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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07
Notices of Periodicals, etc.

We are considerably in arrears in our
notices of periodicals. We beg The induI.
gence of our friends Of the press. We have
now only time 10 acknowledge the receipt
of few which happen 10 be al hand.
The Westminster Review was received
Two or three weeks since. II is the most
popular Of oil The English Reviews. The
present number is good one. 1t contains the
following articles: British Philanthropy and
Jamaica Distress; Thackeray's Works; Icon.
oclasm in German Philosophy; Martial and
his Times; French Writer'S on French Pol.
icy; Ruth and Vileue; Educational lnslilu-
tons Of the United States; Poems by Alex.
andor Smith; Early Christianity, lis Creed
and lIeresies; Contemporary Literature Of
England, America, Germany, and France.
The London Quar,ery an Blackwood's 5
Magazine have also been received, but We
have moi time 10 notice them properly. All
three Of the above belong TO the series Of
Leonard Scott g. Co.'S re.publica,ions, con.
sisling of four Reviews and Backwood's 5
Magazine. Tcrms-For one Review, 80 q
year; for Two, S; for Three, 81; for the
-Four, So; Blackwood,and The -Four Reviews
$40.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

BALTIMORE, Nav 27.--The editor of the
Catholic Telegraph, Of this city, has au-
theniic information thai Patrick O'Donu-
hue has succeeded in escaping from Van
DiemanS Land, and is now on his way TO
this country.
The Governor of Massachusetts has ap.
proved an act which provides for The eslub.
lishmenl of Gorty.eighi scholarships, 10 aid
in educating young men for principal teach
ers in the high schools Of the common.
wealth. The State is 10 be divided into
school sections, and every town in these
may recommend any one, or more, who
will be fiued for college at the next com.
mencement. From these the Board Of
Education selecls one out of each CT the
forty eight classes, and provides for his
education u, any college in The State, re-
ceiving 800 annually for four years. Al
ter leaving college, he is bonnd 10 teach in
The public schools term equal 10 that for
which he received the bounty.
Kirwan complains bitterly, in one Of his
late letters TO the New York Observer, Of
italian extorIion. lie says:
Consuls, captains, keepers Of hotels,
porters, commssionares, walters. custom
and police officers, are united in greet
conspiracy 10 plunder travellers. You can
not turn round without paying for the privi'
lege. If you enter church or museum, a
person demands your cane or umbrella, nnd
you have 10 pay for their release. You are
followed eyerywherere by the most perfect
system Of annoyance, and for the purpose
OF getting your money.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07
California Items.

Colonel ]. A. Cost, naval officer, Of San
Francisco, died Of apoplexy, April 18th.
A company has been formed 10 bring pure
water into San Francisco, from Mountain
Lake, by tunnel three thousand feet in
length.
A Temperance paper has been started,
and TWO thousund.ccpies issued.
The rain has continued unusually late
this season, and abundant crops are aniici.
pa,ed.
The winter in the Salt Lake valley has
been The hardes, ever known. A large guam
lily Of stock have pershed. One man los
9 280 sheep out Of 10000. Three thousand
head Of cattle will leave Salt Lake for Cali
lornia, May 1st.
The Jury on the cause Of the Jenny Line
explosion have brought in verdict that the
hue which collapsed was weak in its con-
struclion, and that there had been the mos
culPobe negligence Of the engineers, max
ers and owners.
A Democratic Stale Convention was 10 be
held, June 2ist, to nominate State officers
One thousand Cinnamon have arrived q
Shasta in one week,
Kate Hayes has returned TO San Francis
co from musical tour through the interior
Flour was $l050 per barrel, corn meo
$500, pork $50, bacon 10 cents, lard q
cents, hams 20 cents.
Money was extremely scarce, and Ih'
price Of stocks much reduced.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

GRAND TEMPLE OF HoNoR.-This body
held its eighth annual session u, Foster Hall,
Cincinnati, May 94.h, 95,h, and 26.h. The
following are the officers elected for the en-.
suing year:
G. w. T.-J. @. Lakin, of Columbus.
G w V TT. ]. McLane, of Warren.
G w RI. Wadsworth, of Cincinnati.
G. w. Tr.-H. R. Curry, do
G W Chap.-B. c. Knapp, do
G w U-R. H. S, John, of Belefon,aine.
CIV G-R. R. Brown, of Marietta.
The Cincinnati Commercial says: "The
session was well attended and harmonious,
and The reports Of the officers showed the
order,o be in aourishing condition through.
out the State"
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

PENITENTIARY AFFA1Rs.-W We see by the
Columbus papers that considerable dissalis-
faction exists in regard 10 The management,
or rather mismanagement Of the SlaIe PriS.
on. A Democrat, who had been retained
as deputy warden for twenty years, has been
turned out, 10 give place TO friend of the
present warden. The State Journal says
that convicls who are allowed to drive about
the streets with teams, stop at the doggeries
on Fourth.st., near the markel.houSe, in
broad daylight, repeatedly. The editor Of
the Journal says he can furnish testimony,
if the warden wishes 10 prosecute the men
who furnish liquor 10 the prisoners. This
is what we call going it with lOOSenesS
Modern Democracy may justify such pro-
ceedings. We can not.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

BODY FoUND,-We learn from a gentle.
man who came down the river, on Thurs.
day, that the headless body OF q man, sup
posed 10 be that of WILSON CoTTRILL, Of
Wilkesville, Vinton county, who left home
10 purchase leather AT Pomeroy, few weeks
since, was found in q cave, near The latter
place, on Wednesday last. The head could
rot be found, and the body was entirely des.
lllule Of clothing. So there is no certainty
as 10 who the murdered man was.-IortS
mouth Inquirer.
A very polpable hoax, Mr.. Inquirer. No
such marvellous discovery has ever been
made NEAR the latter place." or any other
place within hundred miles, within the
recollection of "lhe oldest inhabtanl." But,
it is not simply hoax. If it were so, we
might merely laugh at your credulity, aud
lei it pass without contradiction. Ii seems,
however, 10 have been concocled and circu.
lated with design 10 iyure The reputation
Of our fOwishing young city. Nor is this
an isolated case. In travelling along the
river steamboat passengers are frequently
Mortified by the recital OF some fiendsh act
perpclrascd in Pomeroy. Not long since,
while passing up The river, lelow.passen.
ger, IA s,rangcr) related in our hearing a
most nhuman story, which he said he had
frequently heard while travelling on the riv,
er. We thought the story 100 improbable
even for contradiction, and only laughed a,
the greenneSs Of those who believed il. So
long as such stories are confined TO steam.
boat cabins, we have no compliant 10 make
But when they find their way irto The col.
umns Of respectable newspapers, we thinl;
ii high Time TO enter our protest.
Pomeroy must be thought by those who
credi, all the fctions aAoat, 10 be Inhabited
by race of cannibas. We frankly admi
that bad men have lived here, as in every
other place. Some are now in the penilen
iary, some have left Tor parts unknown. ant
II few remain at large, who probably are de
serving of The penitentiary, and if they d'
not soon leave, may be sent there. Ye,
we venture The assertion, and stand ready II
prove it, that in pon, of general morality
good order, and obedience 10 the laws, Pom
eroy has no superior on .he Ohio river, il
perhaps, lronIor is excepted.
What has become of Collril, we know
not. 1t is thought by many hereabouts lha
he ran away designedy. We did hear
reported that he took another mans viii
with him. Nobody in this region believe
he was murdered. Certain we are, lhu
his body has not been found In cave, with
out clothes, and minus tho head. Will tn
editors who published The story, please max
the correction.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

"CoMrRoMIsE. The leading journals OF
Cincinnati, in the latter part Of last week,
were jubiant on tho theme of q so-caled
"Compromise, saidto have been concluded
between tho Marieua and Cincinnati and
another Railroad company. Not only is
the haichet buried-reads the account-bul
"merger" in the future, is strongly inlima.
ted
On diligent inquiry, wo learn that the
whole ground Of The above rumor is ths
The Messrs. Baldwin, OF the Ilillsborough
company, havo discontinued their suils
against their company-one interest in the
II. & G.. corporation, has ceased lhoir pros.
ecution for an injunction against another.
That is all.
Tho Marietta company has no difficulties
TO be compromised. It's policy is indepen.
dent, unwammollod, and ever has been, since
cerlain Basis of Agreement was thrown
TO the winds by the Elillsborough negoliaIors.
Ii desires peace with all parties, but is un-
der no necessity Of concedDg any portion
Of the rights and properly Of its sharehold-
ers, in order 10 secure and maintain it. IL
another company can make money and soil
stocks, or even keep itself alive, by playing
of either peace or war so mote ii be;-
the Marietta company, as we understand it,
is loo busy, making through line, from
Cincinnati to Parkersburg, Marietta, and
Wheeling, 10 pay auenlion to cither.-Chii.
licOthc GaE.
We copy tho above merely to show, as
Fallsuff would say, "How this world is Civ.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

an improvement on any wcrks Of the kind that
we hayeever examiaed. We doubt not teachers
will fnd1ess dticultyi in sEslening an.interest
in this branch, which saSg been considered
"dty," by the use M.PinneoS text-b books, than
any works that have sprsceded them. Pupils,
too, cannot fail to regard the authoNof works SO
simple and practical, as benefaCtor, since by his
numerous and varied exercises, his happy style
and lucid definitions he has removed many OBJ
stacles from their way, and thrown round study
usually despsed CHARM which renders it as
pleasing as any other. We predict for these
GrammarS a ready sale, and hope to see them
come into general use,
We are also indebted to Mr. BowleS for a copy
of MCGUFFEY's NEWLY REVISED SPELLING Book.
Based on the authority of DR.. Webster, as pre-
sented in the late revised editions of his works,
it shows the exact sound of each syllable accord
ing to the most approved principles of English
Orthephy. We see by a circular before us that
this Spelling Book is used in all of the best schools
in Ohio and in the West besides being the text
book in many of the New York City schools.
We are authorized by Mr.. B. to say that pro.
tesSional teachers and Township Boards desirou.
of introducing these books-into their schools, will
be furnished with specimen copies for their ex
animation FREE OF CHARGE, by addressing post
paid, L. Q. Bowles, Chllicothe, o.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

arise in tho dignity of self.hood and protest
against tho wrong, expose the evils under
which they suffer, declare their principles
and purposes for the present and future, and
never yield The contest until The object of
their righteous desires of Reform be at.
tained.
ReSolued, That the same reasoning which
establishes the law of equal rights or equal
liberty for man, will establish II for women.
ResOlued, Tha, the moral nature which
demands the law ofequul rights and responds
10 il is the same in both sexes.
Resotued, That we know OF no grounds
on which The law Of equal rights, or liberties
should be restricted in its application 10 the
male portion Of society.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

FEMALE WAGES AND OccuPATIoNs.- Intel
lgenl phlanlhropis,s Throughout, the coun.
try are discussing The proprie.y Of employ.
lug females in various occupations now al
most entirely monopoized by males. Clerk.
ships in dry goods, book, and jewelry stores.
and several departments Of the printing art.
wood engraving, &C., are recommended as
well adapted to The genller sex.
We have long been convinced Of the in.
Justice Of Gcbarring women the privilege OF
following certain occupations for which they
are eminenlly qualified and fitted by nature.
Instead Of being permitted 10 labor al such
occupations as the above, they have been
confined almost exclusively 10 teaching, the
needle, the kitchen, &c, and although com.
PEELED 10 labor from Twelve to sixteen hours
per day, receive merely sufficient TO keep
themselves respectfully clad.
A male teacher receives five OF six hun
dred dollars per annum-a female perform
ing the samo duties, receives about half that
sum, and YET she may have as large fam
lily dependent on her for support as the
male. The seamsiress receives about one
half The amour, for making carmen, as is
paid TO a man Tor performing precisely The
same labor, and while her children cry for
bread, the man is able to furnish his family
with all the comforts Of life. This is all
wrong-und wha, is wrong should be speed
lily righled. Men should be willing 10 en-
gage in the more aborious occupations, and
yield those well calculated Tor women. Blu.
if both are engaged at the same, lei them
bc paid equally, and in proportion to the
amount of labor performed.
We think public opinion is ripening Tor
such a reform, and the more speedily it is
brought about, the better it will be for soci'
ely gencrally--POrhmoHth Tribune.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07
New English Grammars.

PKNEo's PRIMARY GRAMMAR, on the analytic
methods n complete work for beginners in the
study
PNNEo's ANALYTICAL GRAMMAR; full and
complete treatise, for academies and schools.
PNNEos ENGLISH TEACHER, in which is taught
the structure Of sentences by analysis and syn
thesis; an admirable work on the analysis of En-
gliSh sentences.
The above books have been laid on our table,
by Mr.. T. G. Bowles, agent for the Eclectic Edu-
cationa Series. We have the honor of slight
personal acquaintance with Prof. Pinneo, and
know him 10 be ripe scholar, and an eminently
successful teacher. His works are undoubtedly
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

FEMALE CoMPoSIToRs. - Believing that
the best and most substantial thing that
can be done to promote Woman's real
rights and interest, is 10 place her in
position where her labor will yield a remu
muneralion not disproporlioned to whO. is
paid for male labor, we have employed
female compositors TO set up and distribute
type in the Republic office. OF course
they will oe required to learn, and during
their "course Of study" 1--WE dislike ap-
premiership their wages will be small F.;
but within one. year they will DO able to
earn from $3 to $8 per week, depending
upon their dexlerity aud the scale Of prices
where they wakk, They are required to
learn how 10 Z and distribute type, cor
rect proof, and .punctuaIe - and if they
have any ambition ,hO, way, they may
have an opportunity TO write for tho press
The labor is not hard-much easier than
sewing or housework and in five years we
shall see proporlionaly as many Lady
Typos " as we now have oI Ia''oresses'
--Geaugd Repablic.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

IlILLsBoRoUGH AND MARIETTA RAILROAD
COMPANIES District Court of Highland
County.-The cases against The HilIsboro'
and Cincinnati Railroad Company in the
District. Court Of Highland county, and in
the Court of Common Pleas of Warren
county, have been withdrawn and dismissed
by tho complanants, William Fl. Baldwin
and Calvin P. Baldwin, and all further pro.
coedings in reference 10 The matters involved
IN the cases have been abandoned. A sat.
is(oclory arrangement has also been made
10 close and adjust any litigation which might
have been expected TO ensue on the dismis.
sal Of the suit in the District Court Of High.
land county.
The above arrangement, it is understood,
will close the disputes between the Marietta
and Cincinnati Railroad Company, and the
! Ililsborough and Cincinnati Railroad Com,
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

A simple Fire Annihiator, Tor domestic
use, is described in the Troy Budget, by IN
Insurance Agent IN that city. Hear, and
save your houses:
"Why will not people avail themselves Of
modern discoveries, 10 save iteir property
from fret A package Of two or three
pounds Of sui phur, disposed Of in such a
manner as TO be amongs, the first things 10
burn. or at hHnd, TO be thrown into the fire
soon after its commencement, before air
rushes into the building, will arrest the fire
as surely as wafer; and is better than water,
when varnishes or resinous gums are burn
ing
"Oxygen and sulphur have SO strong an
affinity, that in the combustion Of sulphur,
the oxygen Of the atmosphere is converted
into su! !vhurous acid gas, al which point fire
Is arrested.
81 tested this principle, and thereby saved
my properly some years since, an account
of which | gave through your columns a
the time. Ii is impossible TO conceive how
much human suffering might have been
avorcd had that suggestion been attended
10 by boat and ship owners. | never reaC
The accounts of The terrible loss Of human
life on board our ships and steamers, with
ou thinking that they might have been sa
we'd by package of birthstone in the fire
room."
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

ABsENcE.-We expect TO leave this evening for
Cincinnati, and shall visit New York before we
return. Weshall probably be absent three weeks,
more or less. The paper will issue regularly dur
ing our absence, and we shall endeavor TO give
itS readers information of our whereabouts and
sight-Seeings. We have secured the services of
some one to transact business, so that those who
have money to hand over, need not stay away on
account of our absence.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

puny, and place The two companies on an
entirely omicuble footing, and in position
70 cultivate for the fu,are better feeling to.
wHs each other. Aai, il is hoped, that il
they cannot run together, they will al least
avoid airy collision. There isl room enough
and. there will be business enough for both
roads --andif in any respect, joint action
should be found desirable or profitable. it is
left for future Consideration, 10y those con.
trolling the TWO companies.-HillsbOrOugh
NeacS.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

PREPARATIONS EoR ANOTHER "HoRRlsLE
AcoIprNr" The Pittsburgh and Wheeling
rival lines of steamers are still engaged ia
racing. On Monday the Virginia and Key
stone came down side by side. and on
Thursday The Crystal Palace and Thomas
Swami came down in the same way
While the boats were u, our wharf, put.
ting out freight and passengers, the fire.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY RELIc.--lf all.
the individuals, claiming 10 be body Servants
of Gen. Washington, were mustered, ii
would be q alormidable list. Here is The Ia.
lest from the Urbana Gazette:
A REMARxABLE MAN.-Thero is now liv.
ing in Champaign county, one Of the most
remarkable men of the nge, in the person
Of Richard Slanup, "a colored many now in
the l06lh year Of his age, who acted as Gen.
Washington's waiter during The war Of the
Revolution.
Mr.. Slanup came 10 this county in the
year 1904, and located on Muddy Creek, in
Concord township, where, by industry and
economy, he secured farm and COM
iorabe home. He is the father Of thirty.
three children, the youngest of whom, by
his second wife, is now about 16 years Of
age. lie retains his mental and physical
faculties 10 remarkable degree being still
able 10 take an active part in The cultivation
OF his farm, and, like all old war-worn vet
Grams, takes great deIigh, in "Gghting his
battles o'er," in conversation with his neigh
borS and friends who visit him, and in rela
ling interesting "reminiscences in The lie O
his distinguished master.
He witnessed nearly all the battles Of The
Revolution, and was wounded at the battle
Of Stony Point, and left for dead on ,ht
field. lie bears on his person honorable
scars 10 demonstrate this fact. He has beer
a member Of the Baptist Church for eighty
years, and throughout his long and evenIlu
life, has always maintained q consisIen
Christian character, and relates with muct
feeling the circumstances attending his con
version on The Potomac.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

COLUMBUS AND PARKERsBURG RAILROAD,
The Railroad Record says;--'We are in.
clined 10 doubt the availability Of this road
as through line, but have no iears as to lis
way trade being sufficient 10 warrant ils con.
struciion." ~ -
lfitis part Of the shortest route from
here 10 Baltimore, why will II not be avail.
able as a through line34-0 S. Jour.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

The friends of temperance are doing
good work in our neIghboring county. of
Athens. The Messenger says that Messrs.
J. w. Bayard, R. W. Carley, ]. T. Stanley,
Henry Miller, and others, are complying
with frequent requests 10 address The people
on the subject of temperance, and renewed
energy SEEMS 10 Peryade every community.
Over six hundred names have been recently
enrolled in one township.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07

en- to lying!" The in,crest taken in the
Injunction case by the Marietta company ig
we'll known. Tina. the "COmpromise" was
in fact with the Marietta company, and nos
with brace Of individuals, owning abouV
six or eigh, shares of stock, is equally up.
parent. 1t is therefore doubly dishonorabC
in that company after making comprOm.
use, 10 publish such statements as the above.
The source only adds 10 their guilt. If we
are not mistaken. the former editor of the
Gazette is now Presiden. Of The Maricua
company. The i'll success of that COMPANY
in their endeavors to injure "unother" cor.
poralion, seems to have driven them mad.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-07
Meiss 90. Gelesrapb.
POM EROY, OHIO.

TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1858.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-09-23
Spirit of the Press.

Yesterdays Enquirer has letter from Gen.
felar H@Ston to DR.. Samuel Cartwright, of
New Orleans, on the subject of the compare
tive health of black and white laborers in
the South, and an extract from a recent pub
hcatlon by DIR. Cartwright on the same sub
ject. These papers show that while the
white laborers in the South have been swept
to the grave by the Southern epidemics like
chat before the wind, the black slave has
been unframed, thus showing that white
men are not fitted by nature for drudgery in
the Southern climate. A correspondent of
the Enquirer remarks that every mile of
Southern railroad has cost hogshead of
white mems blood. The Enquirer accompa-
mes these papers with its commentators,
ana says that they undermine the very foun-
dations on which aboltionsm stands.
The Times has some remarks upon the
promised reply of Mr.. Marcy to the Austrian
protest, and the interest with which it is re-
garded as an official exposition of the foreign
pohcy of the administration. The Times
mas an article on the subject of the attacks of
portion OF the Democratic press upon the
washington Union-the organ of the admin
istration. The Times thinks there has been
great deal of unmerited abuse heaped upon
the Union; and quotes with marked emphasis
the following declaration from that paper
Our support of the Executive has been cor
dial, constant and unhesitating, and we have
abundant assurance that our labors are ap-
preciated by the Administration"
The Mad has an article on the condition
and prospects of Richmond-in which it ex-
patiates upon the commercial and manufac-
turing advantages of Richmond and its supe-
rior healthiness.
The Wig, on the ''spoils of war" animad-
yerts upon the struggles of the New York De-
mocratic factions for the government spoils.