Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-04-19

O'CLOCK last Sunday night The ciIizens ol
! Point Pleasant were alarmedby The cry of
fire, which originated in the sore Of Mr.. j. |
u. Franklin. We understand that the store
and dwelling Of Mr.. Franklin we're entirely |
destroyed, together with the dwelling. house
and tailor shop Of Mr.. R, Bickle.
i Very liitle OF either goods or furniture
was saved. FrankIin's loss about $500,
insured for $1,000. We did not learn the
amount of Bickle's loss. He had no in
surance.-Gallia Courier.
New PosTMAsTERs.-The following new
, appointments Of Poslmas,ers have been made
, by The President, and confirmed by the Sen
, ale: James Kelly, Covington, KY: W. s..
Pickett. Maysvile, Kentucky; Gen. John E.
Hunt, Toledo, Ohio; W. P. Morrison, New.
ark, Ohio.
The Marietta Lnteligencer is disposed 10
be liule facelious in The following para
!. graph:
"WE'LL TAKE lT.-Thomas de Quincy
: has an article in Hogg's Instructor, which is
copied in Liuell's Living Age, arguing that
o the utter depreciation Of gold is near al hand
g and inevitable, unless The solitary hope be
v realized that The gold quarries soon be ex-
), hausled.
). Al present we shall receive gold al par, in
+ payment Of subscriptions, jobs and advertise.
q menls. Those who are indebled to US had
IS better avail themselves of The offer very soon,
d as '.he utter depreciation Of gold is near al
hand.'"
=. There is serious trouble about the ST..
,. Louis posloffice. Benton has demanded
n and obtained The appointment Of Henry F.
WATSON. Senator Acbison wanted F. M.
Palburn appointed, and has given formal
as notice that he shall oppose Walson's con-
e. firmaton, on the ground that he is Free.
n soiler, thereby meaning Benlonian. The
'e Senator says it may do TO appoint Free
m soiers to office in free States, but il won'
ne do al all in Missouri. Benton will triumph
he in this, as he deserves TO.
ii Five hundred journeymen cabinet makers
,,r are Oh q strike in Cincinnau.
RS MURDER IN PITTsBURGH-A man nameC
ke Jacob Shaw was slabbel in house of i'll
fame on Prospect street. Piusburgh, by MARY
re. Deany, on Saturday night last, and died OF
,er Monday morning.
es, DIPLOMATIC SALARIES.-lt has been cir
ire culaled widely in the newspapers of The day
that among the successful amendments, l.
G. The appropriation bills passed by Congress
NJ. at lis last session, there was one raising tn
" salaries Of our leading European Ambassu
doris to 100000 pei annum. This prove
'ea to be mistake, as we supposed on seeing
oil published. The Senate passed The amend
ro' menl and suck TO it lenacously, but tn
be- House prempIoriy refused TO sanction it,
ere U. S. Gazette.
" The cities of Washington and George
town, are 10 be supplied with pure wa'el
oni drawn from tho Potomac river al Gfel
dor Fals-a, distance under thirteen miei
as' The works will cost about SO 000,0 900, an
'nh Congress is to supply the money.
The news from the copper region of LAX
70" Superior is very favorable. The 'Cli
''o' Nine is doing as well as ever, while tn
,to ,II Minnesota turns out an average OF fiji
'"o W." tons month.
,es. "A Baltimore mechanic has applied for
uch place in ihe Crystal Palace 10 erect slea
1~ engine, which he says, will carry s,ea
:, ship across the Atlantic in lhirly-six hour
wv. 'nn WhewP That's liulle too lasI-only
WI" Ina| miles an hourl
ION. VICE PRESIDENT 'KING-The Hon. WI
,p,y R. King has arrived, us announced by tel
ons. graph, al Mobile from Havana, in The s,eaI
ses. er Fulton. His health is reported We
cial feeble.
Georgia and Charleston papers give d
the tails Of incessanl rains in The mountain
a,ed For three weeks The clouds have pour
enc. their floods upon The fields. The whole 81
IS face of The country has been inundated, a
: his farming and planting operations have be
orh seriously retarded. The season Tor maxi
zion preparations for The new crop has fully
nds. rived, and unless favorable change shot
,rh. lake place a, an early period, the con;
quences will be severely fell by The prod'
ue' ing classes.
bu, BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. T
ding Wheeling papers announce that upwards
,n,lv thirty freight cars are loaded and unload
the there every day, and that the receipts
,,n,c freight are enormous.
e au. 1t is announced that Mrs. Meugher, "
of Thomas F. Meagher, Esq, the Irish
10 of lie, had sailed from Australia in the S
,Hau. Wellington, for London.
' and A few days ago 700 Mormons, from E
'men and for Salt Lake City, arrived al ST. Lot
adop' from $500 10 5000 moro are expec
$2o2 shortly.
il is said that the London and South c
y by ire Railway has been in operation len ye'
Mon carrying 10000 passengers, and rum
icp'h 1000, 900 miles annually, without sir
ersell fatal accident 10 passengers.
;vod Hooking Furnace, Hooking county, "
inlo bias, on March 2lsi, also Logan Fl
ace, in ,he same county, is in process:
loi OF conslruclion-so says The locking Sen'i
" and nd The clipper ship Flying Cloud, from {
;, '.IL ton 10 New York. is said TO have ran.
T"u miles in lwen,y.lour hours, or nearly TIVE
~ miles an hour-Ihs greatest distance,
said, ever made in the same time by
Saw sailing vessel.
~ ~ y" y" J. w. Gray, editor Of the Plaindet
amor ~ has been appointed postmaster at CI
ars al 'u'u'
Strong efforts are how being made tc
cupp tha conEtruclion of n railroad -