Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-19
GIeaninSs.

The body of the murderer of William jenkins,
was found, the day following the murder, floating
near the shore. The night this terible deed was
perpetrated being very foggy, prevented the mar
derer from reaching the shore alive.
Another bill to reduce the rates of postage has
been introduced in Congress. 1t provides for
abolishing the ranking privilege. That feature.
we fear, will kill any bill OF the kind.
John Doe and Richard Roe will cease to exist
in English Law after the oath Of October next,
when writs of eiectment will be issued against the
persons in possession of the property claimed.
Letters from Rome state that the Pope is threat
ened with dropsy, and that the state of his health
gives great uneasiness to his physicians. Hith-
crto, every effort has been made to conceal his
danger from the public. 1t is said that in the
event of his disease proving fatal, he will be sue
cceded by Cardinal Wiseman.
The French government is about TO make the
Pope pay for the military protection they afford
him. Austria charges sixteen thousand pounds a
month, with occasional extras, running into hum
dreds of thousands. The French military police
think they are as much entitled to pay as the
Austrians, and they intend to present a bill which
will leave the Pope's purse rather empty.
Upward of a thousand men are now at work in
the construction of the Pittsburg and Steuben-
Vile railroad. The directors have concentrated
their working force upon all the heavy parts Of
the line, leaving to a later period the lighter sec
tons, so that the whole road may be finished at
one time, which period has been fixed at a year
from the coming winter. At that time the whole
also, it is said, be completed, as well as the noun
tain division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. These
roads, with their western extensions, will form
continuous line of railway from Philadelphia t.
81. Louis.
The man who believes Scott is q coward ant
Pierce q hero, has been admitted to the Lunativ
Asylum. Candy alone sppears to relieve him.
Mr.. William Armstrong was recently arrested
for forging a check of $4,000 on Smead's Bank
in Cincinnati. About 1900 of the money ha
been found, On the day fixed for trial, the accuse,
was suffering under delirium tremens, and tn
examination was consequently postponed.
The appropriation for the French Navy for tn
current year, puts in commission 100 vessels, o
which II arc steamers-far more than the who'll
number Of steamers belonging to the United State
Navy.
Vermont has sent challenge to Kentucky a
she did in iS40, obeat her, il she can, in pilin
up a majority in November for the hero Of hun
bred battles. The Louisville Journal says: "W
feel authorized, in the name Of Kentucky to &C
ccpt the challenge. And now look TO your lau
rels, old Vermont
Can you choke Graham OF the ticket, whoi
vobody knows, and put on instead, your %fevoritt
he Dukel-Obio Statesman.
IL Mr.. Graham, WHOM nobody knows" stick
to the ticket with half the %tenacity with whic
Sam MearY, whom everybody knows" sticks
tho espoils,' he can no more be "choked off.
than q bulldog .-Rough Notes.
The Rochester American says: Zone Of our eli
liens, Of New Hampshire birth, on being told
Pierce's nomination, exclaimed, my God ho'
IL will surprise his MN familyp'
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