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The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

G-The Buffalo Courier says, that some
little interest has been created by a rumor,
which has been current around town for
few days past,that a company OF twenty
have purchased the exclusive right to use
the "Caloric Engine" on the lakes, and that
they have made the preliminary arrange
mcnts for the construction of quite a num-
her of Propsllers- and Heaters-which We
suppose must be substituted for Steamers.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27
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T&E ERrcssos ARA SpP.-The success Of
This ship, saysrke cleveland Herald, is at
tracing very general attention. The New
York Express states that the ship will 60 to
WsshieEsaW Within a month, the New York
o~acss hOpipg proposals furnish the Sec
eeiasy 0 fIhe Navy with one or more yes
seis. 10 be PROPELLED with Ericsson engines,
which are to hSvrsa speed of nine knots an
hour, with a daily consumption Of not over
eight tons OF coal. The proposition is en-
tertained. and Ericsson requested to send
his new vessel TO Washington. we are
glad to see the Government coming for
ward promptly to adopt an invention which
is 10 reyolo:ionize the navics Of the world.
The question has been mooted as 10 wha,
will be the. effect Of the general adoption oil
the new motor fur all the purposes to which
steam is now applied, on the consumption o.
coal. a correspondent OF the Public Ledg'
er takes a correct view when he says thai
the u~ndoubted effect would be that instead
OF supplying u hundred steamers, as. o
with say one thousand tons Of coal q day
the demand. would be to furnish five thou
sand marine vessels, everything that float
ia fact, with Eve thousand tons. Beside, Til
land would be covered. with caloric engines
The chesPened power wnuld Danish hand
power aud horse drudgery, and be apple,
70 thousands of purposes which can now b.
scarcely imagined. The greater service Oh
tanned from a ton Of coal, the more tons will
be Feqsired, on the, general principle tina
the cheaper a thing is made the moreit viii
ha ,aaJ
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

A MAN NEARLY BLEED TO DEATH BY A
VAmnRE Baron Wednesday morning
last, SAYS the Panama Echo of the 18th OF
December, the barkceper of the Pavilion
Hotel, Taboga, not appearing at the usual
hour, Captain Mckinney, the proprietor OF
the House, proceeded to his room 10 call
him, when to his establishment and horror
he found him insensible and bathed in blood.
After the usual restoratives were applied,
the barkeeper stated that on the previous
evening, after retiring, he remembered ex-
periencing the most delightful sensations, as
Of fa~nninE,.which' soon put him into a deep
sleep, and he had no consciousness OF the
attack made upon him until the morning.
The only wounds by the bat were We small
spots on each side Of the great toe.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

THE Hoo CRop OF IS52.-The Louisville
Courier says the following remarks from the
ST. Louis Republican are, to the point in re-
ference to the hog product, and quite applica-
BILE to the present condition Of the trade:
From information SO far obtained, the
yield o the pork crop the present season is
estimated at 100000 hogs over that OF last
footing up the aggregate sum OF 1898, S46.
The same information gives the loss in
weight this year ut from. 10 to is per cent.
Taking the medium OF the extremes, and es.
timating the deficiency In weight at l2l per
cent, we have 1919, 1885 Head to be deducted
from the above supposed gain. This leaves
bu u small difference il, The yield of the two
seasons. AT the prominent packing points
the operations of the present year show a
large increase on those 81 last; but it seems
to be pretty well under that those Rrom-
inent points have drawn largely on the bu-
siness Of minor ones, aid that, looking at
the whole country in. reference to the mat
ter, it will be found that The hog crop Of
:, 1929 will not excecd'in numbers, the ,es.
tmated amount above named, of ls5l-2.--
The statement Of The, deficiency in weigh, ID
corroborated by the falling of in lard. n,
1t appears, from reliable authority, that al
least one.half Of tho products this year on
the Ohio, have been. purchased BY Eastern
buyers, aud that generally, throughout The
West, spectators from'the Atlantic cities
have nude the most liberal Investments
This, il seems to US, viii haVe,.a tendency
to effect an equal distribution oVerthe coun
try, wherever a demand exista. and thus pre-
vent the fluctuations which very naturally
occur when one point is made the sole AM
exclusive mart. .NtNi7. ,ty
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

erThe rugur planters in Texas appear
to have been, equally succeSsfnl during the
past season with those,o OF. Louisiana The
latest accounts state that Rlilhro' Barzorio
caunly sugar making Ia progressing rapidly,
and the yield of cane . ~abgndant. Most oil
the grinding will be over in less than a
month. and from the long %cohtlnuahce Of IA
vorabiS weather, nearly double the crop
will he made thatwseat one time anticipqt-
cd. The cane generally 10 Of a superior
quality and the sugar made will compare
favorably with the best produce of LouiHi-
ana. q
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The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

Mhss.eE " RIM PHksIpESr or MExIco
=PreAideht Afis,a sent his message to the
me1iean Songrced on the let instant, IA,
view OF the many 5utbresks ara feyolutfon3
Of his ant-stunale country ebis lnesssUe has
I tone ofidespair, but he CALMLY eoInSels
Congress upon the means and measnrss Of
FestoFlng eoinethlhF Of n~s,lreA, $50 800
order, and individual seSurltv. H. saws
that social evils in Mexico are organic. and
that from the variety Of It's races the oniv
natural condition Of the country appear y,
be a state Of perpetual anarchy. sim, he.
pleads that by Perseyering aud united eE
forts on the part Of the Executive. and Con:
gress, the country may be saved.
The. President makes IL abpear; TOD; that
the strength and condition of the govern
ment troops have been, and still nav be,
sufficient to PROSTATE the designs Of the in:
surgents. But, alas, tho treasury Is empty,
the fifteen millions Of money received from
the United States for the 'cession of Mexicoi
Utah and California, are exhausted, as are,
also internal and external taxation and
loans. The. foreign relations ofthe country
present a iattering prospect, and there is q
likelihood Of an amicable settlement Of the
Tehuantepec difficulties. '
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

: BALTIMORE AND ONO RAIL -RoAD.-This1
work leads through and over
much magnificentscenery, extending from
the Ohio River most ofthe way to Cnmber-
land. Twenty miles from Wheeling 10
ShepeFd's Tunnel which is $50 4. longland
'hewn out Of the solid rock, at . depth oft60
feet below the apex Of the hill. Ten miles
further is WeIington's Tunnel, about q
quarter Of a mile through. Going east, next
is Pettybone Tunnel, not yet completed. II
will be half n mile through, and is TO be nm,
Eished in about six weeks. To this pointthe
roads hemmed in by towering, precipitous
mountains-oiten nearly perpendicular TO
1.-The base of the.gorge below-und II Passes
through almost continuous deep cuttings,or
over Observation-Disclosures The ettybone
ar Broad tree mountain, is now crossed BY
the most powerful locomotives, each engine
linking over two cars, The ordinary loco
molivts s, also require their aid. not being OF
themselves able to overcome the grade. The
Iron for the track between .Kingwood Tun-
mel and Paramount, was taken over by these
monster engines. The time consumed to
tike cars over is usually an hour and a quar-
ter, but OF the return of the excursionists
from Wheeling, owing to the slipping of
the track OF ono or two cars, 1t took over
hree hours to get the twenty cars across al
though in the day time. The achievement,
is one of the greatest triumpIs in railroad
ing; and the Baltimore American thus de-
scribes the feat of crossing the ridge, secont
only to the march Of freight ships up anC
down the mountain on the Welland Canal:
The passage over the mountains is effect
ed by a series Of slopes cut out of tho sides
terminating in what are technically know
as US. The slopes have an inclination gen
orally Of about five hundred leet to the mile
Each engine pulls its load Of two cars, up
slope, and when it reaches the switch at tn
end, pushes them up the second, and agaiI
pulls them up tho third, and so on until i
reaches the summit from which the descen
is effected in the same manner. There arr
five slopes on the western side, and twool
the easterH, the latter being Of course nue.
longer. Whatever danger there may be i
travcrsing the PERCEPTIONS passage is, entire
ly forgotten il the novel position. of tn
spectators and the cxtradrdinary:beauty an
sublimity Of the whole scene. On the 70
turn trip the cars crossed in the day time
and the passengers were g%Tatified with
most beautiful panoramic vicw:of mountai
scenery.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

THAEE STEAMBOATS, DukSEp.-The steam
er New England, a Keokuk par ket.took fire
at the st. Louis landing. and the flames COM
munieated 10 the Brunette and Lucy, des:
troying them.all The Lucy hoated' down
the river On FIRE, and placed some sixty
steamers in imminent danger. ~
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

TIVE CAMAScnE ISDiASs.-A friend OF
ours, all officer 10 the army, who has for sew
eral years been stationed at a Portin West
ern Texas, represents the condition Of the
Camanche Indians Fl that country as ex
tremely d~eplorable. Confined TO their ter
ritory by a hedge Of military posts, and una
BILE to pursue their game beyond the frontier,
they are almost in a state Of starvation.-
The buffalo has nearly disappeared, the deer
are driven across the lines, and they are fire.
%qucntly reduced to the necessity Of citing
horse flesh, with not enough Of that to salts
fy their hunger. Their case is one that aP.
peals to the charity of the government, and
Il would not be inappropriate to inquire
whether, instead Of military posts to awe
them into subsection, they could not be con-
ciliated into friendship by timely supplies Of
the means Of subsistence - Gin. Gas. %.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

REMARKABLE LoEeEvrTV.-The Port To.
bacco (Md.) Times states that an old colored
woman, who belonged to Mr.. John w. Guy,
of:that county died suddenly on the ist instr
at the age ofl09 years, it is. sait. She wasl
well known by a gentleman now living, who
is 80 years old. When he was but a small
boy. she had several children, which fact
would prove her age to.have been not much
less than stated. She retained the use Of
her faculties IN n good degree up to the time
other death. Another colored woman died
some time last fall, in Poft Tobacco, whose
age wessuid toi6e upwards of 100 years.
DREADFUL SHfrwREtKAEighty-Sif fiyeS
lost.-The large ship Successor, lying in
Madras Roads, having on board 944 persons
and a great number ofhorses, foundered at
her anchors, in sight of hundreds Of people
on the 9th Of Oct. last. The captain and I'd
officer had gone on shore, leaving the ship in
care of the mate. A squall arose, the mate
at the time being too drunk to take the meas
ures necessary to- save the ship, she was to-
tally lost, drowning SO men and all the hor-
rcs. Safety lines were projected from the
shore by means Of rockets, but the helpless
ness of the oficer'in charge rendered them
Of no avail. ~ a. -
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

GHrThe "Free Democrats'''6C Allegheny
city, Pa, held a meetingafew a~ayssaeo,And
resolved to raise @500sto Sptomete ~ r
H6ie's election to'the Presidency:
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

BACON. The Louisville Courier says:
Letters have been received here from places
in the interior of this State, ipquiring the
prices of bacon here for spring delivery, the
parties expressing the desire TO purchase Tor
interior consumption. II Is, stated that
large quantities will be required IN some q
the heLlp and tobacco tssr'cis, 'ne, laEge
prices for hogs having induced farmers y
sell everything. We are told o. ~ larhe'
who last season put up 5 or 900 hogs IN "a.
con for sale to his neighborhood' WHO ms
season will not haye. more; b enough Tor
his own use, having sold all his hogs IN thl'
market. m r4 -
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

TRAVEL OVER THE B. N y. RAILROAD.
On Monday the regular train Of Passen-
ger cars betU cen. Wheeling aud SSlliniort,
commenced running over the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. Yesterday morning at o.
clock the train which lett Wheeling the pre-
vious morning at To'clockreached this city,
bringing a large number Of passengers
and the mails. The trip was made in 81
hours, including all stopPages for meals, &c.
The train for Wheeling leaves, Baltimore
daily at 4 o'clock, r. M,-Bslt San.' es
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

A TELEeRArH TO THE PAcrrIc.--A me-
mortal was presented to Congress a few
DAYS ago, asking for a grant Of l,boo,Oo0
acres ofland TO be located along the line '0f
4 telegraph, which the memorialists propose
to build between St. Louis and San Fran
cisco, by the way Of Salt Lake City, The
memorialists propose toJgive to the Govern
ment, in return for the grant the fight,
forever, to transmit, free Of charge, oyer
the line, all official dispatches and cominu-
nications, with a preferences over ifsotk-
ers.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

WEBsrER's DIcrIoHARY.-The Secretary
Of State Of New York, in his last annual
report, states. that nearly $500 copies Of
Webster's Quarto Dictionary have been
placed in the District schools Of that State.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

FREE PERsoKsoF Color IN VIRGINIA.
A bill has been reported in the Virginia
House Of Delegates, wlIich provides for tile
appointment of oycrscers, who are required
10 hire out, al public auction, all frCcper-
sons Of color, tn the; highest bidder, and To
pay into the State Treasury the sums &C
cruing from such hire. Thtse, sum are to
be devoted in the future to. sending free
PERSONS Of color biyond tie limits of tho
State. AT the expiraiian of five years, all
free persons Of color remaining inthr State
are to be sold into slavery to the highest
bidder at public, a%uction, the proceeds OF
such sales to be paid into the public treasury,
provided that said Tree persons Of color
81 II be allowed the privilege q becoming
the slaves OF any free white persons whom
they may Alcct, on payment BY such person
ola fair price. Hail Virsinia!l
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

Poor FELLow.-The editor Of a country
newspaper thus takes leave of his readers:
THE Sheriff is waiting for us in the next
room, so we have NJ opportunity to be pa
thetic. Msjor Nab'em srys we are wanted,
and must go. Delinquent subscribers, you
have much to answer for. Heaven may
forgive you, but never can"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

.OJrCol. .Hebsrt, the new Governor Of
Loiuisiuns, 10 lying dangerously Ill, 4,
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

AMERICAN CoMMERcE.-The annual re-
nor, ON the cnmhmcrce and navigation shows
that II NJ vessels have been built the past
wear. measuring 3ol 40" tons, and that our
aggregate tonnage is now ~4.l33,i4l toms
Maine hsilt laslyear 354 vessels meaSur-
ing ll0,O47 tons. .s .,.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

G. ". d z. Railrodd.-We find in the
CireIeville Herald some additional particu-
lar. Of the recentrailrosd letting The first
division east Of this city, embracing92 67-lOO
miles, was swaFdet-to A. DrGrsG, Esq.,
known better % the "RaihOsd King" who
takes ten per tent. Of his contract in stock
Of the road. This division is to be comPlet-
ed BY the first of December next. =
The second division, lying between Lex
inz,on and the M%uskingum river, embracing
90 miles, wss let to y, Chamberlin & Co.,
who take fifteen per cent. Of the contract in
road stock. This Is TO be finished by the
first day Of july, 1854.
A railroad supper was givento the Di-
rectory on the evening ofIhe l3th, and from
all accounts it was a lively affair and very
spirited. It is generally understood, how
ever, that the proceedings were not to DO
published, and hence the Circleville papers
do not contain the particulars. We learn
verbally, however, that the speech OF one Of
our citizens caused the editor Of the Watch
man to "!burst his buttons Of" and the edit
or ofthe Herald was discovered afterwards
holding up the sign post ofthe National "
They acted MS Vice Presidents, and their
Econduct is accounted for by the good humoF
caused by their promotion.
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Arressd.-Some days since, . paragraph
al-N aIa
appeared in our columns stating that me
mare of Mr.. Isuac Claypool was missing
from tho yard in the rear Of Rvber &'kutz'
store and was supposed TO have been stolen
On Saturday last, ofiarr Ebright brought tc
this city Madison Dorm, who had been trace
with the animal to Washington, Pa, AM
there arrested. This same Dern was once
before on trial in this county for horse-steal
ing and escaped convictions through the tech
nicalities OF he law. IIcisnow in Jail.
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GRAND L6pGE,I !. o. q. T.-Eiection Of d
Lfcsrs.-The Grand Lodge spent the fore
noon Yesterday in hearing the appeals an
disposing tf unfinished business in che hand
Of the committees. }!'
Most of the forenoon was occupied in elec
ting officers, with the following result: %
JoHN HAMILTON of Lancaster, N w. Gram
Master.
&c. w. CowAH, OF st. Mary's,R. w. Deput
l. Grand Master. .H NO ,.l
ALEX. E. GLEEH, of Columbus, r. w. G
Secretary.
JANET s. McGiEHIs,of Chillicothe, w.
Warden.
WILLIAM F. SLATER, Of Urbana, q. w. G
Treasurer. "
! CHARLES r. WILsrAcH,of Cincinnati.G Gran
Representative. .
We understand that the Grand Lodge wi
probably not get through its business beIn'
the close Of the week.! ayton Gd'ette,2O
Jan.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

D 0NTN we'll knownssporting gentleman Of
this city is reported 10 have won iorty-fve
thousand dollars ut u gaming table"up town"
within the past week. The same person
host pretty heavily at last falls races at Co.
lumbus.- Gin. Gan. l'f
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

THE SILVER CHANGE TAx.-A person who
is treasurer Of one the Lowell manufacture
ing companies writes in reference to the
scarcity Of silver change:
"There is no doubt of the factthat the
tax TO the trading community is vastly
greater than is supposed. AS an evidence
Of it, I poyy on an average, $50 per month,
or $500 per Nnnum, for small change to pay
off the operatives Of our mills, and all such
establishments pay in proportion. BoSto"
| Courier.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

G-Tetsnus, or lockjsw, is successfully
treated with quiuine. The New Orleans
Medical and Surgical Journal gives, at some
length, the treatment in a recent case, in
which the cure is attributed altogether to
quinine.,
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

Four MILLIONS OF DOLLARS Az ACRE
A correspondent ofthe New York Evening
Post, referring to the statement that a piece
of land in London had been sold at the, rate
Of a, OO0, 900 an acre, thus shows that a
higher price has been lately obtained in
New York: A"'. seh F>:t .
The lot op the corner of Broadway and
Fulton streets leased at auction last week
for Sl4,5O0 per annum, whichis the interest
at 2 per cent, on $2O7,l 4a IS, or at the rate
Of &4,O93,984 81. an acre ,thelot being 20 by
IS feet, or, at a very common rate Of inter-
est in London, say 81, per cent, it would
give the still more enormous sum OF $751;
$50 ga an acre, 80 80. q.
Again, the annual rent Of Sl4,500 for the
lot sold, is at the rate Of S2s6,57 an acre
per annum, which, Implanted with potatoes
and producing, the large crop Of one thou
sand bushels to the acre, would be over 1886
a bushel, or if in corn, at fifty bushels, would
be S5,73l a bushel. London must try a
main
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

ENGLISH Iron TRADE. AT a meeting Of
the South Staffordshire, Worcestershire aud
shropshire iron trade, held at Dudley ON the
3otle of December, II was resolved to nd
vance prices twenty shillinss per ton for
the ensuing quarter. r.H4
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

DIspurE BETwELN SrADEs.-A dispute
has arisen between the States Of South Car.
DINA aud Georgia in regard 10 their resRec'
tive Boundaries. Georgia claims the jurlsr
diclion Of the, Savannah river, which South
Carolina denies.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

6T-The Scarcity &C Silver or small change
is so severely felt in Boston that petitions To
Congress to supply the deficiency have been
nut in circulation By all the banks and tra,
ders ofthat city. This is a universal incon
~venience, for which a remedy would very
gladly be hailed by oil communities.