The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-04-14

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TGE TRorRLE Al san JuAS-- Dipni-Les
from CqpifiH Hogias--Ii Is said dispatcbes
have been received at Washington. from
Captain Hollins, Of the slOop Of war Cyanc.
giving detailed account of the proceedings
at San Juan De Nicaragua Instcud of his
having interlrred in violation OF he wishes
Of tIe British Consul, directly the reverse
appears 10 have been the case; and. there.
fore. the statement that thr consul had dis
patched a messenger 10 the Be,iLa, ordering
10 San Juan British vessel 0f war. Is all
mooDshine. According 10 Capt. H1l!ins'
dispatches, the Americans attached L. the
Transit Company establishment, probably
fearing the violence Of the mob at Grey.
town, or San Juan, appi"'i to The British
Consul for protection. That funclionarv
told them that he could not interfere in be-.
hllf of American citizcn', bat advised them
TO apply to Captain iIoIns. who was lying
OF the harbor wiih the cyane. They ac-
cordiDgly did 20, and tiie captain then saw
the British Consul, and after consultation
with him and the Americans, he adopted the
necessary measures for the proie ction Of the
property. Ii will thus be seen that the cniy
important feature Of the news--the prnba-
bic difficulties with the British authoritics-
is entirely unfDunded in fact. As to The diff
cullies which the transit company appear to
labor under, it is probable they viii be ad.
justed upon the arrival Of DIR new Minister
in Central America. Mr. Joseph L. White.
the counsel Of the transit company, has ar
rived at Washington, and has had a long in.
teryiew with the President
French MITRIMoSIAL AGEsr-A raccn,
Paris letter to the Republic gives an insight
'ato The tricks of matrimonial agents. The
French operators in the disposition Of hands
without hearts eqnal the Peter Funks on
this side the big pond
/ have often wondered h,w m,irimapial
agcnts-those people lhat advertise dcsir-
able husbands and wives, comfortable set
Elements in life, dowries. and umiabIc ten.
pers-manage to make both ends meet. A
cUmmIssary Of police has lust arrested an rx-
tensiTe dealer in this way, and the secret
has leaked out. lie advertised himself az
corn-doctor to all the crowned heads, and
sold patent medicines. He was also an a.
gent for marriages, and had fine lot OF
young ladies, with dowries varying from 20 =.
000f. to half million. He had upon hi.
books the names Of daughters OF members o.
the Academy and Senate, Of Marshal o.
France, and sundry German princes. Gen
tlemen that applied Tor wives paid an en-
trance fee, and in the course OF the negotia.
ton sundry other claims, in all a consider
able sum. When it became necessary "a
bring the affair to conclusion, quantity
of faded lovettes, with parcel Of elderly
females acting as their mothers, Were intro.
duced, and the applicant was only too glad
to make good Lis escape. He generally
abstained from making the swindie public
for fear OF being laughed at. The investi.
cations that have been commenced vii
probably lead to the breaking up Of all thc
matrimonial Offices in Paris.
A FAMILY.-We saw ut the cars, thi.
morning, on their arrival from the East, q
venerable looking patriarch followed BY
such multitude Of the passengers. that we
inquired who he was. The stranger is 0
new Jersey farmer, with party Of his de
scendants, who, with his better half, have
emigrated from 'the Blue" to Illinois. The
party numbered twenty-lour. Mr. Roden.
bouch informed us that he has now in Hi
nois seven more of the same sort, and seven.
teen in New Jersey. whO viii; follow hin
early this fall, making in all rorty-eight o
this worthy gcntlemans descendants who
have left and will leave that State. Blu
few such emigratons wouid be needed I,
depopulate the State entirely. CLeUelanG
Herald
"WHY is that very beautiful Window
linouirnJ e <, - 4
pointing to one Of the largest in Washington
street. As a matter of manners the fricnt
gave it up without reflection.
"Becausc the glazier took great paneS t,
make it" replied the remorseless interroga
tor.
1t was severe test of temper. but no quar-
rel ensucd, and the culprit is still at large
"unwhipl oi justice. Pot.
MINXEsorA.-Ou Our old Fairfield friend, D
A. Robertson, has failed in his efforts to b
appointed Governor of Minnesota: Col. Cor
man, of Indiana, is the lucky man. Tn
t fact was, two or three applicants presse
their claims SO sharply. that Pierce was OBJ
liged TO select an outsider, to keep th
, peace.-O. s. Jour.
FREIGHTs FOR AUsTRALIA.-Tt is state
that the vessels up in N. York for A Australi
fill rather slowly with freight, the chief ar
ticle Offering being lumber: but the bette
class find no difficulty in filling up with pas
sengers, at remunerative rates. Charge
vary from S 1925 to $500 for second and frs
class accommodations.
6-EsoP's fable of the frog who attempt
ed to swell to the dimensions Of the OK, w
saw modernizcd yesterday, when COW " u
''moo-ing" to drown the screams of loco
motive whistle. The COW didn't burst, bu
gave up the contest.-Cieue Her.
SPA farmer who recently had his butte
seized by the clerk of the market for shor
weight, gave as the reason that the COY
from which the butter was made was subjeC
to the cramp, and that caused the butter t
shrink in weight.
0,FA boiler in the Licking Iron Work
in Covington, opposite Cincinnati, explode
on Tuesday last, nearly destroying the builr
ing in which it was located, seriously il
juring eight persons, and slightly woundin
, several others.
+ CtYMr. Lewis Cass, Jr. our Charge d. A
faires to Rome, was, at the last accounts, o
his way home to see his mother, ntelligenc
e of whose illness (Which has since proved IA
, taD having reached him.
A Real BLESSING To MOTHERS. "A pm
d lanthropist in Missouri has just invented
. cradle, which ,pn being wounduP like clock
$ will rcck the baby tweniy-four hours with
d out stopping.
$ DaMaGEs.-In the case Of B. Ml,hers Us.