Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-04-26
A ScnolAR N rar CAplNEr.-The


Herald's correspondent says ihat Mr.
Gushing is The only man in the Cab
met who can speak any thing besides
English, and addsA"At The diplomat
ic dinner given by NJ. De Bodisco on.
Wednesday, the Attorney General
charmed and surprised the Distinguish
cd party by his captivating and YER
satile accomplishments Like a yerita-
bic polyglot, he conversed in French
with NJ. lie Compe de Sartiges, in
Spanish with Don Calderon de la Barca,
and in Dutch with Baron Tesla, spoke
German withBaron Won Gevolt, PorSu-
gnese wi. De Figaniere, and The
mos unexceptionable Tuscan with the
~ representative Of the Two Sicilies, Alas!
the Secretary of State made sorry
figure in toleable English only. But
some people think he can walk Span
ish'-an accomplishment every body
Rls no5 cultivated, and which it is said
Caleb knows how to teach.
Iodide of Potassium, in doses Of
from three to fifteen grains, given
from three to six times a day, is an
nounced as a preventive of hydropto-
bin. -
WcRLD's TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
"A number of the citizens of New
York have published call inviting
the friends of temperance in each Safe
and in, Canada, to appoint some person
or persons 10 meet in the city of New
York, on Thursday, the l2-h of May
next, to make arrangements for the
holding of great temperance Con-
vention in said city during the Worlds
Fair.
Several mad dogs have been lately
killed in Cincinna j, and hydrophobia
appears to be on the increase in many
parts Of the country,
One mile of the Cincinnati, Will
mington and GAINESVILLE Road east Of
Morrow has been laid, It is hoped
that the rou.e will be finished as FIR as
Lancas .er in June next.
AS an instance ofthe pernieious el-
fec of novel reading, it is mentioned
that % slaves have recently eloped
from Kentucky, in consequence of lis
tening to the reading Of Uncle Toms
Cabin, by one of their number
The London Leader is very severe
upon the ladies of Stafford House, for
heir inconsistency in being so full of
sympathy for the American slave, and
yet 81 deficient in any similar mani
ions i'll relation to the sufferings
Of their whi'e sisters in Poland, Hun
CRY, and I.aly.
The editor of the Boston Post has
seen letter from Jenny Lind that
s.'ys she is not coming out in the op-
crl ag ,in; is great admirer of Amer
Ia and MY visit it again, but cannot
specify The time; has not qualreled
with her husband. and don't intend to.
lis sud that the custom of a pew
full of men getting up and marching
ol5 to give the ladies the inner seats
originated in early Indian times, when
the men took their muskets to church
and kept on he outside, so that they
could rush out in case they were a.
tackled by the Indians. This is purely
an American custom, and as the reas-
on of it passed away some time since,
we consider il far more honored in the
breach than in is observance.
A bill has passed bo'h branches Of
Virginia Legislature, setting apart VIZ
600 annually, to be applied in remov-
ing free persons of color from the State
to Liberia. A portion of the amount
to be raised is to be derived from an
annual tax of one dollar each upor
every free mule person of color in the
Safe, between the ages Of 81 and 81
years; $4,000 are to come from the
Safe Treasury, and the balance from
the tax on seals attached to registers
Of freedom,
A statistical work published in Ger
many, and completed to the close o
1852, gives the following figures upor
the railroads there. The Germ1r
league is about five miles. There
were at the close of the year, for the
most par open to the public:
In Aus ria 2+7 Leagues
Prussia 507 "
Bavaria l44 "