Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-14

De GAeCuleu WIFI accuracy anu HGalUGSS
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Smoking is becoming fashionable habit
among the young ladies of Paris And as
they set the example for fast young ladies',
all the world over, We presume The liule
cigarette will soon bo all the rage in this
country. Why not smoke as we'll as follow !
some other foolish French fashion!
Considerable excitement seems TO prevail
on The subject Of gold mines IN tlle tirinlts :
OF Anstin, Texas. That srere - GOLD iii
great quantities on The ,ribulntieS oflhe Col.
oradu shon distance above that city, our
exchanges from that region seem 10 enlerlnih'
no doubt. They understand, upon good au-
ihorlty. that one specimen has been found
worth $24, and that one operator obsained
$500 worth of gold in Two days. The nun.
Der Of persons now u, The mines are set
down a, from 600 to 500, mos, Of whom are
greatly encouraged by their success;
THING wHIoH EVERY FARMER SHOULD
KNow.--lf you wish 10 drive cut nail inIo
seasoned oak TIMBER ond mol have i. break
or bend, jus. have small quantity Of oil
near by and dip the nail before driving and
it will never fail 10 go. In mending carts
aud plows this is Of great advantage, for they
are generally made of OAK wood. In
strengthening old nails before using, lc, ii be
done on wood, and with easy blows. If
dJne oil iron they will be sure 10 break.
The Prcsideri Of Peru has issued mos.
imponan. decree relative 10 the navigation
o! The Amazon, and offering the creates, en'
couragemenI 10 setilers--such as exemption
from export and impor, duties, grams oil land
and C,eedom from taxation for twenty years,
The free grant Of seeds, implements for cuI-
uyalng The land, &c. The exploration Of
The branches Of The Amazon in Peru will be
made by Government steamers, provided
expressly for the service
CoEcuRAN & RlGGs AND THE GOVERN.
MENT. A Washington letter refers to a
slutcmeL, in .he papers that Corcoran Il
Riggs had half million hon Mr., Corwin
fol The purchase Of United States stocks,
and returned the money to The Government
on The accession Of Mr.. Guthrie. This is
not SO, says The lellor. Corcoran " Riggs
purchased three hundred thousand dollars
of stock for the Government, and gave The
stock. rejeemabe in June, at par, TO lhe
Treasury in the monh Of March. They
had no government funds 10 return.
Macauley's History Of England having
been pul on The " Index" al Rome-which
means, condemned and suppressed ed.
ilor Of lbe N. Y. Daily Times thus COM
ments on the act
"The Popo's Index is second trss
Of knowledge Of good aud evil, The leaves
Of which all Catholic children Of Adam and
Eve are forbidden 10 touch. Bul il doesn'I
mater. 1t could not possibly find better
company. All that the world has known Of
wise, OF witty, or useful, is .here. All the
master ti-coyerics ard principles which
food the ages with Iishl, all The impartial
history, ali The rnrcs; Of dogmalic theology,
all the prooundest OF mental, political. and
nl!ufal philosophy, are in the Index aud
the sorcst sllronl TO ambitious authorship
would Le exclusion from that vpume,--
through appreciation or extreme contempt
Should The dark ages return and once more
run their round, and vanish. men would
seek ouI tie Roman Index in order 10
measure the volume Of light exlinguished
in The gloom Of bUrbarisln and bigotry.
Thai would be an inventory Of lost wis, 10
save future Arisio trip 10 the moon"
Funny TO TIE LAsT.-Some Of the Wing
oiiice.hoders decease in n very jovia| man
ner A decapilaled "r0ule agent on the
mail line between Boston and Burlington,
via Vermont Central Railroad, who tempo
rurily fills the place of his Democratic sue
cessor, now adds "cd' to the word "route"
whenever he signs his name 10 way-bill.
1t is no, bad head that jokes SO cleyerly
arer us off Boston POSI- .....
DR.. BaiIie, not more famed iot lis medi.
cal skill than for his strange common sense
way Of displaying it, being called to attend
+. Reynolds, the dramaIisI, during a nervous
complaint, thar fertile playwright said to
him:
Doctor, do you think write 100 much
for my conslilulionT
mo replied the Doctor bunlly, 'bul YOU
do for your reputation
A Hit BY Miss --Conereve rockets
were invented in 1908, by Sir William Con-
greve. On certair occasion, when visiting
Westminster Abbey, in company with some
ladies. his attention was directed by one Of
the party 10 the inscription on The great
PURCELL . monument:--'He has gone 10 that
pluce where only his music can be cxcelled.'
There, SIR William said the young lady,
substitute fireworks for music, and that ep'
itaph will answer for Yourself
Pea NUS are raised in large quantities in
the Southern States, for swine. as well as
for transportation porlh for The use Of bipeds.
The Presbyterian General Assembly, now
in session al Buffalo, has appointed January
Isl next as u day Of fasting and pray er, for
the conversion OF ,he world, Considerable
discussion arose as 10 the praclicabilily of
holding a prayer meeting in large cilies,
where quite different mode Of spending
the day prevails, bul il was resolved not TO
give place 10 fashion.
CHOLERA on THE PoToAAo. A correspon.
Of The Fniriax (Va.) News states, that du-
ring tho fishing The cholera broke oul upon
The Sycamore and Stony poinl' shores oi-
The Polomac, and continued lis ruyages un-
I'll the close Of The fishery. OF 53 cases l3
proved fatal.
Ex-Governor Shannon IS reported TO be
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