Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-02-08
VARIOUS 5 ITEMS

millee Of the Connec,icu, Legislature us lis
recent session:
African colonization has ex,erminasd the
slave trade on the western coas, Of Africa
for an extent Of at least 600 miles, and IL
has been officially reported 10 the British
Government, lha. i, is suppressed on over
,060 miles of the coast, a result which
armed squadrons alone could never have
obtained. This is admitted on all hands.
Agains African -colenizavion has es.ab-
lished on iha, heather shore civil and Chris
lian institutions, where missionaries had la;
bored for centuries TO plant missions whhou,
success. And what musl be the influence
Of those Christian colonies upon the hun.
dred millions who inbabit that continent.
Again; This Scheme is teaching the world
thai civil liberty, connected with pure and
perfectly free Christianity, is no, necessarily
confined TO the Anglo-Saxon puri,ans; thai
it is boon 10 be possessed and enjoyed even
by the children Of Ham; that they are ca.
pable Of maintaining self.government, and
Of securing Tor themselves o respectable
Standing among The independent nations OF
the earth. sr
Again: Ii has opened the door for an ex.
lensive and valuable commerce. The ex-
ports Of Liberia amount II is suid, 10 aboul
half a million OF dollars per nnnum. and
arc increasing al The rate Of fitiy per cent.
Again: IL is furnishing all asylum and
Christian home for The exiled and oppressed
children Of Africa in all lands. Thousands
have already gone back TO their ialherlond
from this country, many Of whom were
freed by their masters, thai they nigh, 60.
Thus has The door Of emancipation been
kept open, where it would Otherwise have
remained closed.
Finally; The past history anil tho pres.
ent prospects Of the cause afford most en-.
couraging indication Of its future prosperity.
The last year has been one, in many re-
spccls, Of unprecedented success.
AN EXTRAORDINARY LAMp.--Among the
number Of patents rect Htly taken otl in
England is one taken oui by E. Wliels, (ur
o candle.lamp Of very novel character. The
lamp has q dial or clock.iace, and, as The
candle burns, the hands mark The hours and
minutes correctly, and hammer strikes the
time. As chamber.lighl for sick room
iinarks The lime, and can be set 10 strike
at any given period, when the paien, re.
quires aucntion. As q nighl-lighl, il mark;
the time on transparent dial, and rings ar
lhlaim NJ any-sialed period and in ten min.
ules alierward extinguishes the candle, OF
will continue 10 strike every second unit
The parry gets out of bed and Stops ii; and
if very heavy sleeper requires 10 be reused
it will fire off percussion.cap. As liable
lampil marks the time and strikes The hours
and has regulator and index, by which
may be ascefiuiaed the amount of lghl anC
economy of consumption Of The various
candles Of different makers.
SwIMMlNG.-An exchange, speaking of The
art Of swimming, says: "Men are drowned
by raising their arms above the water, tn,
unbucyed weight Of which deprcsses ih'
head. Olher animals have reilher motor
or ability 10 act in a similar manner, nnC
therefore swim naturally. When man fall
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continue there if he does no, eleyale hi
hands. If he moved his hands under III,
water, in any way he pleases, his head will
rise so high as TO allow him free liberty tC
breathe; and if he will use his legs as in III,
act Of walking Tor, rather, Of walking VI
stairs his shoulders will rise above lhr
water, so that he may use the less exerliol
with his hands, or apply Them 10 other pur
poses. These plain directions are recon-
mended 10 The recolleclons OF those VIII,
havo not learned TO swim in their youth, a
they may be found highly advantageous ii
preserving li(e." .'". iu''' ..a
What queer things come in sleep. We
dreamed The other night that we went ,c
Egypt in canal boat, that we were received
with open arms by the slalue Of Memnon
who, in compliment Of our arrival, playe,
fantasia on Chinese gong. Shortly uGie
This, we were invited to dine with Sesoslrs
and such dinner! She took down the gren
Oasis with single swallow, and concluded
the entertainment by picking her teeth will
The sharp end of pyramid. When W,
left, an army Of mummies were throwing
back somersels over the Nile, an entertain
ment that Cleopatra accompanied with 30
Susanna while Mark Antony was sweating
like anigger under oath, in Virginia break
down. We came home on skates, anC
awoke AN hour 100 late for breakfast u
Sin JOHN. FRANKLIN. The New Yor
Courier and Enquirer says that Dr.. Kane ha
been appointed TO The command Of .,he ney
Grinnell Arctic Expedition, which Is soon 4
sail in search Of Sir John Franklin.
A more judicious selection could not b
made. Though before serving in but sub
ordinate capacity, he signally distinguishes
himsel for his intelligence and energy, i
one essential qualiica ,ion, he stands pre-
eminent; that qualification is faith. He firm
ly believes thai SIR John franklin is YET
living man, and that he can be rescued lron
his place Of confinement by human means
His heart is thoroughly in the enterprise
and his hands, we are sure, willhnol fail s
long as veslige Of hope remains. 1854
i Punch says that the heirs Of Robnso
Crusoe Instituted suil for The recovery 9
Juan Fernandez on the ground iha. lhei
ancestor was "monorch Of oil he surveyed
q We do no, understand how Crusoe's heir
could have litigation about his possessions
when his "righ,,here was none 10 dispute
I-Piqua Register.
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