Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-31

We see a notice in The lronlon Register
ceiling a meeting oI the stockholders OF lht
Iron Bank Of ironion, 10 take into conside
ration The propre,y Of winding up the affair,
Of said bank. The meeting is 10 be held oil
the 9Th Of June. The cause assigned lo
this movement, is unjust, excessive and op
Presslve taxation.
Nor BAD The New York correspond
enl Of The New Orleans Bulletin, says
Gen. Scott has become one Of our citizens
Last week ne purchased the magnificen
house recently built on twelfth street neal
Fifth Avenue, by Chas. Palridge..lhe manu-
lacturer of Locofoco malches. Ii who has
accumulated fortune by the making Of 10.
colocos, sells palalial residence 10 man
who is politically killed by The same mate.
rial. The General alier all will owe his
domestic retirement, ina double sense, 10
Locoiocosl He paid SEQ 600 for the house
with s,able--jus. 81 900 more than years
salary as President.
Quite disturbance took place al Cath.
olic Church in Boston, a short time since.
The Bishop had suspended The labols of one
priest, and appointed another 10 his place.
The new man appeared. but the people re.
fused 10 hear him, and kicked up fnss
generally. This is free country, bu, we
think the Bishop will make The people sub.
init in this case.
Two hundred and sixty millions of dol.
laro is the 'ola value Of The taxable properly
OF Maryland, real and personal. This is
about onethird the amour, thai Ohio
will show next year. The total amount OF
taxable properly in Baltimore is $104, SOL,
43S. This s very large proportion Of tho
taxable properly Of The State.
VALUABLE RECEIPT Take Plaster Paris
and soak il in OaiuraIed solution of alum,
then bake The TWO in an oven, the snme as
gypsum is baked. 10 make il Plaster Paris.
after which they are ground to powder. 1t
is then used as wanted, being mixed up with
water, plaster, and applied. 1t sels into q
very hard position, capable Of taking very
high polish. 1t may be mixed with various
coloring minerals 10 cement Of any color,
capable Of initiating marble. This is very
rare receipt, and worth twenty dollars 10
many OF our subscribers, any Of whom can
prepare for themselves,
A Now York paper says; A Chnaman be-
fore one Of our courts, the other day, as a
witness, was asked for his religious belief.
llc replied through an Interpreter, believe
in the President Of the United States and
God Almighty"
The Bishop of S.. Domingo has been ny.
ing his hand al usurpalion, but failed, and
has submitted, u, any rate for the present, TO
the civil power. He had quarrel with the
Picsidenl, declared he would never lake the
oath of allegiance 10 the government, and
was ordered 10 leave the kingdom. But be
afterwards rePcnIed, revoked his orders TO
embark, and has sworn 10 obey The laws Of
thD Slale.
Hood made q glorious cPigfam on the
clock:
"a mechanic his labor will often discard
If the rate Of his pay he dislikes;
Bat a cl0ck--and its CASE is uncommonly hard
Will continue to WORK, though it sTEIKEs."
Col. VIM. Scott llay ncs, who figured con.
spicuously in the Lopez expedition, died a,
New Orleans on the 4th instant lie was
native Of Bedford, Va.
When feler iirs, falls in love, the sen.
zH,ion 10 liAo hay bu5 crawling up tlre log
Of his ruwSerS. AT least that is the way we
suffered when we squeezed the hand of The
sal we loved.
The expense Of moving half million in
gold from New York 10 81. Louis, in coin.
under the sub.reasury act, is Sc $50. By
means Of transfer drafts /, could be done for
nothing, or nearly nothing. Bul lhalis con.
Nary 10 law.
Two German children were born on the
Liule Miami railroad trnin a shon lime
since. This should be placed 10 the credit
Of railroads generally. There is still an
awful balance Of lives lost for them 10 settle
for.
j is suited as fact that sixteen acres of
land IN lhe Bowery, N Y, were once sold
Tor one (al chicken year during the sellers
lie. s
The Hartford Times is informed thai The
mother Of pearl has another chld-a fc.
malc--chrislenod Emma Raid.
The Plain Dealer says that Marshal Fitch
has appointed ]. NJ. Trader, of Dayton, D.
W Dryden, of Columbus, and J. W. Black
Of Cincinnati, as Deputy AarshaIs.
BUFFALo. May 2O.--1hc PRESBYTERIAN
General Assembly (new school } after up.
pointing a committee on the next place Of
meeting, considered all names Withdrawn,
except Philadelphia and 81. Louis, and urged
in favor Of The former place, as ii might be
necessary to meet in Pennsy lvhnia 10 elect
Trustees, in order 10 preserve ,bc corporate
existence OF The Assembly. Rev Dr.. Allen,
Of Lane Seminary, is Moderator. The As.
sembly adjourned over last night ill Mon.
day.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-rho counsel fur
The prosecution in The Gardiner case havr g
concluded the argument. and Bradley, the
counsel for the defense, declining 10 address
the jury after lhe examination Of the sigma.
lures and olher documentary evidence.
which according 10 the u:age Of The Court,
the jury could not take with Them, the Jury
retired without charge from The courl.
The suit agains, John Charles Gardiner
comes up probably, on Monday week.
May 81, P. M.-The jury is still out, ard
no prospect Of agreeing to-day. So ,he