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The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

CuRIosiTfEs OF TRApE.-Among the i'm.
portations into this country,is certain class
Of Ofarticles, embracing an almost endless va.
riety, which are called "non-enumerated. y
Some OF them cost q mere trife and are lit,
tlepsed; others equally cheap, are Of such
generaluse that their aggregate value is
considerable, Few persons know that these
articles ente into commercial transactions
A friend somewhat curious in such matters
gives the following items relative to those
importations into New York:
During the year ending June 3oth, 1853
the value Of slate pencils imported was 49,,
7s3; Of sausage skins, 1894; little night ia
.pers, 267; tooth.picks, $34l; bladders, 81 +,
257; orange peel, 1884; peach kernels, So
goose skins, S769; rose leaves, $773; skel
etons. S36li mushrooms, $i,o03; sand So
goose-liver pie, Sl3Ii spuuk $i4.
This list-oi incougruous articles could b.
enlargedto a great extent.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

PRoBABLE MURpEE. Seeing crowd In
Esq. Mick's Office this forenoon, we step
ped in and found that man named Patrick
Halvey was arraigned for stabbing Francis
B. and Charles e. Hammond, in Hunting
ton Township. We understand that, OF
Saturday last, Halvey was abusing his wife
who is a sister Of the Hammonds, she called
to them for help and when they came up
tialvey assailed them with a dirk or knife
stabbing them both severely and sticking
his wife through the arm. Charles, you'll
of Is years. is sreported to-day to be dying
from his wounds. Esq, Mick has postpoh
ed the trial Of HaIvey unit! Monday next
Ancient Metropolis,
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

WILLISe TO BE- FoRGIvES. There is a
good story told of a young lazy, who not
more than thousand years ago was smit.
ten with the clipping epidemic that was
then raging in her native city, but who in
her haste neglected to take all her clothing
with her; indeed she sstook little more than
what she stood In. AS soon as the knot
had been fairly and irrecoverably tied, she
wrote letterto her guardian, informing
him ofthe fact, and imploring him to send
her, by the night express, "his forgivness
and her trunk-especially the latter.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

eE5 The French papers speak of the new
Partisan dish, fried rattlesnakes, as nov
city OF their own invention. 1t is not. In
the old Florida war, "our men, discovered
that ratilesnakes were good to eat, and used
to cook them as a pleasant change after
salt.horse and hard.biscuit. We have been
assured by one who served in that war,
that the flesh of the rattlesuake is delicious
in the extreme even thot Of
the frog, both in flavor and delicucy oftext-
nra %
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

New COUNTERFEIT THREEs on the City
Bank Of New Haven, unlike the genuine
are in circulation in Hartford, Connecticut
Also counterfeit tens on the Deep River
(Conn.) Bank, whole appearances unlike the
genuine. Also tens on the Litch6eld Coun.
ty Bank, altered from ones; the bank has
no tens signed by ]. MeAlister. cashier. A
new counterfeit, purporting to be S5 bill
on the Boston Bank, is wholly unlike thu
genuine, aLd purports to be engraved BY
Danforth, of New York.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

GREEN Peas AT CHRrsTMAs.-The writer
partook ofthe above delicacy on Christmas
day. at the house Of Mr. George Van Luopke.
They were grown in the garden Of Esq.
KatAebu, in the city Of Celle. in the King
dom of Hanover, and sent to this country
by him six weeks since, We would advise
the lovers Of peas to call on Mr.. Luepke fol
some OF these. B. 8
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05


RroT IN CrNcrNNATI.-We copy the fol-
lowing from the Sun ofMonday last:
It was understood for a few days past, by
the new Captain of police, who shows Goa
siderable activity and zeal, that there was a
move on foot among those (chiehy Ger
mans,) who were bitterly opposed, for polit-
ical reasons, to Mons. Bendini, the Pope's
nuncio, at present on visit to Archbishop
Purcell, to show towards him their public
disapprobation. AS Captain Luken antici-
pated, the thing happened. Last night, be.
tween eleven aud twelve O'Clock, a large
crowd, numbering between six and eight
hundred, marched in professions, beating
drums &c. and carry ng an illuminated sign,
having on it in large letters, "DowN WITH
BENDISI!"-andd drew up on the west grount
fronting the CatheItel, when they made
preparations to burn the Nunco in effigy.
Capt Luken hearing the shouts of The
crowd, and knowing the purport, ordered the
police to dispense them. Proceeding to ex
ecute Captain Luzen's commands. the off
GERS were violently opposed and fred upor
by the excited crowd. One officer nance
Carroll was shot in the leg, and two o
three others more or less injured. A mum
Der of the rioters was arrested (about fifty,
their names we could not learn, but W,
understand they are principally Germans
and belong to the Freemen and Turner
Societies
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

STArIsTIcs OF GREAT BRITAIN.--ln 1851
there were l52 barracks, sl6 workhouses
l62 prisons, 1877 lunatc assylums, 90 hos.
pitals, and 507 assylums in England ant
Wales. In the barracks there were 40,'
$40 soldiers, and IN the work-houses 1876
43o helpless paupers, or poor who receive
indoor relief. The number Of prisoners o.
all classes was 26,726; Of insane patients ia
asy lums, 1914, and OF persons in hosplt
ais and other asylums, 52,l42.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

SINGULAR DISAPPEARANCE AND DIscovE-
.MY,--Several bank bills disappeared very
mystericusly a few nights since from the
coat pocket Of Mr.. Lamprey, of NorthHamp'
ton, N. H., he having left his coat hanging
upon his bed-post on retiriug to bed. A
morning or two afterwards Mrs. LampreJ
found mouse's nest in her oven, in which
were four young mice nicely wrapped up ID
the missing bills.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

SENTENCED TO THE CHAIN-GAHa.-Jehn
Dillingham;, and old citizen Of Cincinnati.
formerly discount clerk in the Lafayette
Bank, has been convicted of fraud and SEN
tenced to the chain-gang for two months
The charge against him was for obtaining
endorsements on various notes for an ag-
gregate sum of 20,25O dollars, by alleging
thai he had property to that amount, when
Ia fact his assets were only $500 dollars.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

IF THE Mt. Vernon True Wing will take
the trouble to refer to our commercial col.
umn when it quotes gainesville markets, il
will find that Wheat is worth $l,l0, instead
Of s. 90; and that Flax Seed commands one
dollar per bushel, instead Of ninety cents
as quoted by 1t. We have no notion o.
being Quoted below Lancaster and Newark
- ZGnesUille Courier.
And afte. having corrected the Zanes
Vile market the True Whig will please sal
Lancaster ditto" "We have no notion o
being quoted below ZaaesUille.." /"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

CHEAP OCEAN PosrAeE.--A large meet
ing in + vor Of cheap ocean postage was
held at Faneul Hall, Boston, on Thursday
evening. The Mayor presided, and num-
ber of addresses in favor Of the project were
made. Elhu Burritt was one Of the speak
ers, and memorial to Congress was adopt
ed, asking that the rates Of ocean postage
be reduced to the Uniform charge oftwo
cents, or one English penny, for the single
transit on letters under half an ounce in
weight
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

FEMALE SHoEMAKERs.-It is stated that
in Washington some Of the most respect
able and independent women, married and
single, engage in the shoe-making business
as an agreeable pastime, as which cost us
So at the stores,'' writes a female, "cost us
one days labor and 60 cents for the best
material bought at retail. One Of US has
made FIVE pair Of ladies' gditersin a week.
Many of Us make shoes for ourselves and
children, without neglecting other house-
hold duties. On Capitol Hill alone they
are thirty ladies thus employed, and about
two hundred In the city. We find il very
easy to make two pair Of children's shoes
in day, and they cost us here 81 IS .
pair"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

The RoUrE TO CALIFoSfA VIA NEw Or
LE4ss.-Itis stated that alta very early day
strong efforts will be made to procure a con-
tract for carrying the mail between Newor.
leans and San Francisco by the Ramsay
route, via Vera Cruz and Acapulco. It is
also said that arrangements will be COM
pleted in few months, to carry passengers
and mails by this route, from New Orleans
to San Francisco in IS or IA days.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

MONUMENT TO WEBSTER. New Eng
land Society had meeting at the Astor
House, New York,on Thursday, to talk over
raising money TO build monument to Web
ster. Some of the gentlemen (among them
Mr.. Fresseuden) bitterly opposed the move
ment, on the ground of Wsbster's advocacy
of the compromise measures. However, a
committee was appointed to take up sub.
.scriptions.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

New IEyENTroN.- editor of the Alton
Courier has been shown pocket pistol and
case, which is something of city. The
novelty, il is said, will prime itself and fire
thirty-six times in succession. It is small
weapon, being only about six inches in
length, though it will throw ball with suf-
ficient force to perforate an inch plank at
the distance Of hundred feet
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

0TThe Steam tug ajax, which was
wrecked on the passage from New York to
Boston. late in 0ctob er, and from that time
till now unheard of. has been discovered
near the end Of Cape Cod, In fourteen faith
oms of water, and where she sunk during a
heavy gale, on her way to Boston, all on
board having persisted. An attempt will
be made 10 raise the vessel.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

DIEEER AT PORTLAND, ME.-Tber Port
land papers are filled with an account o.
the grand dinner given BY the board q
trade of that city to celebrate the arrival Of
the Sarah Sands--the first of the line be-
tween that port and Liverpool.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

RoBBBRY.-A man named Moore, from
Ohio, was robbed in Pittsburgh last week
1887. He was decoyed away from the
depot by a pretended acquaintance, who
was met by two others and the three d.
sided the spoils. Moore was so drunk at
the time that he cannot describe the rob-
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

0TA boy by the name of Timothy Flan-
negan, six years old, was shot, at Keane,
N. Y, by L. Carlin, a lad of ten years Of
age. Some difficulty had occurred between
them, and Carln's mother furnished him
with pistol telling him to shoot.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05
sunrelnc Conrt 81 OhIo.
MERCHANTMEN TER M-feD3.

DECEMBER q. The argument ofthe cass
of the Lancaster Bank Creed=avas opened
by Henry Stanbery, ESQ. w. Y. Gholsoa,
and Geo. E. Pugh, Esquires, follow for de-
Iendants, and Mr. staHbsry ciosesfcr plain.
tiff.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

THE GARAY GAANT.-The Union denie.
the truth of the rumor that BIr. Gadaden, ouI
Minister in Mexico, had entered into a ne.
gotiation on the subject Of the Garay Grant
or that he had any instruction on the sub
ject. 1t appears that General Wood, o.
Pennsy lvania, the agent Of the Garay Com
pany. accompanied by the Minister, hat
brought the subject before Santa Anna, and
met with rebuff.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

O.TOur citizens are taking adyaa.sge OF
the present freeze BY Sling theifice houses.
We understand that the ice Is sf very
good quality.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

IMpoRrASr FROM ERIE.-The followins
despatch was received from Erie yesterday
by the Railroad Co. The injunction ofthe
Sheriff was disregurded-much excitement
was created. The military was called out,
and one man is reported shot at HORROR
Creek
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

A FEMALE BIeAMIsr.--Gertrude Kohler
has been committed 10 the Albany Jail for
indulging in the luxury Of three 'Ive lords. I
To the first she was married five years ago
to the second two years ago, and to the
third quite recently. They all met a few
days since at Albany, where they agreed 10
decidetheir respective claims to the fair dame
by three handed gamo Of seven up The
first husband won, but Gertrude refused to
abide the hazard of the cards, and clung to
her latest acquisition, whereupon recourse
was had to the law, and she was taken be-
fore the Police Court for bigamy. When
asked what induced her to prefer the last
husband to the other two, she said they were
niche goot' and that the last was wort a.
bout six hundred Of such drts rascals.
try dem all, said she, and 'takest the best.
est; andfi he nc goot, tries blenty more,
till finds Dutchman suits just right
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

61rWe are informed that third person
was frozen to death on last Saturday night
a week, In this county. y.--Hoetsn7 Ssaiinsi.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

VoTE FOR HM.-Lewis, the fun.loving
editor of the an. NJ. Union" says an ex.
changers candidate for the next Legisla.
ture.s In the last number of his paper he
published acircular to his fellow citizens
Of eight columns. Whereupon he says:
1t may be asked why | write so long a
circular.
An anecdote viii illustrate my answet.-
Once upon time an old lady sent heI
grandson out to set a turkey. On his re-
turn, the following dialogue took place:
Sammy, have you set her!'
Eyes, Grandma
Fixed the nest all up uicely!'
mighty fine, Grandma
'How many eggs did you put under herp
'One hundred and twenty, Grandma
why Sammy, what did you put SO many
under her forP
Grandma, / iOaatei to see her spread her,
self My opponents will pitch into this cir
cular, hope they will have good time in
making large per centage of it. A short
one would be as much as they could get O.
yer, but I ,Odnt to see them spread themselves.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

A SPIRIT PEapLExED.--M -Medium--6All is
now ready; what question do you wish to
Tutl" Widow -"Why ma'am,I must ex-
plain that gave to my dear departed one
:Eso0 to pay off claim, and now he's gone
they have had the audacity to apply again
for the money! Pray, therefore, ask my
dear Augustus ruhat he did NTH The receiptT'
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

EXTRAORDINARY, If TRUE.-The Gala
veras (CaL) Chronicle mentions the discov-
cry of very remarkable cave in Calaveras
county, near the town of Vadecito:
at appears that a Frenchman was at
work there at considerable depth and his
pick displaced a rock, which laid bare an
entrance.to large cave. A party after
wards descended and surveyed the subter-
ranean apartments. Their report is most
astonishing They assert, that at the
depth OF about 900 feet, they came upon a
collection ofover 800 bodies, perfectly pet
ri6ed, that the hall contained an immense
number Of stalactytes. some of which rested
on and were incorporated with the bodies.
1t is said that the skulls indicate arace dis
tinct from the Indians" .,.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05
Friday Evenlns,Dec. SO, lsss.

CoM. AULicK.-Sometine ago Mr.. .Schenck,
Minister at Brazil, made, o charge against
Com. Aulick, that he had carried out the
late Brazilian Minister, Mr.. Macedo, in the
frigate Susquenhanna, and though. Congress
had provided for that purpose, gave the Min
lister to understand that he was entertained
at Com. Aulick's own expense. Com. A.
has since sent letter to the Secretary of
the Navy, Indignantly denying the whole
charge, and demanding court martil. The
Secretary says:
"Your disavowal Of the offence, in terms
so full and explicit, is gratifying to the De-
partment. do not, therefore, deem il nec-
essary to order either court of Inquiry or
Court Martial. Ycu will consider your
self as waiting orders"
KossrA AND HIs IsYisnEs,-Koss Is ike
ly to prove hare at Washington pretty much
like the presence of the elephant to the man
who had no place to put his in, and did moi
know what to do. with him. He came from
Boston, per Adams & Co.'S Express Agent,
consigned Franklin Pierce, President oI
tlt OuitOd oAatCoy uuu w III. uAdECJt otC-
retary of State. He 10 quartered at Browns
Hotel, and asks the Secretary Of State, and
several others the very significant ques-
tions. Why he camel What he came forl
How long he is to abide herel'
He calls upon the Government to return
him to Turkey, from whence he was taken
without his.own consent, or to give him EN-.
ployment in the service of the u. s! His
business, he says, is in Turkey and he wish
es to return TO Smyrna,where he was when
Austria, through her agents laid such vio-
lent hands upon him. He says he was en-
gagged in commercial business in Smyrna /, as
the agent OF foreign house and that he
wishes to return tot.
In brief, Kossta desired to return to Tur-
key, protected by an American passport
and clothed with the nationality of the Uui-
ted States. He wants, he says, that the
right Of American citizenship In Europe
should be avowed toall the world, and mani
tested in his own person. He desires. nc
doubt, to live in Turkey, or elsewhere in
Europe, under foreign powers, assured that
his intentions to become an American cit.
izen shall shield him from all assaults what
ever. -
! Kossta is about forty years Of age and
without any Of the elements of lion OF the
Kossuth or Mazzini order. He is audacous
enough in his expectations, but rather quiet
and gentle in his manners. He had nc
wish to come to the United States and iath.
er protested agaustit, until pressed TO leave
by the American Legation in Turkey, as
you will see, for there as here while under
the protection of the Government oil the
United States and in the care Of it's officers
he was very much in the way Of an incum-
berance like the aforesaid Elephant present.
ed to friend Coar. ". Y. Er.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

WESTERN Hoe TRADE.--The st. Louis
Inteliigeneer quotes the price Of hogs there
at s4@4,95. In the interior Of Illinois
ranged from 90 to s,95, and on the II
lihois river $3.50. On the Upper Missis-
sippi Ss,5O to s,75 was the prevailing rate.
In Shelby county, Kentucky, cash sales are
reported at SO. At Louisville last Thurs
day 9lO, 900 had been slaughtered, and so,-
600 were still in pens, with sales at $4,lc
'@4,25. @
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

A ADEKoUHcEh OF GAtPHIHs.--It Is well
known TO most Of our readers that c. b.
Flood, editor Of the State Democrat, is look
ed upon by the frank and file" Democracy
as one Of the most reliable, honest and con-
sistant supporters Of their principles as we'll
as one Of the londest denouncers of that
corruption which Loeofocos call CaEphanisna,
that can be found battling for the suprema-
cy Of Locofocoism in the State. But what
will they say when they learn that the able
denouncer of Gslphanism has actually been
caught in Galpdanising from the Govern
ment the snug little sum Of one thousand and
ninLyy foe dollars. This was done while act
ing in the capacity Of Clerk Of the Senate,
and as be Is again candidate for that post,
OF course this manifestation of his ableness
to preach one thing and practice another,
win be sufficient Recommendation TO ss-
cure his reelection. DR.. IDE, the gentleman
who Is now engaged ~ exposing Mr.. Floods
corruption in an article in answer to Mr..
Floods denial OF the charge says:
Mr.. Flood says he paid Mr. DowdalI some, !,
Che does not say how mucb) for bringing
up aud copying the journals That would
do very we'll, but Mr.. Dowdall has himself
drawn just eight hundred dollars, or three hun
dred and tlOsaty more than his per diem dur
ing the session. This may not be too much
for him If he has done what Mr.. Flood saws
he did: but if he shoulders his own load, il
is certainly asking. too much of him that he
should carry the much larger one of Mr..
Flood in addition. The session continued
100 days. The per diem during that time
would be $3.50 for each, and for both 5000.
The entire amount that both have received
is $2,375 Al, which, at four dollars per day
each, would keep them both at work two
hundred and ninety-seven davs, or TIT days
after the session. What Mr.. Dowall re-
ceived over and above his per diem, would
employ him 80 days at four dollars per day.
The SI.095 al that Mr.. Flood received,
over and above his per diem, would employ
him near 274 days since the session, and
the entire amount that he received, would
employ him one gear and heenty-eight days
and fraction over.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

A New PIAso.--It is well known that
Liszt, considered by many the gFeatest pi-
anist in the world, has withdrawn himself
from public life for year or two past
"Spiridion," the entertaining Paris cores
popdent of the Boston Atlas, says his retire.
ment was caused by dissatisfaction with the
piano-it would no longer accomplish his
desires. lie has accordingly devoted all
energies to the production OF a new instru-
ment, and the best piano-makers Of Ger
many and Russia were employed in the
task. The work is said to be accomplished
and "Spiridion," writes:
"M. Alexander wrote to him recently. in-
forming him that he had succeeded in max
ing the desired instrument. NJ. Liszt few
thither M. Alexander's invention is not
merely piano,there are three ngerboards
superposed one on the other, and which
give to- the player power of combining all the
effects of full orchestra two of the finger
boards are pianos, the other calls into exist.
ence, flutes, chrionettes, hautboys, victims
violon, clos, human voices--everything ar
organ wind instrument. The piano may
now join the stage coach, the signal tele
graph, and the other discarded wonders o
our ancestors. Its day is ending"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-05

TaE PooR cgs1oleB.--fsHOw much but
terri
zone half a pOuel. ~ you please"
"And sugaTw
"Halfa pounds
"And these ofaueptf"
"Half dozen, Hig.r {,
aYou 90 by the haifcs to-day---weIl what
elsei Be speedy, na'am, you are keeping
better customers waitihg."
Half a peek oflaiIan meal, and one fne
French roll," said DE woman, but her Iio
quivyed, and she tprned 10 wipe away a
trickling tear.
Hooked at her straw bonnet, all broken.
At her faded shawl. keF thin, STOPPING form.
her coarse garmentp--and | read poverty
on all--sxireme poverty. And the pallid,
pinched features--lhe mournfuI, once beau.
! tiful face, told me that the Injuries were
not for her. An ninfalid looked out from his
marrow window whose pale lips long for
the cool, fresh, ait, for whose comfort the
tea, end The fine French rooI were bonebt
with much sacrifice. And I saw him D the
tea, and taste The dainty bread, and praise
the favor Of the sweet butter, and torn with
Frightening eye to the golden fruit. And I
heard him ask her, kneeling by the smoky
hearth, to taste them with him. And as she
sat the broken pan on edge, 70 bake her
coarse loaf, heard her say, "By the by,when
am hungry" And'by the by" when the
white lids Of the sufferer were closed in
sleep, saw her bend over him with bIess.
ing in her heart. And she laid the remnants
OF the feast carefully by, and eat her bread
unmoistened.
started from my reyerie--the grocer's
hard eye vas upon me.
"Your keeping better customers waiting"
OH wanted to tell him how poverty
and secution--contempt and scorn, could
not dim the hearts fine gold, purified
by many trial; and that woman with her
little wants and holy sacrifices, was better
IN the sight OF God than many trumpet
tongued Dives, who gave that he might be
known Of men, Olive Branch.