The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-02-10
"wednesday Eve'ng, Feby. 0, 1854
PERsOSAL.-The Telegraph man is subject

wednesday Eve'ng, Feby. 0, 1859
PERsoNAL.-The Telegraph man is subject
70 spasms. Had we known the fact, we GER
tainly would have avoided saying anything
that could possibly produce such catastro-
phe. Our bill, for presentation to the Leg
~lslature, in regard to the publication of the
laws, has thrown him into a paroxysm of grief
and rage, and We therefore take the earliest
opportunity to inform him that there is no
possible danger of its passage. We would
as soon think of the editor Of that sheet tell
Ing the truth when a falsehood would an.
aver as we'll, as to hope for anything like
Justice from the present Legislature; and we
further think that the said editor is the only
simpleton in town who had any idea that we
would ask q favor of the aforesaid body Of
''salons."
But testing aside. The formation of the
moral organs of some men are very pecu-
liar. 1t seems impossible for them to tell
the truth, except when absolutely necessary,
and ou- spasmodic neighbor is one of that
tribe. We hardly think he is accountable.
His training of late years has been bad, very
bad. Under the tuition of Medary and Odds,
most any one would get into bad habits, and
when we add to this q natural disposition to
do as they do, we may as we'll undertake to
dam I'D the waters Of a mountain torrent as
to teach them the propriety of telling the
truth.
For instance, when he says be has a cir
c~ulation nearly double that Of the Gazette,
he lies under a mistake of about 500; when
he says the City Council give no patronage
to the Locofoco papers, he tells that which
he knows to be untrue; when he charges the
City Council with iavoritism for renting us a
building at their own offer, which he declin-
ed, the falsehood can be exposed by good tes-
timony; and we will not charge him with a
falsehood when he says that, in several
Wing counties, the laws are given 20 Wing
papers when the Auditor ought to have Sc
lected one Democratic journal; but we would
like him to name the counties. We know
ofnone and from the above we will be ex-
cused for not taking his testimony. But
enough; we have already occupied more
space than our irritable neighbor deserves.
A few days will cool him down and he can
sleep better.
One word, seriously, about the publication
OF the laws. 1t was the design Of the Leg
~islature to have them published in each coun'
ty in the leading papers of the two parties
That the intent of the law has been violated
in several instances, we know. We have
no complaint to make OF our Auditor and
have made none. He has done his duty tc
his party and to them he must be
BILE. Ifhe can afford to avoid the Intent o.
the law, we can get along without the pat
ronage. We long since gave up the idea
ofany county printing, when a Commission
er, under his official oath, declared that WI
should do no work for the county II We a
greed to do it without any compensation
But the law is defective. 1t is right AM
proper that every law OF a general naturI
should be published and paid for at a reason
able price. But as it is, ever Court bill an,
many other acts Of a merely local nature ar
published throughout the State at an i'm
mense cost, nearly, il not al Ito, double tia
which the general laws proper would cost
The act should be amended and then her
would be less complaint. We notice that tn
Auditor of w Washington county, and we thin
very properly, has selected such as are ofin
terest to the people of that county and dis
pensed with the publication Of the Others
We know that, the last time we publishe
the laws, the knowledge Of at least one
third Of them was Of no practical benefit
the citizens of this county land nearly a hur
dred dollars could have been saved by di'
psRsing with their publication.
New COLONIZATION SoeIETY.-A porto
of the free colored people ofthe North form
ed a colonization society of their own. {
this the New York Courier and Enquire
speaks as follows:
"We are requested to call public atte'
ton to the existence and operations of tn
Association. 1t is a self-co lonization NOV
ment among the free colored people for the
own benefit. This association was organi
ed in October, 1851, and having secured IL
confidence Of the leading friends Of Afric
the society appointed as agent Abraha
Caldwell, who sailed last March from Ba
timofe with goods, &C., valued ut $1,000
Mr.. Caldwell received from President Ro.
erts six hundred acres of land on the s
Paul's river. in trust for his society, al
proceeded to erect eight small dwellir
houses and one store-house. Having clea
ed fifteen or twenty acres, and PlantedV
rious vegetables for the benefit Of settler