Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-07-29
VARIOUS ITEMS.

oi candy.
Warriorsbip- flaming at the sigh. of a
battle.
NaHOnaliiy-vO'iUg against rhe Improve.
ment Of our Rivers and llarbors.
TolsrauOn-- Refusing Catholics The priv
lege Of holding cfice.
Equal Rights-Denying Ami, Slavery
p,cn the righ, Of petition.
Prcgress-Nomna.ing man FOR Presi-
dent whose life is M illustration Of these
definitions. = Forest City
COMMANDER IN CHEF OF THE ARMY.-ll
appears il is not cPrvain that in case "l Gen.
SCOTS election. Gen. Wool would become
The Commander.in. Chief Of The Armv. as il
would depend upon the will Of The President.
A Washington leller says:
"On the death Of Major General Brown.
the con,es, was between Genera Scout and
General Gaines-the one senior by breve.
and The o,her by lineal rank, which is pre-
cisply The case between General Wool and
General Twiggs. General Wool's hneel
rnnk dates from l841-General Twiggs'
from l846. Presiden, Adams appointed
Col. Macomb Major General over both Scoll
and Gaines"
Preeep. and Practically will be rcmem.
bered hat The Grand Jury not long ago
made presenimeni against The present sys'
tenn Of granting licenses 10 sell liquor, and
especially against ihe practice Of selling
liquor wi,hou, license. A few days ago
one OF the members of thai Grand Jury up.
piled for license 10 sell liquor, and then il
was ascerain,d that Tor The pas. FIVE years
he had been selling liquor without license
lie must have fel, somew hat uncomfortable
when hs signed the p!escnlmenl.-N Y,
Times.
A writer in the Albany CulIivuIur gives
comparative estimate OF The expense each OF
Keeping span OF horses and pair Of mules.
and makes an annual saving in favor of The
mules OF $l06 a year. Ne further adds;
"rheir vision and hearing seems 10 be bet
ter. nnd they never take 1: fright danger
which you are never secure with the horse. .
A lawsuit ahou, calf was lately decided
in Iowa, and The costs, independent Of the
councils fees, WERE five hundred dollars
The value Of the calf was three duarS.-
On The first trial some twenty or thirty wit
neSses for one party swore that tho Calls
Ia was entirely black. while those on The
"lher side swore il was partly while. The
Cuuu decided The tail was partly white, and
'he plaintiff has gained The case.
The death Of Mr.. Clay leaves but single
surviving member Of those who composed
,he cubinct OF John Quincy Adams--nan, .
iy, our fellow cltzen, Richard Rush, now
living in the enjnymeLt of excellent health
end nnugualy active habits, n, his country
seat in This vicinity. Mr. Rush, is also the
only surviving member Of Mr.. Madison,
administration, in whose cabinet he filled
she post Of Attorney General al The age u
'hiry.'hree.-Phiia Inquirer.
Ia The British Parliament, recently q
sturdy protest. woided as Il petition was pre-
senIed from Ihe people Of Nov South Wa'es
Colony Rgailsl the violation Of the cnncess
ION they had wrung from the British Gov
srnmenl. IL bodies some substantial act
The Southern world is heaving with tn,
birlh.throes Of new Republic. The ban
Rer Of The League is Nhiie Fug with {
Cross, ard five Constea,ed Stars; and ,ht
nouo-"I In hoe SjgaO uinces."
Az q recen, meeting in Exeter Hall. Lon
- don, n gentlemen OF authority stated the fac
that the lax levied upon sal by Warren Has
tings, during his rule in India. was the cauS,
Of the Asialic choera,- ltvying Of lha
1ax having deprived the p,orrr cuSles "f
bealhiuI ingredient in their foot.
writer in The New England Farmc
thinks the opinion incorrect sha, peach bud
ere killed by the intense cold OF winter
His opinion is hat buds are destroyed usual
IN aulumn by sudden cold weather upol
trees in moist or rich land, where they grow
laie in lhe seuson.
The Locoioco papers are gloril ing Mr.
Pierce because he "knows neither NORTH
Suulh, Eas, or West" Ii It man is 10 b
Rlorihed in proportion TO whit he dop'
knew, it is likely lhey could find plenty q
oIhcr things he don't know--enough t
make his glory compleIe.-State Journal
The New Hampshire Patriot, in speakin
Of Gen. PIerce's personal habits, says lht
he "iakes grcnl deal Of exercise on foot.
The poor man, we suppose, takes all hi
exercise on foot, because, since his disus
Tous experience in Mexico, he is aIraid /
risk himself upon the buck Of horse.
DaINx's DoINGs The Springfield (In
Register records The following as on aclut
occurrence in THAI city:
"ln March las, three men in this cit
agreed 10 drink themselves 10 dea,b. TIL
FIRST died in Ap'Il. the second in May. Th
survivor, n the hupp, Of the last even
showed Signs Of breaking the c1mpacI. AN
he kepl sober Two or three days afterwards
buI honor revived, and he died in the mon.
Of June"
N. p. Willis las done his best 10 dra
John Van Buren, into q duel, buI John is t.
wise 10 be caught. Willis challenged hi
FIRST 10 meet hun at Charleston S G., whic
John declined. Afterwards he rendered hi,
meeting Il, Baltimore. which John also n
fused. We think John acled very sensibI
whatever nigh, have been his mnIives-
The man who declines chaIleng ia ii
less q coward Than he who accepts one.
The Philadelphia Sun suys that man
sea caplains, who sail from Liverpool, hu,
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