Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-24

reason can bp offered for sringency in the
money market than The fact that over niue.
teen millions Of dollars are locked up in the
Sub. Treasures. The Nrw York Express
says: "lH New York, Boston, and Phiadel.
phia over fourteen millions of dollars are
locked up in iron sales.'
The mere mention Of the above facts
must satisfy any sane man that The useless
withdrawal Of such an amount of money
necessarily creates distress. Ills wiIlu
embarrassment, of lhe business facil ilies Of
ihe country 10 lock up such treasure, by
the government. The Wings. however
have The satisfaction, Of knowing they are
moi responsible cfeFelQRd Heraid,
ANOmoAN IN AUSTRALIA james Camps
bell, who went from Guernsey county 10
California, ihence-when The gold fever
broke Quito Australia. has written home
to his friends. under du,e Of Angus. last:
"Sydney is full of gold. | have seen il
drawn through Inc streets in carr loads-
some of the lorgrs, Jumps | ever saw
Jumps weighing from 60 10 80 pounds. In
Tact, ! have seen some pieces as large as
your boot These statements you may relv
on as strictly correct. The common report
or news from The mines is, that the miners
generally make from two 10 ten hundred
dollars per day, and many of them much
mare. The deposit Of gold is very exlrn.
sive; il has now been traced one thousand
miles. and no doubt reaches much farther.
In New York city, on The 9th, before
Judge Duer. case of alleged abduction
was heard, on an affidavit srtling forth thai
information had been received by telegraph
from Jacob r. Gibbs Cincinnati. Ohio, that
he had reason 10 believe that a negro child,
named Jane Trainer. was deprived of her
liberty, and in danger Of being sold TO slav-
cry in California; that The child was now in
the possession Of Rose Porter, q, 10l sMer.
cer.slreel, in The city of New York. Mrs.
Porter appeared with the child, and made
oath against all The allegations. Arthur
TapPan, The aboliiionisl. appeared as agent
Tor The lelegraphlc dispatch. The case was
not decided al last accounts.
A private letter from friend in Ames
states that The late hail.s,orm in that region
did great damage 10 fruit, iruil.trees. grain.
grass and timber. Many fields OF whea, are
though, 10 be entirely destroyed, and the
oats and grass ure badly injured. One man
having some three hundred young peach,
cherry, and sapple.lrees, finds them all de.
siroyed. Much valuable timber was blown
down, and one farmer had l40 lights oI
glass broken out Of his dwelling. The hail
I lay 10 the depth OF three aud four feet. W hero
i, was drilied by the wind and the rain, and
it is though. that seven inches was the regu.
lar depth Of the fall in the central par o
The storm, which fact was ascerlained by 9
fair lesi.-Aihens Ness.
FATAL DISASTER AT BUFFALo.-A large
building. occupied as banking house, by
Robinson g. Co., was undergoing repairs
and on the 18Th inst. the whole building fe
down, burying some fifteen or twenty work
men and others. Up 10 O'Clock On .ht
evening Of the 18Th, three dead bodies anc
six persons badly injured had been taken out
and il was though, ,ha, fully fifteen. Others
were beneath the ruins, al of whom were
doubtless dead. The fremen were at worl
removing The ruins, which were piled u
TWO stories high.
Virginia Is the next State 10 hold ger e
raj election. They elect their Congressmel
, and other officers, on the 26lh inst. In III
matter Of Congressman the Wings expec
nothing. The Locolocos recently dlstricIe
the Sale in such manner as was intended /
l give them every member.
Alabama. Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa an
!, Ken lucky elect on the frs, Monday in Al
gust, Tennessee OFT the FIRST, and North CaI
a olina on the second Thursday Of the sam
: month.
;. AMERICANS AT HAVANA letter date
: Havana. May 7, says: "All the America
winter residents have left, or will leave
i the steamer this morning; a few moasS'
e and tobacco buyers from Baltimore and
York, the only exceptions. The health
4 r. Havana is remarkably good, and there is I
Is sickness among the shipping"
u ExrosIoN ON BOARD THE BUcXEYE.--Tl
n Piusbu.g and Cincinnati packet, "Buckey
9. Slale," which lefl Pittsburgh on Sunday
lie las, week, burst her connecting pipe nbo
l. l2 miles below Piusburg. The cook 81
another hand are missing, supposed 10 ha
S. Jumped ar been blown overheard, and "
'e others badly scalded The TWO luII
y were taken up 10 Allegheny City, and
steamer was towed back for repairs. IT
is the second time the same pipe (copPt
has exploded on ,ha, boat We presume,
,r, course, nobody is 10 blame.
ST. The Martha Washington case has be
gn continued TO the next term Of The Giro
~ Court, which commences on the first Tu
day of October next. Ii is supposed
is defendants all will be uble TO give the
quired bail.
: The Harrodsburgh Springs, Ken'ucl
04 has been selected by the Board IF OAic