Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-07-05

shall stand Ten years agO:-where is he
nowl Where are tho large part Of those
who listened TO him Passed nwoy.
The streets then walked with the voices Of
patriots; music aoaled upon every breeze /;
the venerable hill then shook again with the
thundcr Of artillery as il did in rs. Many
revolutionary veterans Joined in the long
procession, mailing the morn with their irem-
bling voices. whose war-bealen brows now
lie low in the dust. And how many of The
great heads OF our nallon have left US within
that period. Where is the patriotism that
was walked by their oloquence in times pasll
Where the noble enthusiasm raised in oden
times by The return of our glorious anniver-
saries Our ancestors knew the price of
liberty as we do not. What nobY celebrated
,fourths we had twenty years ago. How ov-
cry heart leaped al their return. Our ora.
tors were eloquen, then, they felt The fire o!
their theme. May poslerly never sleep
over i,s change.-South Boston (Mass.)
Gaz June l8.
ANOTHER Observation-Disclosures Geo
Lake, n clock and watch repairer, and man
Of good habits, and industrious, residing in
the iowa Of La Grange, killed his TWO chill.
,dren, Nged TWO aud four years, on Tuesday
afternoon, with an axe. lie also, with The
same inslrumen, struck his wife on the head
inflicling q sevefe wound, which must prove
fatal. lie was arrested on the same day,
armed with pistol, sword and rife. lie
was shot by his cap,ors and wounded in the
shoulder. 1t has been asccrlaincd that his
firearms were useless, for want of pcrcus'
sion caps. Luke has been in our Jail
charged with an attemp, on the lilo OF his
brolher.n-Iaw, bv shooting ai him with q
rifle lie is said to have always shown q
great londness for his children. What the
immediate cause for this horrible triple mur
der was, we do no, lcarn.-POughkepSit
american.
STICKING TO PRINcIrLE.--About thirty five
years ago there resided in the town Of lie
bron, DR.. t., who became very much en-
amorcd of young lady ir the same town
In due course of time they were engaged Ic
lie married. The Doctor was strong de
cided Presbyterian, and his lady-love was a'
strong and decided Baptist. They were
sitting together one evening. talking of 'hei
approaching nuplials, when The Doctor re
marked, Il am thinking, my dear, Of two
events which shall number among the hap
pies, Of my life 'And pray wha, may they
be, Doclor!' asked the lady. 'One is the
hour when shall call you my wife for the
frs, ,me.' And the other if you please :?
It's when we shall present our first born lol
baptism What, sprnkled?' Yes, my
dear, sprinkled' Never shall child o
mine be sprinkled.' Every child of mine
shall be sprinkled.' They shall be, ha =?
Yes my love- We'll sir, can tell you lher
,ha, your babies won't be my babies, Sc
good night SIR The lady left the room
and the Doctor left the house. The seque
10 this true story was. that the Doctor neve
married, and the lady is on old maid.--Er
change Paper.
Dome THE HANDSOME THlNG,-A few
days ago the railroad station al South Bend
Indiana, was in minent danger of fire, anG
was only saved from destruction by the
ladies Of The place turning out in large mum
bers with buckets and working like heroine'
ill the flames were suppressed. The X. K
Co. resolved that the galanry Of the womcr
should not 60 without proper acknowledg
menI, so they delernNned TO make hand
some response. The Secretary issued card
of invitation TO the fire companies and al
the ladies in town, and everybody whom
they saw fit to invite. He made out free
passes by the hundred. "Miss---, ant
twenty others" Mrs., and sixty
Others" So that anybody, who had wife
or n sister, or female relative, and chose
TO go in her company, and by her invitation
had a railroad ride free. But, still more Il
the credit Of the company, the ladies' al lhei
meeting, fixed on Chicago as the place, an
on Wednesday as the iimo Bul the railroa
officers said:-"We cannot consent 10 limi
you thus Some may moi find it convenien
TO 60 on Wednesday, and others may pre(e
going 10 some other point. Take the who'll
week for it, and lei every one go 10 the place
he or she prefers.
A round thousand, between "Wednesday
and Saturday, enjoyed railroad ride, unc
all went merrily enough Exchange.
EMANCIPATION IN CUBA.- The pu5l
have been opprised that the British Cour
hus U0Su ohOHS'J utRllS 'He cpuHISH Oo'
ernment TO abolish slavery in Cuba, as III,
only means Of retaining possession of ,ha
Island, and keeping il from falling into III,
hands OF The United States. The Spaniard
appear 10 be acting on the advice Of the
powerful ally. The telegraph last nigh
brings us the news, that instructions hav,
boen sent from Madrid TO the Captain Gen
eral 10 consul; with The slave. holders o
Cuba, on The expediency Of emancipains
the negroes, and binding them as apprentice
FOR term Of years; also for The introduction
of emigranls from. Africa. The in,elhacnc,
is highly important, and further new
will be looked for with great anxiety. For
est Clv.
The New York Times calls attention l.
tho astonishing fact, revealed by the treOs
ury tables JUS, issued, that we smoke up i
Spanish cigars, our whole export Of wheat
aud guzz!e down, in French cogniuc, our en-
lire exports Of Indian corn. For the rest {
our breadstuffS, the flour sent abroad suffice
ror something like twothrds Of an inIere'
on the foreign debt, leaving the rico {
South Corolinu ana the deferred faith of III
rcpudiatng Slales, to settle the remainder
SLAVE STAMPEDEs.- Slaves are runnin
away from Missouri. at the present time J