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

The melody of I" Old Folks at Home has be-
come very popular, but the words are not SC
meritorious. The last number of Zion's Herald
contains the following new version, entitled
The Blest Ones at Home.
Away on the banks of life's bright river,
Far, far away
There will my heart be turning ever,
There's where the bleSt ones stay;
All through this vale of sin and sorrow,
Sadly roam,
Still longing for the dawn Of the morrow,
And for the blest ones at home,
All without is dark and dreary,
Every where roam,
o, brothers how the heart grows weary,
Signing for the blest ones at home.
Through all earth's sunny SC enes wandered,
In youths gay morn;
How many precious hours Pve squandered,
How many mercies scorned;
When seeking sims delusive pleasures, ..
Wretched was l.
But now my heart has found a treasure,
There with the blest ones on high.
All without is dark, &c.
One hour there is forever bringing
Memories OF love; .....
Twas when my sghs were changed to singing
OF the blest ones above;
When shall see my Savior Iegning
On his white throne?
When will tie hushed my hearts complaining
There with the best ones at home
All till then is dark and dreary
Everywhere roam.
0, brothers, how the heart grows weary,
Longing for the bleSt ones at home.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-08-02

There is poetry, truth, and common sense in the
following, which we find in one of our ex.
chnmraS.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-08-02
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THINGS AT TIE AUSTRALIANS GoLp FIELns.-
The social condition of Victoria is still represented
as deplorable in the extreme. Society has been
tainted with the refuse of the English iais. OF
the government it is stated in very strong terms
mat II wants perseverance, energy, and wisdom,
and that Its 'iaxity, parsimony, and absolute inn
6ecIlity," have done the colony incalculable HARM
Crimes OF the mest fearful character and degree
abound on all sides, the country is overrun5with
bushraDgers, and the towns are infested with bur
glars In broad daylight, and in the most public
streets, men have been knocked down, ILL used and
robbed. Shops have been invaded by armed ruff
fans, who have "stuck up'' the inmates and
rihed the premises. Thieves appear SO thick upon
the ground, and so unceasing in their operations
that 1t is quite clear they often rob one an
other. Murders are numerous, and remain almost
always unpunished. The police are cowed or
leagued with the ruthans, and the administration
OF the law is fast sinking into contempt. eve
have, says the Melbourne argus, sail the evils of
lynch law, withoutits vigor, and considerable
portion of the community makes no ceremony Of
advocating that barbarous and sanguinary prac-
etices"a London Times. 81
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1t was with the sincerest sympathy and sor-
row that we recorded yesterday the brief despatch
informing usof the bereavement that had befallen
moment their only boy--the last surviving of
their children-has been snatched from them
by a violent and shocking death. In the natu-
raj citation of his new honors, the PRESIDENT
ELECT of this great Republic has been stricken
with blow so heavy and grievous as to paralyze
his future, and render him Indifferent to its
power and fame. As he bends over the re-
mains of his beloved child, how insignificant
must appear in his eyes all the baubes and
bubbles of official life, and how gladly would
he abandon them all, and how joyfully become
the plain, simple citizen again, if by so doing
he could restore and animate that mutilated
| form!
Such is the ordinary providence of God. I'm
mixed felicity falls to the lot of no man. The
good and evil of life are distributed with more
even-handed equity than the querulous are will
| ing to admit, or the unredecting able to under
stand Honors are thrust upon him whose
heart is breaking with the grief of domestic be-
reavements. The helpless and hopeless invalid
| rolls in riches which he would part with to the
last farthing for the erect frame and heathful
energies Of aneighbor who depends for his daily
bread on his daily toll. All seeming prosperity
| has its alloy all seeming misfortune its ale
viations. ~
| May God temper to the sufferers the pain
and grief of this irreparabe loss. The heart OF
nation throbs in sympathy with theirs, and
| with theirs the tears Of a nation mingle over
| the ashes of. the beloved and lost. Though the
sorrow that is shared is not diminished, even the
bereaved parents may find solace in the reaec-
tion that a whole people are fellow mourners
| with them over the sad event that has made
| their household desolate! 2tl 2ee E'.Sf ~
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CuBAs--We learn from recent accounts that con-
hdence Is entirely restored in Cuba, and that bu-
slness is prosperous and promising in different
branches One OF the most satisfactory evidences
OF this is the facility and abundance with which
money has been offered for the construction of
railroads and other enterprises. The government
proposed, short time since, to rai=e a lcan and
received oilers for more than they needed at low
rates Of interest; and similar readiness to invest
has been shown for long terms We learn, also,
from sources in which we place full reliance, that
Important deliberations are 10 be made in the
administrative department of the government of
the island, and that certain changes of decided
advantage will take place also in the political sys,
tem.-Netc York Express
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08

A PsIZE FIGHT lsTERRuPTED--Ap party of "fine
gentlemen" left this city early yesterday morning
to attend prize fight, which by pre- arrangement
was to have taken place in field, near the sober
town Of Lynn. between two Englishmep, named
Edward Plant and Francis Vincent, for purse of
81 900. William Hughes, according to the pro
gramme, was TO have played the part of second to
Plant, and James Boyle was to have offciated in
similar capacity for Vincent. The appointed hour
came, the friends of the fighters assembled around
the ring, but Plant paled and would not fight
This led to angry dispute between the seconds
sU hich resulted in Hughes and Boyle agreeing to
trial of physical strength. After they had cuffed
each other for several minutes, the city marshal
and his deputies of Lynn reached the ground ,
seized Hughes, and proceeded to carry him off ,
when his friends interfered and rescued him from
tho custody of the officers During this excitement
Boyle succeeded, through the aid of his friends in
escaping. Hughes was hurried up to Boston in gig;
butthe Lynn l2arshal followed him in the cars, and
succeeded arlesting him at his boxing rooms in
Franklin street. Hughes made no resistance; and
returned to Lynn with the officer. Prize fighting
in this Commonwealth is an offence punishable by
confinement and hard labor in the State prison.
.r. ~ Boston Gogrier 4h {
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The CALoRIc SHE ERIcssos left Williamsburgh
between the hours of nine and ten O'Clock a. m
on Tuesday. She passed the flagstaff on Govern.
or's leland at 81. and was abreast of Fort Dia.
mond at 10 30z, being distance of 7s miles, in
81 minutes and 80 seconds; ran down the bay and
rounded too below Spit buoy at III 81, where the
pilot anchored her account of the thick wea.
Their, and on Wednesday, she returned to town.
Her consumption OF coal, including her firing up.
was at the rate of ak tons in "a hours Those most
interested were perfectly satisfied with her sue
cess. a. As75&tl,sE 3. -s
The revolution which this new experiment pro-
poses in navigation is too wonderful not to enlist
the llveliest concern among business men, The
principles If successful with water craft it is sad
is capable of application to nearly all machinery
now driven by steam. The discovery and rapid
extension and employment of the magnetic tele-
graph are not more remarkable than this will be,
II lts PRACTICAL WORKING should correspond with
the sangune hopes Of MIR. Ericsson and his friends
we believe 1t is not expected that ship thus pro-.
PEELED will make voyage to Europe as quick as
our heetest steamers, at least not until the experts
ment is developed, and new points Of improve
ment suggested The competition in speed there
fore, will first be with merchant chips and packets
In the carrying trade, and with steamers on long
voyages. The present difficulty with steamships
and propeilers is that they cannot carry coal suf-
nclent Tor long voyages around Cape Horn and the
Cape OF Good Hope, to San Franeisco, China, and
India; and, besides the inconvenience and loss of
time IN putting into intermediate ports they find
the supplies of fuel too uncertain and costly to do
So On the calculation of Mr.. Ericsson, that one
NTH OF the fuel required to make steam will be
sufficient to create the caloric vessel NAV carry
from New York all the Goa necessary for the long
est voyage. in addition to her cargo on freight
We believe she will make another and longer trial
trip In the course of few days, tai king a number
OF invited guests -Netc York ErpTess.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08

Not having the feafof Mr. Ma RsHALE be.
fore its eyes, the Uason recognises and ap
plauds the manner in which Mr. EVERETT
conducted The correspondents with the Eng
lish and French ministers in reference to the
proposed tripartite convention. In yesterday s
issue the Union says:
esThe question of the acceptance or rejection by
our Government of the proposed convention was
plainly not partisan, but American question.
1t was question, moreover, all the strong points
of which were rresistibly in favor Of the decision
which our Government has pronounced upon il;
and We recognise without hesitation, and com.
mend to the attention of our readers the eminent
ability with which Mr.. Everett has brought them
to bear. As an argument against the proposed
measure, and as vindication of the policy of our
Government in rejecting it, his despatch is alto
gether conclusive and unanswerabe.''
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the Chicago and Rock leland railroad, repors. nm
der date OF December 30, dhe total amount of work
done since April l. at $ 1892 900; and IO. 507 tons
rails delivered The connexion on LIST January.
instant instant VIII De 654 miles from Chicago, west A
steamboat navigation the Illinois, will soon be
added, And from that point to Rock Island, on
the mississippi, opposite Davenport, Iowa, the
grading is going on rapidly.
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INTEREsTIsG FROM FLORIDA Intelligence of
undoubted authenticity has been received here Of
the refusal of the Seminole Indians remaining in
Florida to emigrate to the country assigned them
west of the Mississippi. The agreement to emf
CRATE made by their chief, Billy Botolegs, when
here in Washington, they refuse to ratify, infu-
enced as understand. chiefly by the advice Of
Sam Jones and Billy Bowlegs's only sister who
has great consideration with the tribe. Billy hm-
self is believed to have been well disposed to com.
ply with his promise, and held opt several weeks,
but the other Seminoles, having taken away his
two wives and their children, and threatened to
annu his tribal authority, at length forced him to
yield to their views. On restoring his favorite
wifs-the frst-he dashed deepino, heeverglades,
and has not since been heard from The excite
nfent in Florida is Of course very great We unr
fders and that aregiment of the famous sCowboysf'
or 'Cfackers. sis 10 rapid course authorization, to
act under the authority of the State Intrllgencer
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CoNDITIoN OF SPANISH AFFAIRs To understand
the present situation Of political affairs in Spain
1.-THE New York Courier remarks, it is necessary
to revert for moment to the past. On the fall OF
Marshal Narvaez, through personal intrigue two
years ago, Bravo Murilo, a man of slender abiIi.
ties and illiberal despotism, succeeded to power.
He gave the government far more arbitrary bent
than even his predecessor, and it soon became
generally unpopular. Through the first session OF
the new Cortes last year it encountered opposition
which only lacked organization to have been very
formidable. The Chambers were again opened
on the first OF last month, and the opposition can
didate, Martinez de la Rosa, a man Of moderate
spirit and considerable literary repute was elected
PRESIDENT OF the Deputies by a majority of four.
teen over the ministerial nominee. The govern
ment, smartng under the defeat, immediatelv dis
solved the Cortes and issued a proclamation for
new election of deputies to assemble on the first of
March Not content with this however the crown
published most material changes to be made in the
organic law of the realm, adding greatly to the
royal prerogative, and reducing the number OF
deputies to one hundred and seventy-one, and the
number OF electors in each district 10 one hundred
and nifty; thus subJecting every constituency to
the control OF government patronage. Whether
these changes were to be made in defiance of the
constitution by royal decree, or whether they were
TO be submitted for disposal to the new Cortes
was nowhere definitely declared; and the press
debarred as it has long been from all freedom of
discussion. could shed no light upon the matter
Apprehensive that fatal stroke was neditated
against the fundamental law of the land the Mod
erados and the Progressistas at once combined
their forces. and such men as Narvaez, the Mar.
quis de Pidal, the Duke de Sotomay or, and Con
cha, the late Captain General ofsCuba in fact,
almost all of the prominent statesmen and mill,
tary chiefs of the country arrayed themselves
against the government. Several meetings of the
prominent deputies were held, at which Marshal
Narvaez presided, for the purpose of maturing the
plan of opposition against the illegal designs of
the Ministry. These meetings were soon entirely
prohibited by the government. and the marshal
himself has, it is said, been banshed from the
kingdom. The government has thus gone too far
to retrace it's steps, and atthe last intelligence
resort by it to coup d'etat, in imitation Of Louis
Napoleon, was anticipated almost as a certainty
Such usurpatlon, however, cannot be quite SO
easily consummated in Spain as in France.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08

CUaE FOR ERvsIPELAs---The Salem Observer,
says a CORES pondent of an exchange paper, gives
the public cure for this distressing disorder,
from which he has been great sufferer. He says,
S'a simple poultce made of cranberries, pounded
fine, and applied in raw state, has proved In my
case, and number also in this vicinity, certain
remedy" In bis case the pouhice was applied on
going 70 bed, and the next morning, TO his sur
prise, be found the Inflammation nearly gone; and
in two days he was as well as ever
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08

TIE GYILLoTINE.-The Boston Post has cut of
guillotihe, which it used to bring out at the
commencement ofa WING administration, State
or national. The Executive stands by SMOKING
cigar, while the head OF victim lies under the
descending axe. Some motto quoted from Wing
speech or letter was generally underneath. The
Post will have a capital occasion TO bring it out
after the 4th of March, and for motto we would
suggest the following brief extract from speech
delivered by General Pierce in the Senate in lS4I:
"There was nothing in the administration of
General jackson which ! uniformly failed to
justify as the removal Of one worthy officer 10 give
place to another. ~ Providence Journal
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DATES from Tampico to the 25th ut announce
that the Mexican revolution is raging and spread
ing rapidly over Tamaupas and all the adjoining
States Most of the leading officers in the uar
army have pronounced in favor of the revolution,
and there is every indication thst Arsta's govern
ment will soon be overthrown. h5tS
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The Washington correspondent of the Philadel
phia Ledger states that the Committee on Conn
merce in the House is at work on the subject of re
ciprocity with Canada, though it is not certain
thatihe bill.will be matured during the present
session. ISIS ttb0s 1qss+ -ssts
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08

Governor Ramsey and the Sionx Payment
q The Minnesota Democrat has advanced Sc
charges of corruption against Governor Ram
sEY, in regard to the payments to the Sioux In
dams under the treaties ratified last session;
and Democratic journals in other quarters are
copying the lmputations and dilating upon them
as though they were established facts. No per-
son acquainted with Governor RAMsEY's cha
iracter can have given credence to statements
which throughout bear evidence Of partisan
imalignity. The St. Paul JMinnesotian, pos.
sessing an intimate acquaintance with the facts
Of the case, replies to the Democrat as follows:
" We have taken pains to- investigate the whole
affair from beginning to end, and would be willing
to stake our lives upon the result of the issue here
made up between his reyilers and ourselves. But
we ask no one to take our simple word in the pre-.
mises. There are the Accommodating treaties
the papers in full, relating to the whole matter in
the Office of this superintendency. They are kept
from the eye of no gentleman who wishes to in
yestgate, candidly and irnpartially, the unwar-
ranted charges of the Democrat, or like charges
that may come from any other source. On the
contrary, the superintendent is ever ready and
willing to produce the official documents, which
will prove to all who ifay honestly wish to arrive
at the truth that he has done nothing wrong or lle
gal in the disbursement of this large sum that
the whole and entire series of ACCUSATIONS in the
last Democrat is tissue Of base asehoods, calum-
nous misrepresentation, and unjustiiable distor-
lions of fact from beginning to end"
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NEW York AND THE SLAVE TRADk.-The Peters
burg IVA. InteLiigtncer states ssonon. authority
not questioned. that the schooner Advance which
was captured at Port Praya (the Azore Islands)
by the United States eloop ofwar Germantown
and which has just been into Norfolk for adiu-
dication, was manned with crew of free bIacks
and was actually fitted in the goodly port Of New
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08

AT the post mortern examination of the remains
OF Amos Lawrence, the celebrated Boston mer-
chant, 1t was found that his brain weighed two
ounces more than Mr.. Webster's At the time OF
MIR. Webster's death, it was said that his brain
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08

IS WOMAN has made application, lin the Massa.
chusetts supreme court, for bill of divorce, Her
husband has been sentenced TO the State prison for
period OF over seven years, which, by law, entities
her TO a divorce; but it appears che was instru.
lmenta lin getting him TO prison
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FRIpAYa January Z, 1858.

p" - FRiDAY, January z, 1858. a Ea'-7
Charles S. Lester and Calvin K AyeriII. esqs.
of New York, and Cheyney. H Housekcerer and
w. Arthur jackson, eeqs, of Pennsylvania, were
admitted attorneys and counseIors of this Court
Nos. a., 45, as and Al. WIN. Christy, plaintiff
in error, vs. J. D. Finley and others 1.-The argu-
ment of these causes was continued by Mr.. Bibt
for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr.. Hill for the
defendants in error 1906 css9
Adjourn Ell until Monday II o'clock a m.
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PRoF. SAuBoRN, in his eulogy on Mr.. Webster.
says at is doubtful whether student ever gradu-
ated at any college in the country who has left so
many written and printed proofs of his diligence
S M success IN writing while student as Mr.
Webster In his junior year be composed drama
winch was acted In the meeting house on the even
ing preceding commencement, in accordance with
the custom ofthat age'' . -fs75t
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The TOBACCO TRADs.-Notwithstan In.
smaiiness OF the crop, the sales of tobacco from
the LIST OF November to the 3lst ult. this year ex
coed those of the same time last year over 400
hogsheads. The sales at the three warehouses TO
last evening were l,474 hogsheads against ,Ol2
hogsheads same time last year The stock on
hand on planters account unsold is about 500
ogsheads.-Louisrille Journal. 't' y
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DR.. F1TcHs who three years ago pledged him
self TO 60 further on the slavery question than even
the most rabid Abolitonist, is now a prominent
Democratic candidate for the United States Sem
ate Indianapolis (Iad.) Journal
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The San Luis and Potosi papers contain adyer
tisements signed by Henry May, offering reward
of 500 to any one that will give exactinformation
as to the whereabout of the silver mine in the Rio
Vende owned by DR.. Gardiner, and S 500 more 10
any one that will show, in the same district the
quicksilver mine alleged to be owned by DIR. Mears.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08

CHARGE has been preferred against Judge
Butler, of New Hampshire of attempting to bride
Mr. Freese, member OF the State Legislature, to
vote in favor of certain railroad project A COM
mittee is investigating the subject asyY gfgg
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08

There are fourteen conflicting propositions be-
fore the Iowa Legislature in regard to railroads
The House has debated and rejected resolution
asking Congress to repeal the law by which duty
is charged on imported railroad iron,
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aIuN
LAY MORNING. JANUARY 5, 1858
Congress.

The Senate did not sit yesterday.
In the House of Representatives the Navy
Appropriation bill was reported; and, after pass
ing thirty four private bills, an adjournment
until Monday ensued.
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A YOU'VE LAwYER named lawson, of New York,
has been sentenced to twenty years. imprisonme mt
at Wetherseld, for forging pension certificates in
this State We understand that ssthe hounds are
ON the track of oihers.-Ne,o Haven Register.
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CoLoNIzATIoN SocIETy.-The following oentIe
men have been chosen delegates from the State
Society OF Connecticut 10 the annual meeting of the
American Colonization Society, to be held at
Washinst ton on the 18th instant: Hon. Truman
Smith, Isaac Toucey, Origen 8 SevmoTr sn6
Charles Chapman; the Rev N S. wheaton. ID,
u, John Circuit, and James Donag he; and James
Brewster and Hezekiah Huntington. esos
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08

There are three hundred spiritual rapping cir.
cles which meet nightly in Cincinnati, and st
Louis paper says that in that city there are oyer
thousand members of emilar circles