Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-08-23


that the miserable condition to which
Ireland was reduced a few years ago,
is paralleled by what is now taking
| place in Spain. A writer in French
paper says:
"In vain the venerable Bishop of
ST. Jacques, in presence of more than
six hundred uufortunates resembling
moving corpses, who daily beseige his
gate, has soldhis mules and his carriage.
In vain has he reduced himself aud his
servants to the merest necessaries, in
order that he might give the rest to
those who perish of hunger. All that
he, Or other bishops and clergy, all that
the government cando according to the
EsperanSa, is but a drop of water to
extinguish the conhagration. When
we speak of the government, however,
we must remember that last contrlbu-
ton made by it of 100000 of reals
had not been distributed. In the
mountains, the starving die by Gozens,
and in many places, fevers Of the most
dangerous character are Joined to the
famine. Hundreds sick expire for
want of nourishment and medicine
The streets Of our cities are cucumber
ed with old men, women and children,
with the visagesof corpses covered with
miserable rags, and even worse, troub-
ling themselves no longer, except to
die in quiet, and imploring with loud
cries the succour of the public charity.
At the gates of the Archiepiscopal
Palace more than thousand people
wait for daily bread; and I hear that
one day lately, 4,500 poor assembled
to receive the aims distributed in the
city by one gentleman
1t is said that the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company are now using
coke for fuel and find it cheaper and
better than either coal or wood. II
/, this he true, and it gets into general
use. passengers will get clear Of the
two great evils Of smoke and sparks
r which run so among them while in
. the cars.
ARKANSAS U. S. SENAToR.-LITTLE
Rock, (Ark.,) July 30.-The Cover
nor of this State has appointed Robert
W. johnson as United States Senator
!. in place of Hon. Solon Borland, who
Q was appointed by the President, Min.
lister to Central America,
= A fugitive slave case is now pending
e before Judge MCLEAN, in Cincinnati
a which is exciting much interest. Th'
claimant is from Washington county
Kentucky. The fugitive admits ht
; escaped four years ago, and the only
:, question is, whether the fugitive slave
y law is constitutional The decision
," will be given to-day, Messrs. JoLIFF
& BIRNEY, are for the defence, and
!. G. Ware is counsel for the claimant.
! The FUGuIvE CAsE-JUDGE Mclean
e OPINION The Cincinnati papers of thi
Of morning contain the conclusion of tn
le le slave case before Judge MCLEAN an
- 70 his opinion thereon. AS every ma
ID Of sense supposed, he decided that tn
y fugitive slave law is Constitutional, an
u, he remanded the slave to the custod
i !. of the master. I'VE shall publish th
d, opinion of the Judge tomorrow.
n is important as settling a questio
Y which has been raised by men wit
N N more zeal than discretion, Or know
be edge Of the constitution and laws I
he the land.-0 S. Journal.
he. M. Arago, the celebrated and pc
Of petual Secretary TO the French Acad
e my, is in very feeble health. He hi
So been on visit to the Springs in hoy
,lylofrelief obtaining none, is retVrl