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

1t is said of the di islinguished Democrats,
Benjamin F. Butler OF New York. and Gov.
Wood of Ohio, that they CHANGED to meet
soon after the Baltimore Convention. Wood
is an arden, admirer and warm friend of
Gen. Cass, and labored hard for his nomi,
nation, while Mr.. Butler pushed his hostility
10 The General to the bitter end. AGer ex-
changing friendly salutations, Butler said TO
Wood, rather sneeringIy. swell, Governor,
| suppose the noise and confusion was so
grea, a, Baltimore, that you could not get,
Cass nominated" "No," responded the
Governor, coolly, 81 do not ihink that was
the cause of i'll am o(,lhe opinion, Mr..
Butler, that it was for the want of The stated
preaching Of The Gospel"
FoRTY-FoUR NAMES Rensselaer, coun.
ty, New York, tavern keeper had aband
oned The traffic In alcohol, alter having been
several years engaged in it. Whenever the
subject of his selling liquor is referred TO, he
was observed to manifest feeling Of deep
regret and sorrow A friend one day in.
quired the cause. 81 will lell you said he;
and opening his account book, said, "There
are forly-(our names o! men who have all
been customers, yes, most of them years
thrty.two of these, 10 my knowledge, now
lie in the drunkard's grave; ten Of the
Twelve remaining, are now confirmed sols !!
Those are the fruits of this dreadful and de-
grading business"
Some two hundred Germans, in Cincl-
natl, have held an indignation meeting, and
passed resolutions disclaiming all religion
and all laws, and asserting, ns this was q
land Of liberty, they had a right to gamble
sell liquor on the Sabbath, or do any thing
else they pleased. They proclaimed ,ha
The German flag had preference over The
American. They resolved to petition The
r Mayor and City Council TO dsband the po
lice over the canal, and if that was not done
resolved to prosecute every officer who ar
rested any member Of this society. This
t proceeding has produced the greatest excite
ment among the naturalized citizens, anC
| they have threatened 10 mob this society
! should they meet again.
An American yacht, sent over by Mr.
Grinnell, Of New York, took The prize O
the lote race Tor yachts oil the hrSl class be
longing TO the Brkenhead Model Yach
! Club, The distance run was six miles an,
X back, and after the first mile, the Yankee
boat took the lead and kept it, beating III
! best of the three British sixteen minutes.
BUTTER.--The aggregate value Of Butte
" produced in the United States, is larger lha
is that Of wheat. The price Of good butter ha
rs very much increased in the last few years
IS and at particular seasons has been exorbitan
y Some Of the agricultural societies in hi
r. state, are recommending that greater aueu
ID lion be paid 10 the putting up firkin buuel
J. which, as made in the State Of New York
Ie for the navy, has kept swee, for TWO years
ALL is sVANlTY.-Said Mr.. Clay TO a fricu
a some time previous TO his death, al hav
i. tried the world and found its emptiness,
l. cannot fill ana satisfy the human mind. M
:, dear sir, how utterly disconsolate should W
in be, without something beyond The gravep'
vi J,R. Wilson, late L, r. Sheriff Of Bu.lc
county Ohio, is stumping FOR Scott.