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American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
Riot at Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, FEB. 27,-On SATURDAY
last man calling himself John Haskel Il o
Massachusetts, others say an Englishman
sailor recently from New Orleans, A
years old, was arrested for practicing sod
omy on three boys.
His examination to day was postponed
on account OF the illness of one Of th,
witnesses.
This forenoon a crowd gathered abou
the Court House increasing till 9 o'clock
when the Mayor ordered steam fire en-
gine to the spot to drive away the crowd.
That was temporarily successful. but to
ward dark The crowd swel!ed to severa
thousand, and an attack on the i4il and
hanging Of the prisoner was apprebended
The military were ordered to hold them.
selves in readiness, two cannon were pIa-
ced inside the jaiI, and the police marshall
led, who kept the square in front Of the
Jail clear, arresling several intoxicated and
turbulent persons.
A'5 o'clock Judge Bullock addressed
the crowd from the city court. saying iha,
the parents of the victim desir,d no riot.
Gus proceedings. but were willing that
the prisoner should be dealt with by the
law, and couuselled moderation. The
crowd now GO 80 P. N.Y. is gradually dis,
persng, and although great indignation
exists against the prisoner. the fears Of au
attack on the Jail are subsiding.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
Look INTO tho Sennte .

A correspondent of the Pittsburgh
Chronicle, writing from Washington, says;
notccd, rs | sat in the gallery Of the
Senate, that all who came in near me asked
first to have Seward pointed out to them
There be sat, as intent upon a copy Of the
Globe as if he had never done aughl iu
his life except 10 pour over the lucubra oil
the newspaper muse. His hair is getting
white. His face is one Of the most calm
and intelligent | ever saw. lie looks the
great man he is. A constant intercourse
with good and great men, intent study Of
models in history, great thoughts and
themes TO the development and txamina,
tion Of which he has brought the lore Of
the learned Of all ages, and bis more rich
experience and observation, have given to
his noble face peculiarly clear and lofty
expression, such as the great masters give
10 the hero and sages which live, and
shall live in their fadcless hues on the
speak, & canvas. Mr.. S4ward has speech
ready which l hope 10 hear before leave
this city: 1t was given cut that lie was
TO speak 10 day. but he need not, lie has
several mean fellows to pay his respects to
fellows who took advantage of his ab'.
senco to cali him traitor. scouudrcl and
disturber Of the national peace,
4 Il Mr.. Seward is, perhaps, in many
respects, more like the late Lord Macau ay
than any other man in this nation. ! see
Mr.. D Jug,as in the Senate, hut he ls very
idgety. 1t is difficult 10 keep him in one
seat; he likes 10 go over and fawn upon
the Southern Senators, shake hands with
them. pala1er with them, as if those stub
born chaps, Toombs and the rest, would
take the trouble to give the little fellow a
thought. TLey hate him and have no
concealmen,s,
Most Of the faces and heads in the SEM
ate do not strike me as OF distinguished
men, After you have seen the clear.
intellectual oountenanaes of Fesscn-
den and Davis. who much resemble each
other; the calm, classic. thoughtful, man
ly beauty Of Sumner; the jolly phiz Of the
inimiIable Hale; the honest, tesming ex
preston of Mr. Collamer; the immense,
unwieldy corporation Of PrestonKing (vea|
Ter ait nihii) the earnest. pensive cast OF
Toombs, and the leaden, Owlish, submis,
sive glover Of Bigler, yDu will be content,
on ordinary occasions, to step out and take
refreshments in the lobby, or fresh air in
the Capitol grounds,
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
The Bowels and their Functions.

As perfect health is the greatest blessing that we can
eDJoy without which all other blessings ave of little
consequence we deem II of great importance to point
outthe way for you to enjoy it. The bowels must be
Kept ina state by which they enabled to carry of
the useless matter: they are the main channel which
nature has appointed to carry everything that is neces
say. And is impossible TO tell what large nj
ofsckness has been caused by cosipaton or co sye-
ness; In other words, by not keeping The bowels
regular; 1t is tho main roadto all diseases II is the
cause OF unnatural irritation TO the mucous or ninp,
membranes ofthe bowels. Having lost their natural
strength, they cannot object to what is required OF
them Hence, the bowels become naamed, and unI
less you find speedy relief, thousand other com
plants are ever ready 10 drag you through misera-
bic and wreched life. Such medicines mu ct be given
as VIII cleanse the stomach and bowels and restore
ther natorai strength To accomplish this there is no
compound so valuable as these Pills. all other medi-
cnes sink TO utter insignineance when compared 10
them; II flseemsas though the Author Of Nature had
designed them for this as well as other complaints
From two to five Pills day will increase strength and
Sppete, and cleanse the stomach and ntestnes from
Whatever is Injurious. ~
Dr.. MOrse's Indian Root Pills are sold byall dea,ec,
III Medicines March !, ldG0-lm44
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.
Letter from Columbus.
FIFTY SEVENTH DAY.
COluMnus. Feb. 9Th. 1860

/ COLUMBUS, Feb, 9Th, 1860.
Senator Garfield delivered very touch
ing discourse yesterday morning before
the convicts in the chapel OF the Peniten
/ tiary. His theme was "iaithfulness, -
drawn from the parable of the talents il
Matthew'S Gospel. II is not my purpose
to sketch the thoug hts Of the speaker sur'
Zee i that be addressed bis peculiar audi
ence with apatbos and power which af'
iected many Of them to tears. While
holding up the mirror Of their early homes
and reminding them Of The innocence oI
their childhood, the pure aspirations Of
their youth, the fond hopes and the pray
ers OF their mothers. the speaker suddenly
fallered, his voice grew tremulous and be
seemsd as ifsuifocatiug with sudden grief
Regainiug his self possession, he proceed.
ed with deeper earuestness, rendered doub-
y impressive by sadder tone. He said
afterwards, that he suddenly met the gaze
OF an old and once loved school fellow in
the midst OF his strange audence-"a
man." be said, "wbom | was once proud
to call my friend. When bis eyes met
mine, | was overwhelmed, and his own
terrible anguish manifested in con-
vulsive signs. which he suppressed only
by fearful efforts. The shock TO myself
was almost insupportable." 1t was tie
first time the speaker had seen his convict
friend since his imprisonment, and he had
momentarily forgotten his association with
that awful society, The recognition was
mutually instant. The seven years term
of the prisoner will expire in few months,
when be will commence another term of
eight years in the .lndilna Penitenliary.
He is young man Of talent, and during
his term, has shown singular iexterily up.
on several occasions. in devisirg expedi-
ents to promote his escape from confne,
mcut.
Cilizsns who heard Mr. Garlields dis.
course, pronounced it singularly eloquent
and appropriate. 1t waSvery evident that
the sympathieS Of spectators were intense.
y wroughtby the effect produced upon
convicts hardened by crime and evil as.
soCiations.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
A SrlrEFUL WoMAN's REyENOE. TIL
Buffalo Courier s,ys:-

A SrTEFUL WoMAN's REyENOE.-The
Buffalo Courier s,ys;--
Tho following singular occurrence is
rumorel as having taken place within the
last fsA days; A young man rosiding in
town who has been regular visitant At
the residence of young lady citizen, and
whose attendance upon tho same was un'
ders,ooa as prelude to an eveniual pro
posal, was sitting by her side at the family
tea table on a late evening when. during
the course Of rather joval conversation
the mother Of the lady turned upon him
with the smiling question "when are you
aud NJ going to ge, marriedY" The
gentleman responded with an appearance
Of great astonishment, that he had never
entertained any such intention, and pro
ceeden to joke upon the idea. The young
lady Immediately went into . room ad'
joining, from whence she shortly returned
with bottle of vitriol in her hand, and
without asylable or gesture of warning,
dashed the terrible fluid into the uusus
pecting face of him whom she had sup
posed her lover, shochingly dis6guriug II:
features, instantly destroying the sight o.
one eye, and injuring its fellow hopeless
ly, This most ba,barous result Of a low
er's disappointment is, we think, withou
modern parallel.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01

.aJA Correspondent OF a Manchester
NH. paper says that few days since a
needle was taken from the ou'er and lower
side of The foot, near the little toe Joint, Of
Mrs. Atwood of North Sandwich, New
Hampshire, which she swallowed six years
since. The needle was shoe needle, a
liult over an inch long, and it was whole,
but quite rusty. The lady was alarmed at
tho time she swallowed the needle; but she
felt no Inconvenience from it, and had for :
gotten tho circumstance until she felt a
prickiDg in her foot, VIXEN the needle was
discovered.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01

RAILROAD ACCIDENT --On Saturday ewes
ming last, as the mail train en- the Marietta
and Cincinnati Railroad was on a tressel
worg, two miles east of Vinoent's Station,
ten miles west Of Harmar, the engine
"Athens" pitched from the structure, and
struck tho ground with her fre.box, pilot
up. The fore truck of the baggage car ran
Off, but none Of the oiher cars were DIS
placed. Alfred Ridlon, an excellent enyi'
neer, who has run tho road for years, was
terribly injured, thigh broken, aud other
injuries sustained. No one else was hurt,
Some miscreaut had loosened rail near
the east end ofthe tressel, with the evident
intent of throwing the whole train. The
authorities had track Of the offender Gin
cnnal Commercial.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01

EoIIPsE OF THE Sun The total eclipse
OF the sun, says an exchange. which will
take place on the 18Th of July of this year,
will be very important one to the scier !.
tihc world. 1t will comm snse in Caifor.
MIA and terminate on the borders Of tho
Red Sea. Passing along the GOth degree
OF latitude, and quitting the American con
;inent at Hudson Strait, it will cross the
Allrntic to the Spanish shore, and, for
some minutes, something like one fourth
Of Spain will be in total darkness. The
shadow will con inue its course over Az.
rca, crossing the Nile to the north Of Don,
COLA, and finally quitting the earth in
I hiopia During the eclipse the planets
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn will
be visible together, arranged in the form
OF rhomboid occurrence so rare that
some centuries will elapse before such a
spectacle can be witnessed again; indeed
the eclipse itself will be Of character
that will be unequaled during the present
century,
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01

The New PENlrENTIARY. We see it
stated that the Commissioners appointed
by the Legislature 10 select suitable
place for the location of the proposed New
Penitsntiary, after having visited nearly
all the important cities and towns 10 the
State. have finally decided 10 favor of
Milford Centre, ia Union County, as the
hes. place far its location. Milford Centre
is town on the Columbus, Piqua and
Indianapolis Railroad, at it's intersection
with the Springfield, Mt. Vernon and
Piusburg road; and il is the last place
We should have guessed at for its location,
But, as we have regarded the whole affair,
from beginning to end, as perfectly ride
ulous, we think it has had proper finale.
We congratulate Milford Centre upon its
success in securing the location OF the
New Penitentiary.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01

DEATH FROM HYDRorHoDIA,-Qne oc
Cured yesterday, in which the symptoms
were powerfully marked. The victim was
worthy police officer named Rutherford
OF the Fifteenth Ward. lie was bitter
only a short time previous by a pet dog
that had ovinced no indications OF madness
yet. at three O'clock yesterday morning
the unfortunate man expired from, of al
diseases, the most terrible. He was 81
years Of age and leaves wife and child
-[Philadelphia North American,
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
WIN. PITT.
by r. Z. IL. LEvERINa .


"When her { (Amsrica's) inherent con,
stitutiOnal rights are invaded, those she
has an equitable claim 10 enjoy by the fun.
damental laws of the English Constitution,
and which are engralted thereon by the
unalIerable laws of nature, then own
myself an AMERICAN. and feeling mystlJ
'ach, shall to the verge Of my life vindi.
cate those rights against all men who
strive to trample upon or oppose them"
PITT in Parliament, l775.
GrentEarlof Ch aihain or plain William Pitt
The last name for Fresdomites more ft- b ,
Thou art nOtdend but living in the need
or loftiest worth posteriiy decreOdl
Thy waving accents and hypatrlot groans
Down through the ages startle tct'ring thronesl
Ills well that Britain's naughty Parliament
lgnor'd and scoh'd, and crushed thy good intent:
'Iis better sttll the villain king refusd
The words, and more than e'cr our land abus'd:
"oPPreSsioa makes Mise man mad, " and more
When coming from n land we low ID before; ~
Their leneney had sooth'j, not heal'd, our pains,
And still we would be groaning In their chains.
No starry flag would o'erus be unfurl'd,
To marx our soil the leYer of the world:
"The Urdth Of man shall praise the God'' of all,
And make each nation struggle from their thrall!
Thou hast treble chain Of graft tude
On hearts with principles Of Right imbued:-
As Natare'e NO6ieman, whose patent came
From Him whose law you glor riod TO proclaim,
The glorious Magma Charta Of the skies,
Firm baSd on "eqaal rights )" and not on royal lies:
AS Frssdomite, to free the body and the mind,
Though tyranny thy voice in chaius would bind:
Though frown'd upon by monster king and court,
Who Of Coumbia's grief made sport:-
As true .aRsriean, who, side by side,
Wi;h us ia spirit, British hosts deded:
Aud irinmph'd with us, cheering from The sky
When Death had seal'd thy immortality:
Forevery monument in statued style,
That inocks tho tyranny OF Britan's isle,
Thou hastH million in cur patriot hearts,
Each ono Of which nobler fame imparls
In Hcav'n'shigh famc--thy task well done--
Thy niche Is next to that Of WAsHISGrox,
For Kindred souls Shouldn't akindred place,
With kindred pleasures, in that world Of peace!
LANCASTER, ONO.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01

Ey-A dangerous fraud has been dis
covered in the American eagle-tbs coin
not the bird. The piece is spill. edgwiso
both haves are filled thin, and in place O
the gold fled away, riece Of whilisl
METALS put, and tho coin re-milled. rhC
cheat is so good that thirty bank tellers ia
New York, to whom one Of the frsudu'
lent coins were shown, pronounced it true
and offered TO take it at its face, The
cheat wss discovered by the specie clerI
Of the U. s. Sub.Treasury.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
ChiIis ana FovorI ChiIIs ana Fover,,

Ono ofthe greatest remedies that has ever been laid
before the pnbc, for Fevera Ague, and which have
received the highest encomiums from the press nm
the people, is DIR. J. HoSTETTER'S CEiEBRAT.
ed BiTTERS. Who would endure the torures aris-
ing ms terrible disease, when II be so easily
curedY Who would endure sleepless nights, burpinS
fevers and icy chls alternately, when a remedy can
be obtained for mere riHe2 And yet how many fam
illes ilnger out painful existence under this deadly
j. becomes as common as their daily meals, and vet
they not relieved None but the foolish and we ak
would hesitate to procure these valuable Biters and
save themselves intense agony. Sold by Druggists
ana dealers general ly eYerlwhere ln44
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
Croup or Rnftles.

For this dangerous disease, the Magnetic Ointment
may be relied on unfailag remedy applied In
season. Apply profusely to the throat and chest, and
heat in.
bURNS are eased OF all pain in very few minutes,
and heal without scar. 1t Is sovereign remedy fol
burns.
FROZEN LIMBS. keep away from the nre; take
tne frost out In snow or ice water, then wrap them in
ointment Renew the Ointment once in I2 hours;
they VIII cause Pain after the frost Is out, and will
BIO entirely well in few days. ~
BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA are cured by DR..
Trask's Magnetic Ointment, and even Consumption
has In a number of cases been cured,
Road advertisement Mt In this paper.
January 4, leG0--3m3d t
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
Literary Institute,

The "Irving Lyceum" will meet in the
Town Hall, on Tuesday evening, February
s8'h, 1860, at 81 O'Clock,
Question for discussion: Resolved, ,"That
the word "Male" as defining the quaIifica-
ton for a voter, be stricken form the Con-
stitution."
Foremen in debate. j. Wiseman and w.
Shultz.
Essayist, X. Fritter.
The public are respectfully invited to
attend. BY order of the Lyceum.
IS &c. KREIDER, President
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
The time of holding the Chicago Conven-
ton changed.

ALBANY, N. Y, February 20, 1860. The
question of the propriety Of changing The
time Of holding the Republican National
Convention having been submitted to the
members Of the Republican National Com
mittee and their views having been comrnu'
nioated by lettcr,it is determined in accord.
ance with the wishes of the majority there
of that the said Convention be held on
Wednesday the 10th day Of May next.
Signed EDWIN d. MORGAN,
WM,H, CHASE, Secretary. Chairman.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01

fEono day last week. says an OK.
change. in tho Maine Legislature there
WNap Interesting exhibition. by a process
sion though lhe Senate CbambGnnd Rep
reSent4tivss Hall Of eight giant men, viz
General II. +, Cotton, Sheriff OF Lincoln
county, 2oi pounds; N. A.. Farwell. O
Rocklsnd aS5; s. Whitney, Of Presque
Isle, Of ths sensle, 2eaf Samuel O. iii
tou, Of Diddeiord, Of the House, 2q5; Ray
uoud $, RlOh, o. fhofndike Of the House
e64. Epos PLinnsy, Of Jay ofihs House
25s;,Mr. Morrison. Of FarminsiOn. $50
and J, w. Dssis, Of Est New POrilanh
815 ~ 8D. 10 ). % gsai
q af. 81 ~ 81 ~ ~ az
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
Dr. Eaton's InfantIIe CORDIAL,

DR. EAToR's INYANrILE CORDIAL is remarkable for
It's wonderful beneficial effects in the treatment OF
children For Group, dysenery, and teehing, II has
never been surpassed, and mothers shoulda ali times
be provided with supply, they value the lives and
the comfort of their little ones.
The preparations of BLOOD FooD are among the
most important discoveries ofthe age. They are not
medicines but food for the blood; already prepared
for absorption, pleasant the taste and nat raj In ac
ton; and what one gains, he retains. The Bloom
FooDis Scientific discovery, differing from all patent
medicines; and for consumption, throat diseases, liv-
er complaints dyspepsia and other diseases incident
to the human name, isunequaed for itshealing ana
strenthening alities.-[Columbus, Ohio, Gazette.
Nj TSee advertisement. lm-I4
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
NdhGM MGaAa

NTARY ROBINSON, Jacob Robinson, Scott Look
lVA er, Michael LOCKER, Saluda LOCKER, Durilas
LOCKER and Francis Ann LOCKER will take notice, that
petition was fled against them the Both of Janua-
ry, A. d. 1860. in the Court Of Common Pleas, within
and for the cOuny Of Fairfield, Ohio, by Malachi Sta
Icy aud Grace Saey, and is now pending, wherein
said Malachi Saley and Grace Staley, demand parti
ton Of the following Real Estate, to-wit Lying and
being in tho County Of Fairfield and State Of Ohio and
9ong the West half Of the East half section, of Section
No. thirty (3n,l Township number sixteen CGl in
Range number twenty (20O containing One Hundred
aud Finy-Bne f59) Acres, more or less and that al
the next term Of said Court after the expiration OF
thirty days from the first publication OF this notice the
said Malachi Staey aud Grace Staley will apply fol
an order that psrton may be made of satd promises
Dated this 3Oth day of January, A. d, 1860.
MALACHI STALEY,
GRACE STALEY
STINCHcoMB d CLARKE, Attorneys.
January2, lSbO-4w40pfS3 IS
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01

AE Senator Clay, Of Alabama,is out in a
letter urging upon his constituents to dis
Union, aud tells them to get their
"long Alexauders" ready forthwith,
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01

EFSat springs have been discovered
at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and are crea'
ting great sensation among SPECTATORS
Twenty-Five gallons Of the water, lis said,
makes bushel of sat.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
Another School Teacher ID ivcn Out of Il
SlnVe State.

slave state.
A letter from II. B. Towsbury to tht
sChicogo Press gives tho following par
ticulars Of his expulsion from Arkansas
where he had been teacher for ten year,
Mr. T. says:
In nJauuary spy was sent to me to ascer
tain my political views. endeavorng TO ex.
tort from me confession that "Slayery
was moral social and political bless
ing" or sentiments 10 that amount, and
also 10 have ma inlst 10 military, 10 be
ready TO fight the North for the dissolution
Of the Union, &c.
informed the spy that"1 could not con
sistenlly with my conviotions Of right and
wrong" and further ~ ,Ooald nOt!" That
II was proud Of Yankeedom as The land
Of my birth, and that ! would sooner die
than take up arms against my parents.
brothers and sisters"
Three days after ! was waited upon by
q gentleman slave holder, showing me res
outions signed by nearly oil the slave.
holders in that vicinity, resolved them.
selves into Vigilance Committee for the
security Of their slaves, pledgng them
selves one to another to examine every non
slave holder, and satisfy themselves be-
youd doubt Of the soundness oil person
and should they find any one of whom
they should have the slightest suspicion
they would communicate at once, one,
with another"
The gentleman then accused me of re.
ceiving Abolition literature, saying that a
Congregational Herald was found at the
Post Office addressed to me, and that
hOd correspondents and associations at the
North and East. This | admitted, also
that 81 was anti.Slavery from the bottom
Of my heart" lie then notified me "to
leave within thirty six hours; that he
would protect me that length of time. but
would not promise my life to be safe any
longer" ] was obliged to leave all my
property, library and all, not being allowed
time to collect my claims o: pay my debts,
or 10 talk with a non>slave.older -break>
ing mp my school and throwing me out Of
employment