Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-11-09

MISSIONARY INTELLIeENcR.- J. NJ.
Haswell and wife, Rev. ]. r. Nisbet and
wife, Rev. Charles Hubbard and wife, Rev.
Thomas Allen aud wife, and Miss Sophia
Hubbet destined Tor the Burmah and Karen
missions Of the Baptist Missionary Union,
have sailed from Boston.
Nor BAD.-A Baplis, Church was lately
burned at Chicago. The editor Of the
Tribune, Of that city, in referring TO the
event, says; "All must allow that the Bap
lists had the bes. olthe argument, yesterday
Sprnkling was proved 10 be very poor
means Of salvation"
SAFE TRAVELLING Peoples Line"
OF STEAMBOATS, on the Hudson river. 10 which
The Isaac Newton and IIendrck Hudson be-
long, since l842, havo carried over fus mil.
lion passengers, without the loss Of single
life by fire, explosion, sinking, or any other
casually.
OLD BooKs.-There is Bible in Cinein.
na,i printed in the year fourteen hundred
and Seventy-nine-ihireen years before the
discovery OF America Though il has been
rebound several times, the paper and print
are sill firm and clear, and il bids fair TO
last four centuries longer There is sill
older copy at Worcester, printed as Venice
in 1447.
There is a movement on foot for holding
a National Railroad Convention somewhere
in the Greae West. al time 70 be named
hereafter, 10 bring the people Of the east,
west, north and south together, for the pur.
pose Of consultation and the acquisition OF
necessary intelligence relating 10 the inter-
ests Of the country.
A BAD SLEErING PLACE AT The bombaid d.
ment at Rangoon, an officer worked so hard
tina. he fell down exhausted and slept by The
side of gun for an hour and a half, while
it was discharging ten pounds of pow der a
every fire.
WAR ps. CoMMERcE.-The mercantile
shipping Of the civilized world is abou
5000 600 tons, which Is worth $50 per ton
aud nets, clear OF interest, insurance, etc.
10 per cent, or 1874, 100000 per annum.-
The appropra lions for the British Navy fol
The current year is $33, $50, 200.
A WONDERFUL DIscovERY.-A celebrated
Horcullurist in Paris has invented gas by
which he can cause the instantaneous bloom
ing Of flowers. When the gas is carried II
the pots Of roses, japonicas, dahlias. etc., il
bud, they burst into full bloom and beaut,
in second.
MISSIONS AMONG THE INDIANS ar
about AGO. 900 Indians in the territories ives
Of the Mississippi among whom are abou
100 ordained missionaries besides assistants
There are 10000 Indian commandments.
EGes.TRAoRDlNARY.-Ove thirty tons o
eggs were brough, INTO Sandusky on Thurs
day, on The Sandusky, Mansfield and New
ark Railroad. The Register learns that the,
are all from one poinI-Mansfeld,
The Spanish Government has refused II
permit our Government, 10 use the port 0
Mahon, on the Island of Majorca, in III
Mediterranean, as a naval depot for lho
region.
ARABIC BIBLE.-fiigh expectations ar
entertained in Syria from the Rev. El
Smiths translation of the Arabic Bible
which he has now in progress. The prcsen
Arabic translation in use by The missionarie
was made al Rome, some three hundre
years ago, and pbounds in errors.
The Wings have elected seven Congress
men in Ohio. The gerrymandercrs ex
pected us 10 elect four! In The Knox dis
tr'ct with Democratic majority of 800 i
1000, Mr.. Sapp, Whig, ran againsilwo Dem
} ocras and beat them both!!-P Piketon Joul
| T. F. Meagher, ESQ.,, the Irish exile. ha
written leuer 10 the Cleveland Lyceun
stating lha, he will deliver lecture befor
that Associa lion on The 9Th Of December.
Hon. Horace Mann has accepted the az
poinlment Of President of Antioch Colleg
al Yellow Springs.
; A hundred thousand dollars were sui
scribed in The city Of Baltimore week {
Two since, for ihe Ohio Central Railroad.
n The United States Court adjourned i
session in Columbus, on Friday last.
WHEELING.-Tbe planking of The secor
), Boat for the Union Line Of Steamers b.
J, tween Wheeling and Louisville is near
y completed
d The man who ate his dinner with the fol
of river has been attempting to spin
r. mountain top.
is A census Of Cleveland has JUS, been cor
n pleled, which shows that The population
{. that city is now 25,67o. The population
" Ohio City 7,43o.
,e FOREIGN NEws.-New York Nov. a..
d. Louis Napoleon's new title is 10 be Emper
+, of The French, King of Algeria, ard Pr
~ tec.or Of the Holy Places. The Senate W