Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-05

man was killed instantly, and three others were
supposed to be mortaly wounded.
GJ- Mr.. E. N. Payne, ofRochester, N. Y, was
robbed at the Delaware House, Albany, few
days since, of a pocket book containing bills,
receipts, etc, amounting to S2l,COO
| o. 4 malignant disease, resembling cholera, is
prevailing, to an alarming ext. mt in Charlotte,
and adjoining counties, Virginia. A large nun
Der of slaves have been carried of with it. One
lsnntleman lost 10. >4ss
" In answer to reports circulated in New York
since the unexpected departure of Kossuth, that
he had left secretly, to avoid payment Of his chs
his treasurer, Paul E1ojhc, publishes card, sta
ting that every pecuniary claim against Governor
Kossuth was liQuidated before he left
u The Chllicothe Advertiser contains an ac
count of a man Go years of age cradling five res
end thirty seven rods Of heavy wheat, in one day.
u The New York Mirror says, that in the nor.
OF New York, twenty times as much stuff is sold
to Western dealers, as pure French brandy, tgen-
uine as imported,) as arrives there from FOREIGN
countries. The adulteration is effected afler the
liquors are taken out of bond, and Custom
House certificate for single half pipe, exhibited
TO the customer, sullces to cover twenty gallons
OF the spurious to one of the genuine article.
! u The Cincinnati papers complain bitterly of
high taxes and high rents Many of the working
men arc compelled, on account of high rents, 10
seek homes in Coyington and Newport, and their
landlords cannot afford to lessen the rents while
the taxes are so high.
- The Yellow Fever has made its appearance
at Havana, but in amid form.
- The Worlds Fair in New York will be
opened on the I'd of Nay, 1882
- TLroe different fires occurred in one night
in the town of Washington, four miles from Mays
vile, Ky. Loss estimated at $4,000. 49,.
- The Hills5oro Gazette learns that Mr.. Al
ison White, who, until within the last two years
was man of great sobriety, and strictly temper
ate habits, died on Tuesday morning in Balm
bridge, of deIirium tremens. His career, after he
acquired appetite for ardent spirits was brief
and melancholy one.
- The English arc now building on the
Clyde, an immense steamship, TO be called the
Atrato, much larger than the Great Britain. The
Arabia of 2,4CO tons, might be put inside the new
steamer, witt great deal of room to spare.
81 firm in New York, also purp )se building one
even larger than the Atrato to be called the Co.
lumbia, Length of keel $50 feet, beam 90 feet.
S This vessel is expected to run from New York to
= Liverpool in seven and half days.
"A baronctcy has been conferred by the
Queen of England on the Scottish historian, now
Sir Charles Allison.
- A patent has been granted at Washington
for process of making Sugar out Of Indian corn.
--!n an ARRAY at NoNubec, Miss W. j. Jem-
mison, the postmaster at that place was killed by
a Mr.. Tilley; and John Malone, jr, was also
killed by the accidental discharge of one of the
barrels of the revolver in Tilleys hand.
i "A general burst up is look ed for between
this government and Mexico, by those intimate
with the present state of affairs.
= The French physicians have proven that
limestone water, in producing dyspepsia, obsruc-
ted kidneys, ETC., is the prolific source of epi-
b demic cholera for in towns where rain or river
= water is used entirely, the disease appears only
= in single cases from imprudence in diet and does
:, not spread; but with the use of limestone water
. whole neighbOrhoods are affected, and the deaths
are numerous.
If The New York State Educational Conven-
i ton met recently at Syracuse, and appointed
J. committee to draft code of school laws Reso-
n utons were adopted in favor of a State board of
h education, with state superintendent, at the
J. head of a department Of the government and su-
c perintendents in each assembly district; aso that
the town raise part of the tax for the support of
-. schools; that the normal school system be ex-
tended liberal aid be given to teachers Institutes
and that the formation of union schools should
10 be encouraged.
J. - The Masonic fraternity in Albany N Y,
A. intend at an early day, TO pay tribute of respect
of to the memory of Henry Clay. Invitations will
IN be extensively distributed, Mr.. Clay was at one
is time Grand Master of the order for the United
~ States.
- Hon. Y. N. II. NKennan, Of Washington
is county Pa, died Reading, on the 9th Of July,
ed after brief illness. lie was for a short time
MS Secretary of the Interior
cd - Cincinnati is so oyerrun with desperadoes,
ry and so inefficient in her police, that number Of
IL citizens contemplate the formation of secret So
s ciety of Regulators" to put stop to the dis
on graceful rows that nightly occur there.
We - The Navy Department has advertised for
Ill thirty thousand gallons of whisky Coffee
has been substituted for whisky in the army,
as - Land Warrants are selling in New York
AI at the following rates: lG0 acres $lS7; so acres,
nu $50; 40 acres, S35.
wv - Some citizens recently demolished the
Powder Magazine on Vine-street hill, Cincinnati.
io1 - Gen. Gonzales, who, during the Cuban
NJ invasion, was asserted to be Gen Lopez'S second
N. in command, is now in Washington, Where, it is
d. said he will reside in future
he - Sixteen deaths from cholera occurred on
ms board the steamer United Saes which arrived al
New York, July %, and several Others who were
,Iv sick with the disease were removed to the Hos
az. pital The cholera now exists in that city, in a
mild form, and several deaths have occurred
,idl - From all quarters we receive favorable re-
on ports of the crops the present season,
at A dispatch GromS St. Stephens, New Bruins
wick, states that an extensive FIRE broke out there