Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-10-13

2l. STATE that ithH potato crop is almost an
ulier failure. on account of the rot. The
fishery has also turned out badly. aud great
fears are entertained Of famine among the
poor inhabitants during the coming winirr.
The papers urge upon the Government 10
cal an early session of the Legislature 10
meet the emergency.
SALE OF AsuLAND.--Ths estate, belong
ing 10 Henry Clay, was sold al public saIe
one day last week. and was purchased bv
James Clay, his son, for $3.50 per acre A
number OF gentlemen we're present a, the
sale and were willing 10 pay 5000 per mere.
but when ii was known that the sons Of Mr..
Clay wished 10 have ii, no bids were made
except by James and Thomas Clay. 1t was
struck uff To James, and will be retained in
the Clay family.
TnE Poor HAVE HAD ENouGH OF IT -
While tho City Marshal Of Bangor, M,
was engaged in destroying quantity OF
liquor that had been seized, some one in The
crowd inquired, "Why was moi this sold for
three hundred pence and given 10 the poor'
| n NUlCC HOUI uIStlICS ItpllCu iO pun
have had enough OF it; Ie' it 60"
THE DEATH SCENES IN CHlNA.-lt is sta
ted that the carnage which followed lhc
capture Of Nankn was awful An account
before us states that The vicIors put to death
Two Imperial Governors, several Generals
a large number Of Mandurins. with Their
whole households, relatives and followers
and boast that they slaughtered $4,000 OF
tbs Tarars, with sparing age or sex
They captured al the same time the lmper
ial chest, containing u large amount OF
money.
In Utah ii is said, they open their bal s anc
dancing parties with prayers and close will
a benedicliun. pious sci those chaps are
out there. -..
During the recent uprour at the Women
Rights convention in New York, Lucy Ston,
appealed to the males present TO know il they
"had forgolleR or ceased 10 respect thei
molhers;" upon which sensible voice from
the crowd rebuked her, by saying Iha
F "lheir mothers never acted after the manne
of modern Mss Lucys."
The whole amount of contributions to tn,
Washington National Monument Fund II
, the Crystal Palace, up 10 The 22j, was IS
7O3 II.
Hon. TIMOTHY Burns, Lieutenant Gov
ernor of Wisconsin,, died a, his residence
in lhni State, on the 2lsl inst, of brl lou
{ fever.
The Rev Miss ANTolNETTE BRowN ha
been installed pas,orcss ol church in New
York. GERRITT SMvH. deacon Of III
church. parloOk IN IN services.
There Is man in Gran, county. XIV win
is so mSellv That when he sends his negr
sprvun, inIo The cellar for apples, he make
hun whistle all The way down 10 the appl
, box aud back 10 prevent him eating any Irui'
ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF NAILS --Th
I mil manufacturers of Wheeling have ad
5 vancrd the price Of mills, delivered on YES
. sells There, to the lowing sums
l0d and larger sized nails, $4 25
4 81 and Cd, SO
6d and I'd, 500
81. 525
al, 5 80
: Sd, $50
d The Wheeling Times says that the man
. ufaclurers declare their prices too low a
!, compared with the advanced prices of meta
: and labor and anticipate slll further ad
j, vances soon
AN INNOCENT MAN PLEADING GUILTY.
One dav last week man was arraigned /
a The Criminn Cour Of Hamilton County, o
= cha,ge Of horse.sealing. In pleading I
the charge, he replied gully. The Cour
D asked hr what kind Of horse it wns h
had stolen, when he answered, "a whit
horse" Witnesses were introduced, and
was proven tina, the defendant was note
:, linz, and did not steal the horse, und tn
, Judge discharged him, The prisoner ul'ei
wards remarked thai he plead gully lui tn
y purpose OF having home for q lew year
h A memorial has been presented 10 IN
rs Chy Council OF Newark, IN. J..) from Ih
n German population, demanding abroga'o
! Of tho ordlnances which have been enocIe
d (nr preserving The quiet OF The Sabbath
n closing The groggeries and dance houses, an