The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1855-01-11

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as I could have done. I trps. you may
find these biEs. one day or other. as useful
as your jack knife has been. have learn
ed by this time Mas a mans ueoIM is to Be
measured. not By tsssrtsnt Of his possessions
but by he use As cQn make of lUh0t he pos
sesses'
Notwithstanding, kind reader, the re-
gion Of country which we are proud to
call our home, is acknowledged in the ma
tion's history to be the finest agricultural
and mineral portion Of this great continent.
yet osciag tootr pee'tir situation, all our
vast resources. all our wealth, all our
"black diamonds" are like the poor ship
wrecked travellers twenty thousandpounds
Amt so much as worth canoeto stem
the rapids ofthe Hooking. and not equal
to Jack knife in an emergency. What
signifies mountains of iron if you can't use
it? Why raise millions ofbushels of pro-
duce when you have no horse to carry tito
market? Why raise wheat. corn and rye
when we have no wagons to haul it from
the fields, and no mills to grind it? What
signifies living in fine country if wedon't
cultivate it? AS well might we live in
some barren desert as to be blcst with
wealth and not use.it. Verify, verify, we
say unto the moneyed farmers of the
country who are holding back the wheelS
of progress. better by far invest your means
in "Jack Knives" and tooth picks than to
allow "penny wise and pound foolish
idea to take possession Of your heads, your
hearts and your pockets. In fine, never
drain mill-dam to find ten cent piece
and if you have wealth invest tin some
thing that will benefit yourself, your pos
terily, and above all, your country. Wha
the Jack Knife" done for the sailor tn,
G. w. & z. Railroad will do for you.-
The Indian cared nothing for the ricl
mans money for the same reason that tn
marts Of the world will care nothing fo
our iron hills, our coal mines and our pro
ductive felds-they can't use them. 81
mans wealth is to be measured, not by tn
extent Of his possessions, but by the use b
can make of what he possesses"
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LYNCH LAW IN MARIPosA-Jack Roark
Hung By tile People. e.-The citizens of fMari
pesa were all last week in a state of grea
excitement, in consequence of the murde
of a man named James Horing,, tall, fin
looking Kentuekian, by a one-eyed gam
bier, known in many parts of the State a
Jack Roarke. Horing went to Maripos
from the neighborhood Of Sonora about th
middle Of last week. He became intox
Gated on Saturday evening, and was take
by Roarke and put to bed in the FL Dorado
Next morning he missed some money 0
bout $3.50 which was in his pocket tn
evening previous.
During Sunday and Monday he mad
some inquiries to discover the thief, an
from facts elected by him, became cor
vinced that Roarke was the person.
Roarke, previous to tho robbery Of I'll
money, had represented himself as bein
broke, and this was pretty generally rt
ceived by his associates as true, After tn
: events of Saturday evening, he appeared
have some funds, and was betting ratht
8 freely. a
On Tuesday morning he and two othel
were sitting in the El Dorado Saloon, whe
Horing entered and insinuated that Roarl
: had robbed him. Roarke said that |
| must not make any insinuations again
him; and thathe was too well known
:, Mariposa, and that if he did make any sue
insinua!ions, he would shoot the top Of h
2 head off. The deceased replied that il /
Q took the top of his head off he would ha,
> to take the bottom off with it. lie the
rose from the table where lie was sitting
drew his pistol, cooked it, and presented
: in the direction of Roarke. McGreal in
a mediately stepped between them, caug1
g the pistol of the deceased and pointed it u
: when Roarke reached round Mr.. McGre
and shot Horing, while held by anothe
EAttSi iSoVi'lHB ihOA@A hOuhuJ tAOl ~
G fred at Roarke who was flying, but misst
Y him. Horing died, and Roarke was a
; rested and confined in the county Jail.
The people were very much excited
gainst the murderer at the time, but the
Indignation slumbered until Saturday las
: when the agent of Adams & Co., repor
@ that Jack Roarke was taken from the Jail |
a large crowd ofthe citizens. and hung u
til dead, on tree just outside Of the limi
) Of the town.
: An eye witness adds:
a "Arrived at the gallows, he ascend,
the platform with the rope about his nee
made brief address, in which he denit
: the report Of having previously killed
; number Of men, as fabrications, togeth
{ with some other charges which had be,
b ndustriously circulated to his prejudic
( declared his regret in not being allowed
trial by law, returned thanks 10 the shcr
and party for their efforts toretain him
: legal custody, and with the expression
t "God bless my son!'' submitted, and W
hung.
10 ET Col. Benton in recent lecture, h
a, shown that the country between Nilsson
8, and California, in the latitude or nearly
the latituAa nf Morylond IL wall odanI,