Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-12-28

co mas lsSueo circular luTDlddlng Inc Iano'
ing OF Standing Of strangers in numbers;
andii is stated that Mechoacan, The leader
Of the Revolutionisls, is the same person
who made the well known proposition To-
General Scott. Stevens has withdrawn his
Tehuaniepec proposals. Carvajal has cross
ed the Rio Gfande with four hundred Texan
Rangers, and was marching on Monterey
He is said 10 be shrewd military lacii-
clan.
Hora,io Greenough, the Sculptor, one Of
the most distinguished representatives OF
American Art, died ot Somerville, Mass, on
Saturday last, from short bu, violent attack
Of brain fever.
VIM. K. King, the Vice President elect,
has resigned the Presidency Of the United
States Senate. HIS disease Is said 10 be
similar 10 ,ha. Of which Mr.. Clay died; and
that the only hope of his restoration is u
temporary retirement TO more southern
latitude. Should he die before the day
named for counting the electoral votes, il,
will give rise 10 the constitutional question
as 10 who shall be his successor. Neither Of
the cases referred to in the Constitution ex.
ac;ly meets that of The Vice Presiden, elect,
in case of his death before inauguration
We see II minated that In such con,in.
gency, the Senate would have TO declare the
Hon. William A. Graham Vice Presiden, of
the United States. Il seems TO US ,ha. such
a construction would be wholly opposed to
the spirit Of that instrument, and certainty
hostile 10 The empha,cally expressed will OF
the people. They have vetoed the choice
of Mr.. Graham, and the mere acciden. or
occurrence Of the death Of the man of their
election, between The intervening period Of
the vote Of the College oi Electors and his
Inauguration, should not thus defeat the
sovereign declaration Of The people. In
the absence Of any express provision fol
such contingency, the spirit OF the Cons,i.
tulion will be preserved by the observance ol
the the precedents made on The death Of Gen
Harrison and Gen. Taylor, and for the Sen.
ate TO elect its own President.
The United S,aies Senate has admitted ,hd
the Hon. Archibald Dixon, of Kentucky. &c
his seat, by vote Of 81 10 l6. Our New
York Correspondent. is in great error in elias.
styling this gentleman as a semi.aboliiionist
He is strong pro.savery man, and is con.
sidered by some as even ultra in his views
Of Southern Rights.
The Pacific Railroad scheme is 10 be in.
sroduced into the Senate this week. with a
view Of taking some decisive action upon i,
this session. Ii is said that i, can be COM
pleted in five years from San Francisco 10
some point on the Mississippi.
The New York and Philadelphia papers
make some nnkind remarks about the la,e
Commercial Convention OF Baltimore, and
characterize ii as an unworthy example,
sought 10 be carried out by improper means.
The only Objectionable feature in the move.
men' that occurs 10 US, was the admission OF
politicians from Washington, to saddle up
their hobby--ihe rights of the South, and
the contamination Of The freedom of the
North. Let The people Of Baltimore Fl nish
and extend their Railroad 10 The w est, and
let these Southern politicians aid in protect.
ing our manufacturing industry from the
competition OF Europe, and i, will do more
tfor the prosperity OF the monumen tal city
Than thousand Conyen,ions.
The late commercial news from Europe is
very stimulating. A considerable advance
in breadsluffs is reported in New York; also
in cotton. A. London American stocks arc
in demand, and the increasing employment.
oil money not so great as the increasing sup.
ply. Specie is accumuIating in the Bank of
England, and the amount now held is over
!"enly.one millions and quarter. The re.
ceipis Of gold from Australia are immense