The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-04-07

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Senate 10.
day confirmed oil the f~fee-soil nomination.
which had been made, though there was q
hard fight against them. Gen. Dix, as Sub.
Treasurer at New York. had eight votes
thrown in opposition TO him. The nomina.
ton Of Mr.. Petit for the mint at Philadel-
phia, was resisted on the same ground, but
was finally confirmed, as was also that Of
Mr.. Casey, Of Kentucky. for U. 8. Treas.
urer at Washington. Gov. Bigger, of In.
diam, is said to have been appointed Regis.
ter ofthe Treasurer.
PHILADELPHIA, March 30.-Threc double
eagles were found this afternoon buried In
the yard back Of the tavern where Arthur
Sprung boarded at the time Of the murder of
Mrs. Lynch ard her sister on Federal street.
The same number Of $40 gold pieces were
taken from the trunk Of Mrs. Lynch on the
night Of the murder. AS the last link In
the chain OF circumstances fixing the murder
on Spring Is nov connected, the probability
is that he will make a full confession. II il
generally thought that he has been tho prin-
cipal actor In many blood tragedies.
Wool IN KNOX CouNrY.-We are inform
ed that about iwo.thirds Of the clip of Knox
county has been on the shecps' backs at
prices ranging from ~ to Be cents. averag-
ing about 6oc. One party bought 1870, 900
lbs. at an early period at an average Of a. or
IS cents. Afterwards some 10 or 80 900 lbs.
were bought at higher rates, say IS a Ca
The entire crop, II is supposed, will average
about SO cents, which Is thought to be above
It's value. notwithstn nding tho improvement
In quality. --SanduS!y Regis! r.
GT1'hc very best definition If a Yankee
IL chat OLA recent critic, who calls him"a well
developed interrogation p%oint!" The fol-
from John G.. SAKE Is pretty goodas
a characteristics:
HI would kiss a queen till he raised q blistor,
With his arm around hor nerk and his old n hat on;
Wouli Address tho hing with the title Of Mister,
And ask him the price of tho throne that he sat on
NEw YoRK, March 30 -Efadfeld's ex,cn-
sive Pyrotechnic establishment atWilliams.
bury, blew up this morning with a tremen.
dous explosion. A. young girl and boy en-
gagged In the works, were ins'antly killed,
and another boy fatally injured besides seye.
cral other workmcn. The North American
Motel adjoining was much damaged.
SALARIES OF U, s. MtNsrEas.-The pcn.
eral impression appears TO be that al the
late session Of Congress, the salaries Of the
u \. Ministers TO many of the Courts Of
Europe. were Increased TO $4,000. This,
however, Is erroneous. The proposition
failed through a di-ngreement Of the two
houses,
6T"hrOhbishop ffuchc,. Il 10 said, will
soon leave for Rome, there to receive the
cardinals hat. The RI. Rev. Archbishop
Of Baltimore, md the RI. Rev. Bishop Of
Philadelphia, are to o%riciate in his atead
during his absence, whicbmNy be prolonged
to u twelve. month.
Mrs. Fillmore, the late wife Of the ex-
President, was the daughter of Rev. Lemucl
Powers, Uf Aurora, CayugA county, N. Y,
where she was married to Mr.. Fillmore,
then ayoung lawyer, just beginning the
practice Of HE profession, In 1896.
61TRcv. RI. Wayland. President OF Brown
University. has been cxamir ing the table
tipping experiments. usually attributed Il
electricity or spirits. He decides that Il u
not electricity, hut thinks Il Is governed bt
some heretofore undiscovered law Of nature
01-Thc King Of Siam, has become a sub.
scriber to the Maulmsin Times. His sub
scriPtion was sent under convoy Of a militia.
~ escort.
GrBelgium has recognized the indspen4
enee Of liberia.