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

REPoAT or FlsHiNe VESSEL BKrNa FIRIl
lNTo.-Roston dug. Try an arrival q
this port. we learn that British cruise
had fired into an American fishing schoone
for refusing 10 heave 10 when ordered.
The Homestead Law Of Illinois, which
projected The head Of every family In iht
possession of homestead from execution
to The value Of 81 900, was repealed by ,ht
called Legislature which has just adjourned
A MoDRL LEGISLATION. - Edmund Law
renee, member Of the Indiana Legislature
recently refused to receive paw for eiyh
days, during which time he was absent from
duty.
The Oregon correspondent OF The Cleye
land Plain.Deaer says thar, Gen. o. Hinton
Is keeping public house in Portland in thai
Territory, under the name of Gordon.
A sligh. stroke of an earthquake was fell
at Groton, Conn.,, on Saturday,, the is. inst.
followed by rumbIing noise of some sec.
onds' duration.
HoMIcIDE.--Two brothers, sons OF Mr..
Abraham Colors, residing abou. one mile
North Of New Lisbon, gol into dispute on
Saturday last, when one threw knife al
the other, which penetrated his heart. caus.
ing lnslan, death. The deceased was 10
years Of age.
The Wabash and Erie Canal, when com.
ple,ed, will be The longest in the United
States. Ii is now open from Toledo 10
Maysville in Indiana. 392 miles, and will be
finished through 10 Evansville in The spring
Of 1853.
OF 42 Protestant Societies in the world,
10 sustain missionaries in China, seven Of
which belong 10 the Uniied, States, and send
oul 100 missionaries. The missionaries Of
all denominations have united in translaling
the Bible.
Rev. DR.. Fuller, formerly of South Caro-.
lima, distinguished by his controversy with
DR.. Wayland, on the subject of slavery. is
abou, to take up his residence near New
York City.
Mr. MITCHELL, THE IRISH ExILR.-l, has
been publicly stated In England, by dis.
!lngulshed Episcopal clergyman, ,ha, Mr.
Mitchell has been converted TO the Prosesl.
ant faith, by The reading of the Bible.
A lady of Charles,on-Mfs. Kohno-a
member of The Protestant Episcopal Church,
has left upwards of$90 900 10 religious ard
charitable purposes, besides $4,000 in be.
quests 10 relatives, servants and friends.
A Srper,rrr,oA IT,
Methodist Episcopal Church a. North Man.
chester have, by formal resolution, subs,i.
tu'ed the 'juice Of raisins" for wine at The
sac,amenlal table
The Providence Journal says the average
number Of arrests in thar city used to be
between thirty and forty. Since The passage
Of The Maine law i. has shrunk down to
four.
The total emigration from Great Britain
The last twenty years amounts TO 2,64O, ,848,
more than one half Of which has taken place
IN ihe-iast five years. The number emiera
ting in 1851 was 1856 1866.
Pierce we say, is not strictly a military
man.-Kdlida Venture.
We had a FAINT conception that iha. was
the case before we read The above. Now
we are sure Of it.-State Jour.
Bishops Selwin and Tynell of New Zea.
land, have had narrow escape of being
eaten by the natives of one of The PoIynesi.
an Islands, whom they were attempting 10
convert.
Hon. Robert Schenck, our Minister 10
Brazil, has been appoin,e1 Special Envoy
to Mon'evideo and Buenos Ayres, 10 nego,i.
ate the treaties of commerce, &c.
The Fort Wayne Sentinel saws thar the
venerable old Block House. The las, relic ofl
Fon Wayne, at that place, is being pulled
down. Tne timbers are perfectly sound,
and might have stood for another genera.
ton.
A meeting Of the citizens of Georgetown,
ohio' il is 10 be held on Monday evening
next, Tor The purpose of taking measures 10
erect monqment 10 the memory of Gen.
Thomas L. Ilamer. Lieut.. A. v. Kau,z.
U. ). A., will address the citizens. |
Inc railroad from Lancaster 10 Circley;eI
viii be graded and ready for the ties in three
months. In consequence Of the rise in The
price OF iron. this company have been or.
tered $4,000 for their conlroc, made be.
fore the rise.
The finished Railroads in Ohio, now n,ea.
sure nine hundred and eighty.seven miles!
Mr.. King, the Locofoco candidate for
Vice President some years ago, voted in "a.
vor Of Bank Of The United States. will
somebody tell us whether he has yet changed
his principles I
The fare from Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia
has been reduced to $3.50.
George Glen, ESQ.,, clerk OF the U. s. Su.
preme Cour. and Of The SIKH Circui, Coun
District Of Georgia, died on The 2ed u,t.--I
de was 20 years and 4 months old at the
time Of his death.
The Wheeling Gazette denies The report
of great fire in the coal banks in ,ha,
quarter. end wishes II connadic,ed
The citizens Of Baltimore take grea, in.
teresI in The Ohio Central Railroad, and
have appointed a large committee TO solicit
subscriptions TO lis capilal stock.
+ The mail between Nashville and Louis.
vile, was robbed on the Esd ult., Of 81 500
IN drafts. and Il is reported that !, was also