The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-20

tic, in the old family mansion house, for half |
a century, are GENERALLY in good state of
preservation and perfectly legible, and may
yet prove of essential value to the biograph-
or and historian. -.... ... -.
We may add, that, besides the mass Of let
tiers alluded to above, many other interest
ing documents were discovered among Gen |
Knox's old papers: for example, what ap-
pears to have been the original draft of the
article of capitulation of CORVALLIS at York
town, containing the original signatures of
CORVALLIS, as commander of the land forces,
and Thomas Symonds, as comman nder of the
British naval forces in York Riyer.-BoSton
Tfaueler. @ s
r. A DARK SERENADE. Our julia was rure
singer, and, of course, lover OF music
Many were the hours we discoursed heaven
ly harmony heneath her window; and many
the bouquets and sweet batteries "The Ser
enaders" won from her hands and teIl-tale
lips Of course, The Eolians" became
Jealous OF our success, and soon entered the
lists to compete for our ludy's smiles and ia
vor. Night after night, alternately, the
bands disturbed the fair ones slumbers, un-
til the contest began to excite public atten-
ton, and draw other listeners than Julia
At this stage of affairs, the fiattered woman
quietly withdrew to neighboring town;
trusting few weeks absence would hull the
passions Of the excited players. Unaware
of her absence, and reinforced oy two fine
tenors from a troupe concertising in the
place, "The Serenaders" proceeded to the
accustomed seat, proud in the hope of IA
grand triumph. A full half hour passed up
on the beautiful arias of Donizetti, followed
by his ''Twilight Voices" by the two tenors:
the whole execution was effective and sweet; !;
and we concluded to fill the cup with the de-
lcious II love thee tendcrly." The ac-
compartment instruments were tuned, the
key note was struck, and the window was
! thrown up. The bouquet wits looked for
with intense anxiety, and our hearts beat
wildly that the many hearers III the street
should witness our triumph Soon, dark,
: omin0s face was projected from the blind,
and, Imagine our horror " hen, instead OF the
messenger flowers, came look a heal.
: massas! Missus's gwan away, am dis iady's
. dusy. JUS widraW and save you brrff for
! some proceeding 'cason, when l ism u 'spe-
cally engaged. Wcn datiis, you shall hab
due notification by eubin who you is under
: dc door;-so cleah you'srlyrs!" And clear
we did, amid tho shouts and yclls Of more
than City listeners.
Since that night the air has Slept quietly
/ beneath Jua's window-no longer our Ju-
Ila-and "I'he Serenaders" have forsworn
sercnading.
/ AN ANXIOUS TNQURER. Some two miles
up the river from St. Johnsbury, Vermont,
| is primitive sort of u little village called
"The Centre" Here, not long since, the
rustic youth Of the vicinity congregated for
t 'daice," "and dance they did," said our
, informant, "with an JUNCTION unknown to
our city bellies and beaux." One interest
ing young man, having "imbibed' rather too
freely, became too "fatigued" in course of
the evening, and wisely concluded to ere
tire' for short rest. A door a jar near
! the duncing-hall revealed invtingly, a
4 glimpse of comfortable bed, of which he
5 took possession with the prospect of an un-
Q disturbed "snoozc." 1t so happened, how
belt, that this was the ladies' Withdrawing
room, and no sooner had he closed
, his eyes, than pair of blooming dam
sells came in from the hall, and began adjus-
e ting their disordered ringlets, the dim light
: of the talow candle not disclosing the ten
2 ant of the bed. The girls had tongues (like
e most Of the "seck") which ran on in this
: wise: "What a nice dance we're having!
2 Have you heard anybody say anything a
: bout me, Janep' "La, yes, Sally! Jim
y Brown says he never see you look so hand
d same as you do tonight. Have you heard
S anybody say anything about mel" "About
i gou why, sartn: heard Joe Flint tell Sam
a Jones that you was the pretticst dressed
: girl in the room Whereupon the dear
It. things chuckled "fixed up'' little more
and made off toward the ballroom. They
had hardly reached the door when our half.
i; conscious friend raised himself uponhis elbow
u and quite intelligibly, though slowy,inquir-
y ed: "Ha' you heard arg borry say anything
k about ME girls?" "Phansy their pheelnk:
= at that juncture! They fed with an explo
:, sive scream. .-I.s ........
If ToBACCo.-T stock in our warehouses
G on the LIST of January, S52, was 1869 hhds
e The inspections during the year amounted
n to 1872 hhds. which added to the stock or
!. hand lst January, 1859, together with re-
@ ceipts from the District of Columbia, (no
p inspected) Sal hhds. makes u total Of &C.,
K 572 hhds OF this amount there have beer
$ shipped 54,8l3 hhds., leaving stock oil
;. hand, on LIST inst, of III ,759 hhds., being g.,
). $40 hhds. less than on LIST January, 1852
q The foreign exports the pastyear have beer
j., large, showing an increase compared witt
those of 1851 of 1928 hhds. OF Marylant
Tobacco the inspections show the crop Il
It have been near 5000 hhds. more than il
Q 1851. OF Ohio descriptions the sales have
N been unusually large, embracing the entire
e stock left over from 1856 /, amounting to nea
/ 1000 hhds., together with nearly the entire
Is receipts of the past year, forming a total o
= $4,000 hhds.-Bdh. Sun. 'f.t
/ The DIVIDING OF THE WATERs.--Th,
r court house Of Portage county, Ohio, in thu
i handsome village of Ravenna, stands in sucl
:. a position that the water which falls upoI
a the North part of its roof reaches the Allan
tic Ocean through the River st. Lawrence
and that which falls upon the Southern sid,
s. goes down the Mississippi to the Gulf o
Mexico. ,a, t al.ta le e'al i5 ID