The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-04-13

uttt Ou tHe COitsF, was tukeh upt tnu ueOa-
ted at length. Amendments proposing II
mills, and II mills. were offered.
Two objections wers urged to the pres
ent law. One, that il took taxes from some
of the counties to support schools in other
counties. Prebie !, was said, paid $1,000
more than il received back. Hamilton paid
S7l 900 mere ihnn il received back, &c
II was contended that each county 9 Guild
be entitled to all il raised by its own taxes.
The other objection was 10 the effects of
the present law providing for the distribu.
ton Of this fund among the several sehuol
districts OF the township. The law says
The amount shall be in proportion to tho
lumber Of schools children, SC, In large
districts his produced an abundant fund
In small ones IL was not enough to keep up
the schools. A tax on the township sufi
cient to supply the small schools would
largely Increase the surplus in the large
districts where they already had an pbun-
dance.
To remedy this evil, II was proposed TO
distribute the fund, not according 10 the
number OF children but according TO the
Judgment of the township board, for the
purpose Of sustain ng all the schools. All
agreed that there WAS a difficulty, but many
thought that this wns giving too mu h pow.
er 10 the , wnship board.
A mot on to indefinitely postpone the bill,
was cost, Tito 81. Mr.. Eckly moved TO
commit with instr actions 10 strike out the
Library clause. &c. A division Of the ques
ton was demanded, and the House voted to
commit by a vote Of As TO 25.
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AN Ex~TRAoRDISARY TINE PiEcE,-Therc
is now IN possession Of, aDd manufactured
by Mr.. CoLLIEGS, silversmith of CLIQUE ster.
shire, England, a most Ingenious piece OF
mechan SIN, an eight day clock, with dead
beat ~escapement maintaining pnwer, chimes
the iartera, and plays sixteen tunes in
NV I've hours, or will play al any time re-
quired. The hands 90 round 20 follows:
one, once q minute; one, once an hour; one,
once o week; one, once a month, one, once
agar. II shows the moons uge, the time
Of rising and setting Of III sun, the time Of
high and low water, half ebb aud half food
and hy a beautiful coutr vance there Is n
par which represents the winter, which
rises and falls lifting ships at high water
tide Hs il were in motion, and asit TPcedes
leaving these little automaton hips dry on
The snnds. II shows the hour nf the day
day 0fthe week, and month OF the year
In the DAY Of the month there IL a provision
made for the long and short months. Il
shows the zDdiuc; IL strikes or not, Just al
you wish it il has the equation table, show
ing he difference of clock and sun every
day in the year. Every norton Of the clorl
is Of beautiful workmanship, and performs
most accurately the many different object,
which are called into action by the inge'i
Gus proprietor, who IL most " ling to de
scribe all it's vprious achievements TO nnJ
one who may feel q pIeaaure IN paying hin
a visit.
Heavy ROBBERY Eight Thousand Dol
lars Stosa.--We fud the following In the
Baltimore American Of the 81 inst:
A mrrcha 4 from Martinsvillo, while com
ing from Washington To this city was robbed
as he supposed, in the care, of 8 5000. We
learn that this unfortunate person is a mer.
chant Of standing, and well known in Bal.
iimore. where he has been buying his goods
for several years. We are astonished that
any business man should carry about his
person, while travelling, so urge = sum, He
must hive been watched and followed by
those whor lirvcd him Of his money. The
proper steps were promptly taken, of course,
tn recover the amount. In Stating that he
was robbed, Il Is hut, right TO say that there
arc doubts whether II had not been lost -
We did not learn N what cu renry the a.
mount was made. but It IL impossible for the
money % be used without leading to detcc.
tion. We again caution the travelling com.
munity 70 be- more careful. as the country IL
evidently I'll ed with the light.Rngered gen.
try. We have had TO %rrcord, laloIy, many
instances OF loss by such means, but none
like this.