Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-12

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trains met at the Two Mile House, near thar
city. the one going TO The cemetery and the
oIher returning from IL. Bosh stopped, and
the men aligh,ed to drink. A general fight
ensued, In which several persons were sew.
srely bruised, and the coffin considerably
damaged.
Warrants have been issued for the arrest
Of the proprietor and officers Of the Henry
Clay.
A circus rider named Sands was killed in
Wayne county, New York. in attempting 10
walk ceiling with his head downwards.
Locoroco Practice. Since the present
Board have had charge Of the Sla,e House,
they have given contract for the irnn work
Amounting 10 over fifteen thousand dollars,
TO Locoioco directory Of The Peni,eniiary
all Of |, wi.hoW any public notice. and
most Of it without any prelence al compel.
lion, so far as can be learned.-Journai.
NEw ORLEANS, August 2.
The bnrque Ckarloue Henry, foi Liver
pool, burned on Saturday, al s. w. Pass
Cargo--l900 bales Of cotton. Officers and
crew saved.
ROCHESTER, August 3.
During the las, "a hours IS cases Of chol.
era and Z dea,hs-48 hours Sc cases and
26 deaths.
More than thousand men are now at
work on the railroad from S,eubenville 10
Newark, and the whole is 10 be completed
by year from next winter, by which time
the whole route from S.subenville 10 ST..
Louis will be finished.
The Cleveland Herald says ,ha, arrange.
men,s have been completed for the con.
siruction Of two splendid STEAMBOATS, TO run
from Cleveland 10 Buffalo in nine hours
They will be completed mex, spring.
Some of,he insurance companies Of New
York City, since the burning Of the Henry
Clay, have required all steamboats, 10 sur
render their policies. and have them endors.
ed: "No loss payable ifa fire occurs when
racing with other boats, or. on wager as
TO time"
CONSUMPTION. Experiments have been
made by some Of the London physicians.
for curing diseases Of The lungs, by breath.
ing medicaIed vapors. So successful have
been these experiments, ,ha. hospital has
been built for the cure Of bronchitis and
con sumplion; about rs out Of every 100
admiued into il have been cured.
Tho Whig State Central Committee Of
New York, have called convention to NEE,
a, Syracuse on the 22d Of SepIsmber, 10
nominate candidates for Stale Officers.
Gerri, Smith has had to pay $4,000 on
his security for the bail Of Chaplin, who was
arrested in Maryland for assisting slaves TO
escape.
The "murrain" is making sad havoc
among the cattle in Western Tennessee
some farmers having lost fifty or six.y head.
A marine railway is TO be constructed on
the Indiana side Of The falls in the Ohio riv.
er, a, Louisville. |. will be one and a hall
miles long.
Cassius M. Clay says Free Soil elec,o.
rial ticket will be run in Kentucky. to sup.
port the nominees Of the Pittsburgh Conven-
lion.
The value Of the real and personal prop
erty Of Cincinnati, by the assessors book,
is $38, ,000, ,000--an increase Of TWO and q
half millions over last year.
The Akron Branch Of the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh Railroad, is TO be continued on
to Millersburg.
A German paper in Philadelphia calcu
a.es the number Of political prisoners now
confined in The prisons Of Europe al 76 $50
and thar over 100000 have fed TO avoid
imprisonment. for the cause.
Several negro hu,s were torn down anc
the windows Of others riddled, in Hillsbor.
ough, las, week. The cause oi The rio, was
resistance offered by the blacks, to the Mar.
shall, who was arresling some Of them for
fighting among themselves.
A Temperance Camp Meeting for North.
ern Indiana, will be held At South Bend, ln.
diana, on The 5,h and 9Th days Of August
next. lis objec, is to awaken public a.Ien.
ZION to The passage Of law prohibiting the
traffic in ardent spirits. ar 20 il.
A writer in the National ln.elligencer
recommends the cultivation Of Tea aud In.
digo, in the United .>la,es. He thinks tea
could be raised in this country, at an ex-
pence Of seven cents pound, and Indigo al
thirty cents.
II is estimated that more than 100, ,000, ,00O
Of human beings have died Of cholera ir
The las. Is years, in all paris Of the globe.
!, is said .ha, preparations for laying the
foundation Of a monumen, 10 Henry Clay
will be speedily made by the citizens o.
Lexington. and that Daniel Webster is ex'
pected 10 deliver the ora,ion.
The MAINE LAw.-The Portland Argus
says: "There was not single commiital ,C
The watch-house during the night Of The In
dependence ceebraIion--an event unhearC
of since We were city, and long before
Il attributes the fact 10 the Maine liquoI
Law.
] The Columbus and Xenia Railroad. say,
The Cleveland Herald, have declared divi
dend Of 10 per cent. for the last six months
diyideni Unprecedented in the history o
railroads ir this country.
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Job Work.
We are now ready to execute all kinds of Jol