Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-12-28

bring iufther inleilecnce from MeAlco'--.
The leuer ofsMr. Benton, onthc Tehuen..
tvepec question, is republished in full inlbe
Mexican papers, with the simple remark
.thai IL Ikrows much light on the question,
and is remarkable only in the fact that an
American comedies Justice to Mexico"
The Siglo suys.-"ll is said thai The Gov.
ernmehl will, in few days, present to the
Chsmbers the papers relative TO the lie.
hunntepec propositions. There isan attempt
on foot TO unite The GuhnaluaIo, belange
and Garcia companies. We understand oil
the propositions will be published and the
President will leave 10 Congress the deter.
minalion thereon
A gentleman. by The name Of Garcia
Grenados, in company with some other, has
proposed 10 the Government to defend the
northern frontier agains. the savages, by
contract. He proposes to bring from the
United States 'some instructors. or GuirH-
ferrous, from the best sharp.shooiers al The
Indians" and to colonze The fronlief-lhe
Government TO pay him $4,000 month
and allow him free trade, with authority 10
call out The people TO help him.
A coal mine has been discovered in The
Valley Of Pueba; near Tascala, and a CON-
pany has been formed 10 work il.
TIE Oyster TRADE OF BAL1lM IRE
The Baltimore Sun of The 9th, says: Messrs.
Adams & Co., arc now running an express
car, specially forihe accommodation Of the
oyster trade, and are forwarding daily 10 The
Wes. by way Of the Baltimore and Susque'
hanna Railroad and the Pennsylvania i'm
provemenis, eigh tons Of oysters in cans
The operations Of one house here comprise
the opening Of twO thousand .fre hundred
bushels of oysters per day, giving conslan.
employment, 10 one hunnred and fifty men
and boys There are others also engaged
in forwarding oysters 10 the West, and one
transporting house, in addition 10 the above,
we learn sends forward not less than nine
tons per day. The oyster business is one
capable OF being extended TO an extent Of
which few have any idea, ond must, ere
long, be counted among our resources as
one of no inconsiderabe imporIance--lor i.
is capable Of any amplitude which The future
demand may require.
THE NATIONAL PARTY.-General Scott
was dragged down, it is said, even by some
Wings, because he was Mr.. Stewards candi.
daIe--tha, is because Mr.. Seward, in this
free country, chose 10 prefer him 10 Pierce
or Hale. Blu, John and Marin Van Buren,
sustained Pierce-all right! The only open
condition between The Freesoiers and any
other party is in Massachusetts, where the
Democrats and Freesoilers are in one family
-all right! The Disunion party in Ala.
bama, Georgia and Mississippi all supported
Pierce-all right! The South Carolina
Legislature chose Pierce and King electors,
bu, al the same lime passed in caucus res.
olu,ion declaring lha, in 50 doing the Stale
''prolests against an approval or acquescence
in the measures commonly called the com.
promise'--al right llurrah for the Dem.
ocralic Nation Union par,y.--New Hausn
Palladium.
The SABBATH IN FRANcE.--W When an
election, is ordered in France, says the Lou.
isville journal, Sunday is generally The day
The ballois are cast. Sunday is the chosen
lime, there, for ietes OF all sorls-for public
meetings. for parades, and so on. |. was
only the other day that the new Emperor
Napoleon himself went hunting in the for.
esls of Fon,ainblcau, with royal reiinuc,
on Sunday. The fourth commandment, is
thus universally, officially, and unohicially
ignored. A nation which thus holds in con.
tempt The Christian institution Of tho Sab.
bath is not likely 10 oe greatly moral in
other respects. Yet some people are all The
while puzzling their brains 10 discover why
France is not Republic instead Of a Mon.
archy--a democracy instead Of dCspolisr
A republic implies selc.goyernmcnt, yet how
can a nation govern itself when it rejects
the only means that enables it, individually
and in The aggregate 10 govern itself.
GREENoUeH, THE SCULPTOR DEAD!-Ho.
ratio Greenough, the celebrated American
sculptor, died a, Boston. on Saturday last,
of brain fever; aged Al. lie had some time
before manifested arrangement Of incl.
lec,, and had been in lie Lunu,ic Asylum,
His principal productions are The colossal
statue Of Washington. in tho Capitol the
Chanting Cherubus. executed in 1898 for
Mr.. Fennimore Cooper; The Mcdora, finish
ed in 1881 for Mr.. Gilmore, Of Baltimore;
the Rescue, und busls Of John Quincy
Adams, Josiah Quincy, and several oiher
eminent personages. lie had recently been
engaged on the equestrian statue of Wash
inglon, 10 be erected in Union Park.
The Hoe TRADS OF ATHENS COUNTY.
The hog trade is becoming one Of the most
extensive and profitable pursuits of our
county, and is rapidly increasing from year
10 yenr.
An experienced packer Of this place in.
formed us a few days since. thai during the
present season moi less than $4,000 hogs
> have been driven from Athens county TO for
|. eign markeis--aboul $4,000 of which were
g sock and 10000 fai hogs. With but liule
personal knowledge Of The size aud qualify
,of tho hogs driven 10 other markets, we sup
pose we make liberal estimate when VIZ
place their average weight al $50 lbs, nnc
their average value at Sc por head. lflhi'
estimate opproximates the ruth, and we sup
pose il is not far from the correct figures
The total value OF the hogs driven from lhi
county tho present season amounts TO $3.50.
600.
y We have not the means Of ascerIanin,
the amount Of pork put up by our packers
us operations have not yet closed-bui W,
feel safe in asserting that the operations il