Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-24

died in New York city, within the past IL
months, Of delirium iremenst Also 10 the
lime nine murders were committed in that
city In consequence Of intoxicaion, and al.
most 10000 fve.day commitments were
made for drunkenness land yet we have
no right 10 legislate for the prevention pl
an enormous evil
1, is said that the father Of the Princess de
Vasa refuses 10 consent 10 her marriage
with Louis Napoleon. The father is an
officer In the Austrian service. The public
however, have not ye, settled TO their salts
faction whether the Presidents intended be
really Mdlle. dc Vase or another Princess
Of Baden.
The River and Harbor bill, which has
just passed The House Of Representatives
~appropriates 10 the Atlantic sea.hoard S628..
600, to the Gulf of Mexico. LIS 5000, to
Western rivers. 100000, and &c the North.
ern lakes $4,000.
The Wings are making extensive prepa.
rations for a grand barbecue in Campbell
Co, KY, near Cincinnati, to take place
when Gov. Jones, Of Tennessee returns
from Washington, on his way home.
II is understood that express trains will
be put into operation this week, which will
reduce the time between Cincinnati and
New York city 10 80 hours!
The population Of Hungary in 1842 was
about 5000, 900, of which over 100000
were Magyars, and nearly 5,0o0,oo were
Sclavacs.
New FRENCH MlNlsTER.-A repor, comes
from Paris that a son Of the ex.King Jerome
will be sent to the United States in the ca.
pacity Of Ambassador Of France.
SALE OF BANK LANDs.-The sale Of lands,
belonging to the State Bank Of Illinois, stu
a,ed in the counties Of Fayetse, Marion and
Clay. is to come off a. Vandalia on the 7th
Of September next.
The new plane, discovered by Mr.. Hind
on the 24lh of June, has received the name
of Melpomene, the Muse or Tragedy
This planet is believed 10 be the seventeenth
now known 10 exist between Mars anc
Jupiter.
A good reputation is better than a flint
coat. in almost any kind of business
excep. wooing a fashionable lady.
There are TWO things which cannot be to'
shori-pie crust and communications for
newspaper.
Chris. North says, it is no wonder womel
love cats for both are greetful, and both ar
domestic-not to mention that they boil
scratch.
They have raised a hog in Cambria, Nj
agara county, N. Y, this season, which
beats all other hogs in weight, his avoirdu
pois being 1900 pounds. He has not We
got his growth.
In Paris they only pay soldiers five cent
a dav, even in war time, while Louis Napo
leon GETS a salary Of seven and a half cent
a second.
The Hon. Rober, Rantoul had his life in
sured for $4,000
Messrs. Merrick q. Son. of Philadelphia
have recently shipped for Cuba, engines an
other machinery for sugar plantations there
he cost Of which is $4,000.
Jane Williams, the murderess Of Mrs. Jo
seph P. Winston and daughter, in Norfolk
Va, has been sentenced TO be hung on III
10Th Of September next.
The Franklin Institute announces thar i,
exhibition Of American manufactures, vii
be held in The Chinese Museum building
Philadelphia, on the 18th of October mex
and invites the mechanics Of the country I
send specimens OF their taste and skill 70
exhibition.
In the 7,h District. composed Of the coun
ties Of Greene, Warren, Fayeue, MadisoI
and Clinton, Aaron Harlan has been nomi
mated for Congress.
lowA.-The Wings have certainly game
one Congressman in Iowa. if not two. TIL
returns are slow coming in. The Cincin
natl Enquirer seems to admit that the Stat
has gone Wing, and that consequently III
Democrats have los, TWO Congressman an
and a United States Sena ior.-O. S. Jour
The English Government have establish
ed a Consulate in Cincinnati, and Charlie
Rowcrof, Esq, has been appointed Consul
Cincinnati is .be first inland point in .hi
country, at which a Consulate has been e
Iablished by England.
The N. Y. Tribune has a despatch sta.inI
there is a tumor that Col. Benton has com
out for Scott.
A man named Barker has been arreste
in Cincinnati for procuring and selling cour
lerfeil notes TO d large amount in hid. vicir
i.y.
A Geographic dispatch III
death Of Mrs. Gen. Taylor, at East Pasca
goula, Florida, on Saturday night last, III
18th.
The ponderous machine which Is 10 Dor
four miles through the Hoosac mountain, i
Massachusetts, has been completed and pu
in motion. and operated to The sa.isfOclio
Of The builders.
An elephants tusk, very large, was foun
a few days since in a gravel bank neu
GAINESVILLE. Several fossil elephant teet
have been found in the same n~eighborhooC
Ills supposed there are 200 sewing mi
chimes in operation in New York city, an
over 500 in the United States.
A German paper says that Haynau, II