Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-09-14


EATRa FROM Texas AND NoRTHEsN MEx'
tco.=BALTiMoRR, Sept. 1.-The mail 1:
through from New Orleans, b which va
have Texas dates to the eth uh Much
excitement Is reported al Malamoras, In
consequence Of the usurpaiiOn Of the Gov.
erHorship Of the SINE Of Tamaulipas by J,
Cardinas, the former incumbent A revolu.
sion was confidently expected. A fight re,
Gently occurred al Rio Grande City between
E. r. Roard and Capt. Jack Everett, in
which the latter was shot through the arm.
The Indians were committing depreda-
lions in the neighborhood Of San Patrick,
and the settlers had TO seek refuge in the
fort.
GREAT EARTHQUAKR IN SANTIAGO DE
CuBA.--NEw ORLEANS, Sept. IA greal
earthquake occurred a, Santiago de Cuba on
the 20lh August, causing frighllul destruc.
ton OF properly, and probably many lives.
All the houses were injured, and the streets
are blocked up In many places with the ruin
Of houses which have been demolished.
Three shocks succeeded each other within
a few hours, and many others followed
during the following woo or three days.
DRsrUcrrvE FIRE.-BALTMoRR, Sept. a.
"A FIRE last night destroyed the dislillery of
Marnn, Sellers g. Co., on the corner Of CAL
vers and Mathews streets; loss and goods
insured for $500.
The building was owned by Messrs. FL
liots, and was insured for $4,000, which
fully covered The loss. Et
A foreman was nearly burned 10 death in
the third story, and many others narrowly
escaped by jumping from the windows.
BUFFALO FIRR CONFERENCE.-The Fire.
men OF Buffalo have disbanded, in conse-
quence Off resolve by the City authorities,
10 make the Office Of Chief Engineer cleo.
by the people, instead ofthe Department
The papers call upon the people 10 man The
breaks in case Of fire.
Wing CoNvENTIoN.-BALrIMoRR Sept. Z.
The Wing City Convention metlas nigh,
at the Wing headquarters, and nominated
Caplain Richard France for Mayor, unan.
imously.
Mr.. France addressed the meeting, which
was very large.
HALF A MILLION MADE BY ADVERTISING.
We learn from the London Pictorial
Times, that Holloway. the famous pill vend.
er, expends yearly 100000 in advertising,
and has cleared about half a million OF dol.
lars within six years.
Members Of Congress pass some bills with
remarkable fecility. Las, week for instance,
shey voted an appropriation OF $123,oO0
worth ofbooks for their own use. II was
passed without a WORD Of debate. Is com.
mens necessary
Mr.. Samuel D. Hubbard, the new Post.
muster General, is from Middleiown, Con.
necticut. He was q member of the 29lh
and S0.h Congresses, and was very general
ly regared as one of the most clear headed,
energetic business men of the House.
Two steamers left San Francisco on the
Slst OF July, with six ions Of gold dust on
board. 1t is expected that over seventy tons
will leave there between the LIST Of August
and the LIST Of January, 1853.
A CRUEL SUGGEsrIoN.-tis proposed by
a correspondents Of the Providence Journal
that the Alcohol used for mechanical Dur.
poses should be doctored with tartar eme,ic,
TO pFSyent iss use as an intoxicating beyer.
age. The "J~ournal" thinks this q lille loo
bad.
Gen. Cass says there are TWO things you
cannot teach an Indian--to fear death orI
earn a living. While Cato could not improve
their stoicism, all the tax.gatherers in the
world, he says, could no. add a particle to|
their industry.
The Democrats had a Convention all
Chicago a few days since, and long John
Wentworth was nominated for Congress-
The meeting was most disorderly, and a
general fight took place while it was in SEES.
sion, and 20 of the ~peaceloving delegates
Withdrew.
s. p. Townsend is out In a card, having
been put down as a Free Soiler, up for Pitts.
bureh. He says in reply:
81 am al independent Democratic Scott
Wing, and shall vote for the General If |
live"
In the Navy Appropriation Bill which has
just passed the House, an amendment pro.
viding for sending a commissioner to nego.
tiaie for the acquisition Of the Sandwich
Islands, was declared out of order. Good.
That spikes that gun for the present.
DR.. J.B. Graves. hitherto a prominent
Locofoco, was among the speakers at a
Wing meeting In Corning, S,euben county
N. X, q few evenings since.
81 DIGESTP' Such is the true meaning ofthe
word "Pepsin," or of the two Greek words from
which, It 10 derived. This is the significant and