Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-03-25
ITEMS.

| 1lEMS.
THE LAND BiLI. is lost i. c. the bill to
prohibit the sale of lands to others than
actual settlers. I, was laid on the table
on Thursday. in the House. by vote Of
lO7 to Ol. The Senate has insisted on its
rejection oflhe House amendment 10 the
Iforti6cation B i, providing for a further
distribution Of surplus revenue on the LIST
of JAM. 1888. tits possible comprom-
isc will! be effected. but this is doubtful.
No reduction OF duties will take place this
session. so that inrespcct to revennc, both
from lands and customs. every thing will
remain rs it was last year. This is to
be regretted we think, for more reasons
than one.
The extensive row ofbrick buildings
in Ohio City. known rs columbus Block
was destroyed by fire on the 24th ult
with the exception Of two stores at thcy
Fast end of the block. The office o(the
Ohio City Argus was consumed. Mr..
Folsom. who was the principal sufferer,
was partially insured ON his goods. and
had also $4,000 insurance on the build.
ing.
BoRRowING A AKNocKER.-'Whv you'd
better knock the door down what do
YOU wan, q-'Och my darling don't
let VIC wake any Of your family; I'm
Just usin your knccker to wake the pa%i
pie next door: Pm locked out d'ycSSI
SEE, ami they've niver u knuckcr-rap! y
rapl rapr
Duel in Ts.cas.-Thc New Orleans
Correspondent Of the Courier. s,atcsihat
duel had taken place betwcn Brigadicr
Gen. Johnson and Brigader Gen. Felix
Hnnston. in consequence Of the appoint
mentofthc former to command the army.
Brigadicr Johnson was wounded
A WESTERN SrrAMBoAr.-Thn Pitts
burg Advocate gives the following .d-
mensions of a splendid steamboat, 10 be
called the ST. Louis, now in progress Of
completion at the wharf in that city.
The dimensions of this boat are. 2O5 feet
straight keel. % feet benm. 0 lie feet
hold. 23O feet on the main deck, So feet
from out 10 ont. The main cabin is lao
feet in length, and the boat will carry
about 1000 tons.
For TsxAs.-ltisin contemplation to
raise Company Of 500 men in Phila-
delphia for the Tcxian army. They
are to be paid for two years service,
and 10 be furnished with free passage,
and to be entitled to 640 acresoi land.
A Whole Hoc.-Mr. Stephen Rus
sell. of Lyme, Huron county. Ohio. re-
Gently bnichcrcd hog. 81 months Old.
which. according 10 tho Reflector
weighed alive, 694 lbs. .--aficr killing. be-
fore dressing, $40 lbs-afier being neat
" prepared Tor market, GOT lbs.
The report Of the death Of Gov. Poin-
dexter has been going the rounds ofmost
Of the papers, for some time past, we
were convinced ofits untruth. and some
time ago, stated on the authority of a
Natclez paper, that he was rapidly on
the recovery from the effects Of his iall.
Mr.. p. has. however, moic recently
nut the matter entirely to rest, ny writ
ing a letter to the editor OF the Rich
mond Wing. in which he states that he
exnects 10 be able, in a short time, 10
walk about as well as ever. Cincinnati
Wing.
SERIOUS Loss BY FrRE.-Wc learn
BIZ the Fredonia Censor, that the cx'en-
sive Cabinet Ware house OF Col. I. Cros-s
by, at that place, was destroyed BY lire
on the night of,hc 7thinst. Loss about
$4,000; insured 90, 600.
~ SHocxrSo IA,we deaths BY charcoal
QotUiihsianding the thousand upon
Ifh9usand warnings that have been given
.,sr xtIII tIirust themselves into a room
SI,srt charcoal is burnt. One Of thci|
I6dst melancholy instances Of the loss 9fk
|1Io occurred this morning, on board III
\ |Sieanhoat Massachusetts, lying atgA
Yard. John Oswald, first eng
cepcIl Gale, second engineer, bt
Il IA ||Iiams. fireman--all belonging
b6 1,oal were found dead in her berth&
'rI III went 10 bed with small fu&
nac6 Il chnrcoal burning in the STATE
|r6lsl,. They were adnonished the daE
4 611r of the fatal effects, but heed%
s '|& \. Express.