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The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-03-02
Cleveland

CLEvELAND, Feb. 27.-Wheat-Sl,5o@
100. Flour -Superfne $3.50 to 1877 Elk.
ira 8 to S,25. Corn-60c in the ear. Oats
4oc. Cloverseed-5,5o-.no sales. DRIED
Apples-I,25. .Checse-W. r. 8 a SIC.
Pork-Light hogs 4c p b., net; for heavy
or hogs weighing l80 lbs and over, 4,25@
4,37 per cwt. Fine Salt-We quote at Q,
IS. Coarse Salt-3 35 q $50 per bbl.-
Whiskey--Sales at 22624 cents.
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rAnM Fnn ALE.

TENHE Undersigned offers for sale his valuable farm
L situate on the west hank ofthe canal near M
said farm ~contsir5 three hunire and fifty four sores
two-thirds OF the same are in a good state Of cnIlva'
ton: the bslancei in woodland pasture, &c. There
are two GOOD farm honsis, s,ableS. orchari', NC
Said farm can lie diriled N as 70 make two good farms
For particulars as to price and terms, persons de.
sjreus of purchasing are referred to the undersigned
who will DO found On the promises: ,,NrD
february Is. Is54-9n
Iy-NewarkT Times and Lanca ster Tele5rsph' copy
thrna months and charge This office
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ENCOUNTER WITH AN ALLEGED Horse
THEIR. RagIand and G. Ledbetter, Of
Petersburg, Va, had a desperate encounter
near Prince Geo. Court House, on Wednes-
day, with a man named Donavant, charged
with not returning a horse he had hired
Phey fred upon him in the woods three
times aud at the third fire he fell, but soon
recovered himself,ran awhile, and fell again,
when Mr.. L., with q knife between his
teeth, fell upon and commenced searching
his pockets to see il he was armed. Dona-
want Immediately wrenched the knife from
Mr.. Ledbetter's mouth, drew it across his
(L.,s) hand, nearly s%evering several of his
fingers, and then escaped. Mr.. L. pursued
him fer two hours, but being unarmed was
afraid to approach him, As he threatened to
stab him to the heart If he came near him
The missing horse, which he had sold, ant
the one he was riding when they overlook
him, were recovered, but Donavant made
good his. sseApe. &s .-sA :
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NEW ADVERrIsEnpNTa

SOMETHING NEw UNDER TIE SUN.
UiNK & BIsH are nov prepared to accommodate
- their BREAD CUSTOMERS With hesh sup.
ply Of BreaA every day b. nHuing Bread Ifsggs
fmorniag and %ereningl through he city. They VII
"a ihi VI tass bread. eakss and crackers 70 the
dealings dtheir eni1msus. Persoas wishing %
b. accommodated IN this va sill please leave heir
address a. Gun esisblishmsnt. on Main Street. IN the
rom formerly seeupi@d By tie PHILADELPHIA Com.
mission Storc- Our customers VIII De apprised II
the approach q our sseou BY ths Triangle and bells.
Lancaster. March, lo5l INK BISH.
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NnTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given. that Christian ny. Bee
" nv and John eniins, for Themselves, and Christ
ian N. Reery and John Jenkins as partners underline
firm of Berry & jenkins, did on the 3Oth day OF De-
ceraher. 1853. make assignments to the rudersigned
ofa their property Real and Personal, in trust. Tor
the benefit or their creditors generally. Persons Know
ing themseives indebted 10 Christian ~ Beeryi or
John Jenkins, or Berry & Jenkins, will call at my
OH;-e in Fosters building and make payment.
Lancaster. Dec. BLISS J. MUMAUGH:
ITEogle & Telegraph copy and charge this cfiee
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NEW cONTIA
To all TO whom these presents shall
Gr~eetiass
Fairfield eounsy. Ohio, haxirE trtetq.ote en1e
divers oscssion$nsde chf4ses ! Aiaat th4nampfHa
eharactsr Of Charles Erfaoh Of The teNrsoW
.iaFe,aia. b ,siig.4s $3.50
guilty Of freing snd hufning my larn,
Having seen the atndasft q Saien SWELL tnrola-
ton 10 The charges piora4aid. and In view 81 he ieen,
sst iggh N seid 9thssyE. a9c = essesf ~
have baen guilty. ofthe ehntae shove nanea. e13l
In taItihg sbout fhis natter % others. thptl ~ 80
made charges and insnssdons agsin,t ne Efo,e'
ton and character Of The sad Cherries fNesfFNfs
Now IN order that nav a. Justice m fhs haseaui
character Of tho AZ chaHlssEssFsale,i AehefshAro-
tract and uke back every Eord Which lhsye So 7
name Z characiei ~ The sid Char es kytgacle ~ ~
ltion 10 this matter Anitur'hernore swing hus m
fractad and taken back satt charges. do hereoy an
th0rize tha said Charles hversole &c ute thr. paper
in such manneF a. he shsu droH 6sst- either ~
publication or otherwise, - eorrest wrong lr.Pres-
sions which may fave Teen formed a1atast hhA IN
regard In these charsss.
The sfilavis reads az follows
The STATE Of Ohio. Fsirafid cornfH 80.
Before mes Alfrea EcYci1h, a Justice Of The PeAea
. within and for said county. per small cine Salon
s. Wolf. 4 ma e s6l mn nath. 4 says, that on the day
that the barn Of Iohn cradlebsush was hnFnf ~
Madison township, faitfsd county. Ohiosfhe wa
engaged or the farm Of Charles Evero1e in plough
ing. and tha' the said Charles Eversote wss st hons
on said day. also engagedi il p~loughing iaa Held WIN
ia view Ofths one in which ] Was sad We len o'
r p~loughing about the tine the sun was sitting, an
we're both at the harm together taking care OF GU
horses, after we were dobs, we went IRON tho ban
20 the house. whore we remained together until a
bout eight o'clock. when the said ChAfles kyersnl
stsrieA 10 the baf1t0 tufn HIS horses into The pas
ture. and immediately upon going ont, ne called 2
y ne tn come out, and went ont, AMI we. Jaw th'
= light in the diresdoai OF Crsdiebaagh's. we BOXED .
d il and talked about Il, and Afterwards returned to IN
:, house and roIn1ined all night.
Sworn 10 and subscribed before me. this i2ih IA
iof Sept A d 1858. ALFRED
Justice Of The Peace
I do hereby certify that the writing shove the a
GdsEit. ~vssgiver anAaF my hand aad seal, thisIA
JoHN cREDLEBAUCH
Signed and sealed in presence Of u.s.
. ORES ABBOTT,
T 4 K00HTZ.
y ELLIOT GRIFFITH.
February "a 1s54-3mR
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TENnr Executive Crmmittee Of The Fairfield county
4 Agricultural Society, composed OF MieheelL lest
Henry Reber, Jacob @. COPYRIGHT; lanes F1srHseeruss +
Fowler. John Arts. Daniel Keller, $ G Bush a b
Mealick and Joseph Simpson, are trqpesied 10 NJ NJ
al the Washington Hoteii in Tan 'aster, ohlo, on noh
day February 9th inst Ry order o. ne eSs,arm
assEarln &Telagraph copy andch arge this oHce
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Estate of philip Embich.

TOTICE ia her sbv giving that ! havethis dav.
~ been duly appointed Administrator Of the Es;
tate of PHrr1P EriBIca, deceased, late Of Fairfield
county, Ohio All persons having claims sgainst
said Estate, will present them legally authentieAted
..ccnrdinr to law. wifhinone year-And person know
ing Themselves indebted are requested TO make i'm
mediate paymeut. SAMUEL BERRY, Adm'tof-
Lancaster, Jan. u, 1854 -4w36,
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New YOrk Mnrkci.

New YORK, Feb. % Flour, decline 12c
per Dbl, 1900 bbls sold at S,l2@S,25; 1000
Southern at 8 ,o6@8,37. Wheat, The mar-
ket is frm;l5, 900 bus Genessec sold at 200
Corn prices are sitter, but lower; 1000 bus
sold at 5000 ce MS.
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CAtAMITotg SPoRr.-On the 23d Of jan
uary, in the town'o of Tobula, Iiolms county,
Mississippi, some boys tied a bunch of fire
crackers TO a dogs tail, and lighted the
match. The dog,,'rightencd ran into q shed
filled with cotton and set it on fire. The
whole shed and an adjoining one, with the
cotton ,hcy contained, were entirely con
sumed, except 27 bales cut of 1900. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
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~ASSuEYEE,S NOTICE.

| NOTICE is hereby given that Aaron A. Kasayh has
~ this day made an assignment TO US OF all his PROF.,
of al his creditors. q tfa
Persons indebted to said Kagsy are RESUMED to
make immediate payment; and those having demands
against him are,requiredto present thcm to the As
~ (BoNATHAN PETERS,
teD H. ioot. lJosEPH A. FRrESD.
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HEAVY DAMAGEs.-A suit has recently
been tried at Quebec, (Furguson against,
Patton lin which the jury gave $4,000 dam
ages for SANDER. 1t appears that a young
gentleman in the employ of Mr.. James Pat
ton, was engagei to be married to Miss.
Furguson, which becoming known to Mr..
Patton, he made very serious charges a
Q ainst the moral character of the young la
dy, who brought a suit for Islander.
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ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICES hereby given, that a petition viii be-
~ presented to the Commissioners OF Fairfield
county, at their March session 1884. praying Tor q
vacation Of a mart of the Road leading from Lancaster
40 Kratzer's Mil in Liberty townships, to-Stt;
Beginning At the Basil Road near KrAtzer' NIL on
the section line: then through the lands OF Peter
Bright, TO i~ntersect the half section line at the Myers
ro 1an aI ~ ISL is5 81 MANY PETITIONERS.
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9rWhen the sheet Of paper Of which a
book is made is folded in two leaves the
book is called q folio; when folded in four
leaves it is called d quarto; when folded in
10 eight leaves is called octave; when fold
ed into twelve leaves, a duodecimo, or IL
mo; when folded into sixteen %laaves, l6mo;
when folded into Sighteen leaves, ISmo,&c.
The number of folds to each sheet is as
certained by the letters or figures at the bot.
tom OF the pages, there being as many
leaves between cach as there are folds in
the sheet--the figures at the bottom tell
ing the number of sheets in book, as those
at the top do the number ~ofpa2es.
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ANOTHER FEMALE FILLIBusrER.-It is
said that Cora Montgomery" is in St. Do
mingo, and that she is endeavoring to effect
measures to have a part of Hayti annexed to
the United States. Her husband lately
smiled from ST. Thomas to join her. 1t is
also said that she has not hesitated to assure
the people of St. Domingo that the country
would belong to her In six months, and to
recommend them to be Of good courage.
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800 or Rahsrt Rsnwn.

NOTICE Is herehy given ths. ! have this day
IN Been duly ass,in,e1 Adhisisffktor he boaos
H1z On the Estate Of Robert Brnga. hfo OF Fsir6eld
cauniy .d-ceatel. AL persons indshtsd 20 sad Is.
tate are required - ma,e.imLre9isfe psymfnt, Sn1
thoss having clsins against said Estate will Prsssn
thsm. legally authenticated, witai9 one year
FEB. ~, ISIS J. Il MUBfAUGH.
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The IIoosAo TUENEL.-A joint committee
Of the Massachusetts, Legislature have re-
portedi in favor of a loan of So, 900 to
the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company
in aid of the Hoosac tunnel project.
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NEW STOCK.

4 NEW and we'll selected lot Of GROCERIES
~ have iast been received by the subseriber' At
hi, old stahd. Wherehe viii be hsppyp meet MS
customers AMI the pubic generally !.
G. -ocerir4 viii be sold By mo az cheap and OF a.
good squsli,y ~ c an. b iouadin any similar estAo-
lishrncnt 10 the city.
/ have lust eeeiyea a choice I5t Of CranberTies,
Lemons. Pigs, PunS, and also a geneTel variety
Of Nuts, such as Almonds Brazil Nuts, Coca Nuts,
SC. Also. ! splendid lot Of Old Western Reserve
Cheese. $50 GEOhiE }. h1hOA
Lancaster. Feb. I. lS54-lS
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DoTNGs IN CoNGREss.-WAsHIEGT Feb.
25.-Senate, Several petitions wero pre-
scented and disposed Of.
On motion Of Mr.. Stuart, the Senate took
up the resolution ihstructing the COMMITTEES
on commerce to reportth River and EIar-
Dor Bill, which, after some debate, was laid
over until Monday.
Mr.. Cass read an extract from a late
speech of the Earl of Clarendon, intimatlng
that the English and French alliance ex-
tends to Western as well as Eastern affairs,
and remarked that it clearly means an al
lance to check our national aggran dizement
by the acquisition of Cuba. He therefore
hoped the committee on foreign relations
would be prepared to recommend some ac-
ton declaratory Of our determination not Ia
permit such Interference.
Mr.. Mason remarked, that he had noticed
in the Tripartite Treaty correspondence thai
England and France desired to prevent oul
acquisition Of Cuba.
Mr.. Bell asked, "How have we prefted by
the noticer'
Mr.. Mason-By keeping perfectly quiet
He thought there was nothing for US to d.
until interference actually occurs. Wha'
would the Senator from Michigan do!
Mr.. Cass read Mr.. ChurchilPs resolutions
offered in the House some time ago, and sait
he would pass them, and declare our RICH.
in the family Of nations to stand by them in
all e~Xtremities.
The Senate then resumed the consider
alton Of the Nebraska bill, 81 Mr.Butler con,
cluded his speech, when the Senate ad'
journed.
The House is not in session.
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ABsoUATULATToN.-It is said that a well
known sporting individual has left Newark,
N. j., and suddenly embarked for C%alifor-
mia, having done the citizens of tn at place
out OF about six thousand dollars, in sums
VARYING from 500 to $780, from each of
the victimized. s
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Estate of WIN. wIseman.

MToTECEis hereby givsn that the undersigned
~ has been daily qualified as Executor OF ne 4ast
wi and testament Of Wm. Wiseman, late OF Falr-
sai5 estate wi present them duly authenticated,
within the time limited, by Law, to ?. b; Ewing
ATTY. Lancaster, Ohio, or to the undersigned al 81
Josephs, Perry county, Ohio.
Fob. 9th. S-w,
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sAW-LOGS WANTED.

DHE Undersigned will ray the highest prices 10,
L all the Saw-Logs he can get delivered al ms fsla
10 anc.sfero or ON the canal az some convenient place
He EXPECTS TO have his Mill in running order In July
next, when he wi | saw for cash OF on shares FOR
further particulars en- luire of the Undersigned
1sAnv number OF good Broom handles on nam;
Inncaster. Feb. u, is5l-39 J ,. SNIDEh.
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punrrc sttr.

.TTERE siii Be soil 81 tho tte r~esia2fes ofJohn
s. sayd ~ iu GrssHi<l 10 Rnshtp. FaiFisli co :.
90 FTiiay. March - 1904, the following property,
.to.siG 4 iOt Of Bsss anl Bse Hives. and AL hiniI OF
Lum1sr, nns shovel Plough. ? Mich Cows Of the
best quality, . Yoke oTSof Work Oxen, ono extra
Log Nsgan, feapBolfd. I ssW Gunner. 3 stoves.
a Lt Of ssrgentsr sHl lsiper's Fools, lot Of Patent
Fence. Farm Gates, LAHORE. Broom Handles. aud
a rarisfv Of o;hsr lo1 tedious - mention
sale 4, comman~ - o'eloet 4 NJ.
March I, Is5f join s. SNYDER
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AtieBtion Carpenters,

CEALED Proposst viii be receive BY tho sub
; } seTioer. a. Or Aiirsfs osice. up 70 March list
= The re-ba Ling Of a STORE ROOM a-d WARE
HOUSE, IN Uayerspcrt, imihr 20 ta5 one hteiy
DESTROYED ~ frc. re..
aTTPlan and s9ssif ,a'io1s can - sspn, and other
Information bad, by ca ling on The sub~cribsr or at
Dr.. Aldrsd's olire. NM- SllCORI.
HIgeassort Fs5 ~, 1854.
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IrQussn Victoria atthe opening Of par
lament was ,attired in q splendid dress Of
silver tissue, over which wassasrobe Of erin.
son velvet, orhamsntsd with gold lace and
ermipe, Assnd she wore a bfiliapt tiara Of
pearls and diamonds.
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6rThe best paper in CIermont county,
is the Courier, edited by J. R. s. BOND, ESQ.
1t to us this week in a new dress and
otherwise improved. It deserves a wide
circulation.
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GREyr BhRG4Tys IN FURNIrURE.

GgoRGEL ECKERT afJ continue: a, bis old
NT stand. IN Main street, tD0 foprs Edst 81 he
H6clIsr VgPey Bar. where will hs founl a gen
srel assOrtpeut Of all dad, Of Cabinet ft'Taa4re.
which l. sIniuetby all 70 be Ghe llTgsst AID chesP-
eat ever before kept in thisciry. from the PiaiDest
- to tho finest, soHsiyting Of %xErJ
2 = = "a ~
- Solid Mahogany Chairs, 5
Tcta-s- efes. Di;ls.. Bureaus, Tables, Stands Pine
Bebs'ests. Wltfrcksas aaf losing Glasses-
CiacievGf Fr0ifgre lie wilt also Keep onhand
a genrrsi assJr,n M Of Cincinnati furniture. which
VIII b. sold a. smaW advance uBon city prices. thus
~o5yiatiug fbe necessity of %ri'ilnnE going eisewhere
u 5uy furniture, By making It 70 their advantage
10 purchase uf the subscriber, offering them either
boRe or city manufacture
Th9 ioHg re putsrioH Of his establishment i5r The
best wOE needs no Communication, but would Jdd
-sv, as there is 30 much said in Those latter days a.
bout experience and gooi w%orkpen. that sl WORK
sel9by TGs Will be SaFTaRt0dir be right
ThsnSiu! FOR past favors, he re pectiully sOlieiis a
con iunance Of public patronage. lathe same build
;ngi Is Mr. q. Smith'> Chair ana Batstesi Factory, 50
that Customers can bo accommodated in al kiads Of
Furniture. Call and sec our large and sptendil toi
Of Furniture. q ECkLRI.
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r.,ata nf .Iemlma streets.

NfoTICE is hereby given, that ! have t1ts Gay "a
~ been duly appointed ADMINISTERED OF o Snf Fair.
ia.e o. ~ 9Sio, SAMUEL BERRY, AdEftor.
Lancaster, Feb. IL. ls54-4w4l
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rs,ate of Henry Moninser.

NTOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber ha
II been appointed and qaalifiedas Executor on tn
Estate Of Henry Mopinger. late Of Amanda township
Fairfield county, Ohio, deceased.
Jan. %, I55i-is33 % HIRAM MoNlNGER
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Dissolution Noticc.

THE partnership heretofore exiting under the
g.m of RoBtNsog { TRoCr has bern dissolved
by mutual consent. The hooks and accounts Of the
.Grmars in tbe kaEdsOE J. N. RoBIssns. who Is an
therizad to settle the same. J y. ROBINSON,
Feb. IL. 1854. WY. I. TROUT.
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DEATH OF THE PoIsoEER.--The negro
woman who poisoned the family Of the late
Coleman Wingfeld, at Richmond, Va, and
VINO drank Of the coffee in which the arse
mic had been dissolved, for the purpose OF
proving her innocence, has since died of its
effects. The family are slowly recover
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DisTmLERY BURNr.-Kneisly's mill and
distillery, situated about FIVE miles east Of
Dayton, Ohio, were, with their Contents,
entirely destoyed by fire on Sunday, last
With the buildings were destroyed 10000
bushels of corn and 70, 900 bushels Of wheat
The total loss is estimated at.from 10000 to
$780, 900, on which there was no insurance.
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NEATHEW MYER, a non-resIdent,will take notice
IvL that Il +. Gardner and Daniel Eahnestock, have
his day fled their petition = gainst him, inths CLERKS
Office of tho court Of common pleas for F9riield
county, Ohio, praying for the revive OF . l~udgineht
Obtained against him in said court, at the May FERN,
1917 and upon which there remain5 a balance due
Feb. 6. 1875, Of Si7s5;49, withtbe cost OF suit, which
AHA petition will como on 70 be heard ~ ne neA'
Torm ~ said court. HUNTERS GAkAShIf'
Jan. IS, ~US54-6w35 Attorneysfor Pettloners'
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ROAn NOTICE!

.TIIFRE will be a Petition presented to the Com
missiouers Of Fsirheld County, Ohio, at their
March term, praying for the laying out and establlsi-
inc = county road beaiGning at the s~outhesst corner
NJ Christian RurSas farm on the Pitcher road; thence
on the line betwe. n said c. Ruch and solomon Anch,
continuing on S. Ruch's line TO the northwest corner
thence on the line between David sJnier anal-f.
Asbbronk. thence TO the Newark rood. on or as near
he linz az pTacdeable hetween r. Enick &l.Freed'
Thomas or Samuel Anderson aud Faltzer Rutter:
Ian. II, 1854 MANl tNllAlOE'I
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AN OLD LADY.-Mrs. Catharine Dunn,re-
siding in Nunda, Livingston county, was
born Oct. 18th, 1853 and is therefore now
over one hundred years old. We understand
she is smart and in possession of all her
faculties. She came to the Chemung val.
ley from Orange county, about 70 years a.
go, and from here removed to Nuuda, where
she has since resided. She is the grand
mother of John Carpenter of this town.
Eimlra Ga2ette.
This, says the Elmira Republican, is a re-
markable case Of ex raordinarv longevity;
but here is a case in this vicinity that beats
it. Margaret Purdy, of Spencer, Thomp-
kins county,-grandmother of DR.. lothian
Purdy, OF this village, is now near one hui
dred and three years of age. She retains her
natural mental abilities in a remarkable de-
gree. and during the summer season walks
to church without the aid of cane or crutch.
She is a native of Westchester county, in
this State where her husband was killed dur.
ing the Revolutionary war, and she dragged
his body from the scene Of carnage. She
came to this county, where she has numer-
Gus descendants residing, about fifty years
since. This venerable centurian can now
address her daughter thus; "Rise daugh'
ter, aud go to thy daughter, for thy daugh'
ter's daughter has got a daughter"
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6T-Thanks to Messrs. cAmWELL and
WADE for Congressional fnvors. Also to
Hon, S. II. PORTER Of the State Legisla-
ture. O
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REPORT or THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR
OF JAPAN CoNFIRMED-Ths American 1IoCe-
meais.-We have a letter of Decembsr Is,
written by an officer of the U. S. steam
frigate Susquehanna, lying in the harbor OF
Hong Kong. The following extract will be
found to contain news of interest to our
readers:
We are still lying here, and with every
prospect OF remaining some time longer, for
Commodore Perry seems to have gotten over
his hurry to return to Japan.I 1t is the general
opinion among the naval officers here-thal
we will not sail for Loo Choo and Japan un-
Ill sometime in January.
The U. S. ship Lexington has not yet
made her appearance, although we are dai'
ly looking for her, as she was reported by
the Sea Witch, which vessel came in day
before yesterday, one hundred and twenty
days from New York, and is now alongside
of us d%ischarging her coal and some Of heI
stores. The Sea Witch goes from here tc
Panama, with Coolies, to work on the rail
road there, and has been fitted up with a
mother deck, &c, for that purpose.
By the arrival Of the steamer from Shang'
hae, we hear that the Emperor of japan |:
dead, aud that no intercourse would be helt
with any foreign nation for three years
If this be true, it is news indeed; but Perry
will go there anyhow, and if they are hare
pushed Tor an Emperor, we will make ont
for them, and fight them afterwards.
The U. s. sloop of war Plymouth has al
so arrived from Loo Choo,and we learn tina
the native junks from Japan brought the
same news, SO that confidence may be plac
ed in the report.
There has been a great deal Of sickness
on board of our ship, and during the pas
two weeks we have buried three of our men
One of them was the cook Of our mess, al
old negro that we brought from Philadcl
phia. The crew are now, however, gettin!
much better, and | sincerely hope that WI
may not lose any more Of them.