIedwes. PICKS and HTmitOcks.

THFFINGER, WHITE & LATTA of the sign of the
~ Pad Lock and lfill SaD, offsr for sale
A Doz Stone Sledges;5 do. Btacksmith's do
sMeA5 do. Hand Hammers; a do. Stone Picks;
SE125 do Cast Steel Mattocss; s do. Crow Bars.
Lancaster, May a, 1858
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

| The Melbourne Morning Herald, April
7th, furnishes the following remarks on the
gold market:
"The amount of gold brought down by
escort during the last six months, shows a
progressive and considerable decrease on
each period of four weeks. The amount
thus received was as under
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28


A HUMAN SKELETON ExBEpDEp IN RocK.
The Evansville Times relates the follow
ing:
On Monday last while some hands on the
Cincinnati. Wilmington and Zanesville
railroad. ct CusIck's mill, about 5 miles
south of this city, were qnlrrying stone, a
human skeleton was found embedded in rock,
on bluGy bank on The south branch fJon
iathan's Creek, 81 feet ftum the surface -
A small 6ssure in the rock, Of perhaps 2 in
ches 10 width, opened to the resting place of
these remains, hich, in ali human probabil-
iy' may have been deposited there centu-
rieH ago.
The rock contained an iadentatiol Of the
greater part Of the body, a pprfec, as though
moulded Of Po;trr's clsy. From the hip 10
the foot, Parii u!arly, this sarcephagus was
as complete as carving could have made it,
The proportions. curvatures, &c, of the
limb were distinct aud regular, and indicated
that the skeleton had been that of person
of full size.
We saw this skele on. and the rock from
which it was taken, the day after it had been
discovered. TIE bvnes were in good state
Of preservation.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

/ DETRorT LySsEs TRApR.-Ths Inn.
Ger trade Of Detroit forms heavy item :,
business. The Tribune has been Iook;ro
into the lumber statistics. and finds thai tIe
lumber sawed in The city amounts 20 over
100000 feet, besides the immense ousnt.
ity OF laths manufactured, worth AZ los
lvtluation, $500. .Dc0. One esiabIishnen,
sells annually half million dollars wortH
oflumber, shingles, lsihs, &c, and the Arm
Of Msssrs. Smith, Dwight q Smith at one
Of their Detroit mills cut over 1900 o %
feet Of lumber and 800 .OC0 lsths annual.
/ ly. At New Baltimore they have another
extensive mill, and both are stocked from
timbe'on their og lands, OF which thew
own 10000 acres. The opening Of railroads
and canals have SO increased aGd extended
the lumber market, tha; this year they have
been Ugjerthe necessity OF purchasing over
25,0O0,000 feet Of lumber, 5000 600 shin
gies, and several million lsihs in addition
10 their own saving 10 fill their orders
! They employ 2J-yessels, and their Lake
treigbts the sesssa aiil an0unt 10 some
$4,000 The 1'nb0ne states tha, nure
than three-fuurths Of their lumber goes 10
Ohio aud lndsnp. In 1850 they esistlish-
ed a lumber var! in Cincineati, and there
was So much opposition to Michigan lum-
Der that their sales did not reach 400 900
feet the FIRST year.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-28

"Eh bieni You iifiu Won dam s.rset.sn
you is Von Gam fool, BY damF''
The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1853-08-13

ken the sword in defiance of all that men
hold dear, in blasphemy of God-they
shall perish by the sword.
And now brethren and soldiers, | bid
you all farewell. Many of us will fall
in the battle of tomorrow. God rest the
souls of the fallen. Many ofus may live
to tell the story Of the fight tomorrow,
and the memory of all will ever rest and
linger on the quiet scene ofthis autumnal
eve.
Solemn twilight advances over the
valley; the woods on the opposite heights
fling their long shadows over the green
of the meadow; around us are the tents
of the continental host, the suppressed
hustle of the camp, the hurried tramp Of
the soldiers to and fro among the tents,
the stiffness and awe that marks the eve
of battle.
When we meet again, may the shad-
owS Of twilight be flung over the peace.
ful land. God in heaven grant it! Let
us pray.
The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1853-08-13
Gems Of Thought.

Is religion beautiful! We answer, all
is desolation and detormlty where reli-
gion is not.
The ability tolove what is slove-worthy
and thus to love the Lord as the most
love-worhy, is the highest privilege Of a
rational creature.
So far as we are willing to surmount
our lower propenSities, we are enabled to
associate with our fellows on higher prin-
ciples.
The love of ruling and the love Of
accumulating are the two furiea which
torment mankind beyond all others.
You are at all times what God sees
you to be: you are not at any time what
man Judges you to be, only so far as his
Judgment is in agreement with the Di-
vine light.
The freside is a seminary of infinite
importance; it is important because it il
universal, and because the education il
bestows, being woven in with the WOO
Of CHILDHOOD, gives form and color to the
texture Of life.