Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-10-19

WASHINGTON, Oct. lllh.-Chares II
Christmas is appointed by the President Reg
lister. and Reuben M. Richardson Receiver
of Land Office at Minnesota.
Great run on bogus banks. Washington
Bank Of the Union had large circulation
in the District. Various unknown banks
without banking houses, circulating and da
ted at Washington. The Central, Citizens
Empire, Fulton, Mechanics, Merchants and
Mechanics. Metropolitan, Ocean and Rail
road banks and dozen others who have off
GERS here and on which run is being made
Mrs Swisshelm, in speaking of The two
most prominent candidates for The Presiden.
cy. makes use OF the following language:
PERSONALLY, we have always preferred
General Scott to General Pierce, because
we like mon 10 be what he prelends-tc
succeed in making himself what he aims tc
be. So, military chiellain is better than
a man who tried TO be hero and couldn't
UNPARDoNABLE sM!-The New York
Times states that there are shops in various
paris of New York city where liquor is reg.
ularly sol 10 children at a cent a glass!-
and the Police returns give assurance ,ha,
the keepers Of them have induced scores Of
children TO become regular lrequenters and
customers Of them.
Among The new works that will be publish.
ed this winter, are--,he writings Of Judge
Woodbury.; the works of w. H. Seward;
Letters 10 Washington, by Sparks; the filth
volume Of Bancroit's History Of the United
Suites, and the Travels of Kossulh in the
United States, by Madame Pulsky, who with
her husband, accompanied Kossuth.
New YORK CIrY.-Tho expenses of New
York city, for 1859, will be about four mill.
ions Of dollars! The majority of the
council is in the hands Of the Locos-eect-
ed as "Relorm Councl"-and they have
Increased the expenses they promised 10
reduce in the sum of over Sir hundred thou
sand dollars.
They have redeemed their promise of
"relrenchmenl and reform" after the usual
fashion of L. F. politicians.
DEATH OF ANOTHER MASSACHUSETTS Con.
GREssMAN.-Hon Benjamin Thompson, M.
C. from The 4lh district of Massachusetts.
died in Charlestown on Friday last. He
had been sick but few days.
This is The third vacancy made by death
in the present delegation from Massachu.
sets. Fowler, Rantoul and Thompson,
three Of the len members, have died within
the last two months.
TELEGRAPH TO EURopE.--The London
correspondent, of The National Inlelligencer,
states that project for submarine iele-
graph between the two continents, has been
started there, which has received the sane.
tion Of the British Government, and prom.
ises TO accomplish The great object had in
view.
BALTIMORE, Sept 8th.-Two mails from
New Orleans received. The Picayune an
nounces that the War Department has ap-
pointed Captain Latlimcr, United States Ma
Wy, Majors Chase, Barnard and Beaure a
guard for the Board of Commissioners TO
axamine the mouth of the Mississippi river,
with view of opening channel into the
Gulf
Texas is supposed to contain population
of three hundred thousand souls, having
abou. thirty thousand persons over the age
Of twenty who can neither read nor write.
NORFOLK, Oct. 11.-John w. Rand,
churged win robbing the Portsmouth Bunk,
was sentenced five years TO the Penilen.
liary.
The McDoNoUGH will has been complete.
ly broke, by decision of the Cour, in New
Orleans, and the properly goes 10 the heirs
nt law, and the cities of Baltimore and New
Orleans receive nothing.
LEoNIDAs Shaver, Esq, of Lexington
Kentucky, has been appointed by the Pres
ident, associate Judge of Utah. A Ken.
lucky paper says he will leave for Salt Lake
in the October mail. Docs he go postpaid!
Emigration for California this fall is large.
Over 700 passengers sailed from New York
OH Tuesday, on board the steamship Geor-
yia, and over 400 on the Prometheus.
A telegraph has been constructed from
Paris 10 Bordeaux, in France, which runs
Inder ground the whole distance. The
wires, ten in number, are properly isolated,
md encused in coating Of gutIa pereha
md lead.
A man named George SUTcLIFF was shot
n Cincinnati few nights since, while rob-
'ing grave, and the person who shot him
mas been held 10 bail in $40, 900.
JOHN Lowry, the murderer Of MOORE in
Cincinnati, has been convicted Of murder in
he first degree. His counsel has moved for
/ new trial.
The Cincinnati and Dayton Railroad
Company, are about to prepare their road
'ed for second track, and will commence
aging the iron in short time.
Ex. Governor Chambers, of KY, died on
he 21st inst.
The Result i'm the State.
We give below the result in several of the