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

VARlO 1T EMS
A REMARrABLE YEAR.-Th, year jus,
closing will be recorded by historians as One
marked by great events. Among other
things Of grea. moment, il has been truly
remarkable for the ravages Of death among
The truly great, Of al! lands. Such ano,her
may never be witnessed. France has lost
her old Marshals of the Empire; Marmon,.
Gourgand, Excesmans, and Marrast; one Of
The noblesl statesmen Of the Republic
England mourns her great warrior, the very
embodiment Of English character-W Wei.
lington. Spain has buried her old Captain
Costanos. the veteran champion OF her
rights in the Pcninsuur contest. And Amer.
lea is bereft Of her grea, sla,esmen-CIay,
Woodbury., Webster-whle The Church has
been deprived of It's shining ligh,s-Gada.
den, Henshaw, Chase, Hedding, Olin, Stu.
art, Edwards, and Alexander. They are
gone TO their rewards, but who shall fiji their
places? F,
SINGULAR MovEMENT-No, long since
the people of Delaware elected Delegates 10
revise their State Constitution. They as.
scmbled al Dover ON The 7lh inst, and after
a day or TWO spent in debate and consul.a.
lion. adjourned 10 NEE. again on The 10Th of
March next. lIseems from their proceed
ings. ,ha, portion Of them think The call of
the Convention was illegal, and lha. the
whole movement has been against The pro.
visions OF law. A resolution affirming this
was Introduced, and came near being car.
ried By The Convention. Il is evident lha.
something This kind is in The way, or they
would have proceeded al once TO their bu-
siness. Ii will be a singular sight 10 see
body of men, elected for specific duty, re-
solving that they have no legal righi 10 pro-
ceed. Such bodies are not generally skep.
'ical on these points Of faith.
THIRTEEN CLERKS AND NO RRconp.-In
the course Of the debate in the Legislature
upon the conduc. Of The House Clerk, says
a correspondent. Of the GAINESVILLE Courier,
"it leaked out that the journals of the House
OF Representatives Of The grea. Stale of
Ohio have no, been recorded since the 9O,h
day OF February last, Notwithstanding during
the last winter session The House had ,hir.
teen Clerks; but then they only received
four dollars per day, and Of course could no,
be expected 10 work very hard for ,hu,.---
Verify, Democracy goes in for relrenchmcn,
with vengeance" r.. ....s s.s b,
The Ohio State journal says .ha, Mah,on
II. Meiary, Clerk Of the House Of Repre-.
senlaiives, comes oul in formidable Two.
columned document in the Statesman, in
defence of his course as Clerk and in reply
10 attacks made upon him by Wi,hrow and
other Locoloco members Of the House,
Mahlon is down upon The Secretary OF Sta,e.
and tells him in substance that he is great
fool, O.her'members orlhe party are coolly
tod that they are "yelping curs'' Perhaps
they are, as they are all Of the great Loco.
foco family, and Mahlon ought 10 kno,O
about the matter.
The first Locomotive ives, of The Missis.
siPp, was put upon The road leading ives,
from 81. Louis, few days since. II was
the cause Of some interest, as large mum.
Der Of Them will soon DO racing between ,ha,
River and The base Of the Rocky Noun.
lains.
We understand, says The Athens Messen.
gen, that the Officers of State will no, make
their usual Annual Reports to the Legisla.
ture the present session-hence the dear
people need not look for these State papers
from the hands Of their Senators and Rep.
iesenIaHves. st
FANNY WRfdHT DEED.-This celebratad
woman, afterwaydsMrs. D'Arusmon, whose
fame has nude her well known in Euro5e
and America, died al Cincinnati on Monday
evening last. For some time she has been
residing in that city, where she has been in
litigation with her husband abou. some
property.
STATUE FOR THE STATE HousR--The sug.
gesiion OF President Smith meets with favor
BY the press of the Stale, Irrespective Of
patty, and bill has been Introduced into
he House by Mr.. Van Vorhes, Of Athens.
Q authorize the Governor 10 contract with
Hiram Powers, Of Cincinnati, (nOw in
Ilnly. for a statue Of Washington, 10 be
placed in the new State Capitol. ,. 4
ALBANY, Dec. l3.-The seminary q,
Nichmondsville, was burn, this morning.
Upwards Of 800 pupils were asleep when il
'roke oul. who escaped only with their
;lolhes. The seminary was insured los
$4,000. Wv va y
CHINESE IN CUBA.--Il may be news 10
he most Of our readers 10 hear vha, men nre
low engaged importing Chinese into Cuba,
$ laborcrs, and as substitutes for African
layes. Two thousand Of them have, been
Cuba for some time, and Rise grea, salts.
action. They cost @la5 each 20 ge, Them
here and the planters pay them Eve dollars
er month for Two years. Six thousand
'ore are said TO be on The road, and eigh,
lousand more have been subscribed for
his may be an important business IN iis
Feet upon slavery. s~ sae ai1s
DRowNED- -Four men have been drown.
u Wheeling within the Two pasl weeks.
attempting 10 sIep from tho wharl,boa, 10
eaf,ers. The current Is very swifi. and
lose who full in are Immediately drawn