Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-04-12
The large parish church at Donoas


February; loss estimated at half a mil
hon dollars. 1t was built in 1910.
Within few months the large window
had been filed with stained glass at a.
cost of three thousand five hundred
dollars. The organwas one of the bes-
In England: It's PECULIARLY consisted
sinhaEing two trumpe,s and a clarion
throughout the whole compass of "jhe
great organ" Of which stops the cele-
brated organist Stanley said each sop
was worth It's weight in silver.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The Senate
confirmed the Appointment of Colonel
Polk, Surveyor for Baltimore, but he
declined the office, and The President
afterward nominated T. G. Wharton.
Among the recent nominations, are
ex-senator Sturgeon, for the Subtrea-
sury at Philadelphia, vice Ewing de-
clined; Robert White, Collector of the
Port of Galveston; ]. w. Pomeroy and
J, &. Emerson, Appraisers at Balti-
more. Several confrmations had been
m1de for land officers in Alabama and
Mississippi.
FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. The
Polynesian Of February 7th says, a
joint stock company had been formed,
and $4,000 subscribed to work two
sugar plantations on Maui
The prospect was good for a full
crop Of coffee. The yield at IIanalei
will probably be l75,00O lbs, and on
Hawai- $4,000 lbs. The Sandwich
Island coffee is of good quality.
Fine fields of wheat were growing
on East Maui, and there will be about
250 acres to harvest next autumn.
1t is estimated that the yield will be
about twenty bushels to the acre, tho
last year more than that amount was
raised to the acre. A Touring mill
has been ordered from the States,
which, it is hoped, will arrive within
six mon hs, and is to cost about $10,-
000 1t is to be erected at Wailuku,
on Maui, and driven by water.
RAuRoAD Acc1DENT.-The Cincin-
na'i Commercial of Tuesday last says,
"We are informed by passenger on
the Little Miami Railroad, last even
ing. hae the train coming up, when
about eight miles from the city, run
over man, supposed to be in'oxicat-
ed, and cut off both his legs below the
knees. Our informant was unable to
learn his name or residence. The
cars were stopped as soon as possible,
the unfortunate man taken aboard, and
every attention paid to him that could
be under the circumstances.
The Scientific American sill insists
that the Ericsson engine is a failure,
and that it can only be made foul
and half miles per hour on its return
from Washington. The subject was
discussed for two nights before the
London institute of Civil Engineers
and they all condemned the plan as 9
E,llaoy. The "American Journal Of
Science and Art for March is non
commi5tal. On the whole, the ques
lion of lis practical benefit is not yet
fully settled.
A recent census has been taken il
California, by order of the State au
thorities, which gives 254,435 as thu
number ofinhdbitants. A letter from
San Francisco thinks, however, from
the migratory character Of the inhab
itants, that the true number is owe
100000 According to this cen
sus San Francisco city containe,
34,S76, Of which only 5,l54 were fe
males Sacramento city has betwee.
1000 and 5000; Marysville, 4,50C
Stockton, 5000.
The earnings of the Cincinnati
Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad Com
pany for the past month of MrcI
were $35,67S 80. For the CORE
spending month in 1852 the earning
were $l9,067 20. This shows an il
crease of over 81 per cent.
BLESSING TO Mothers. philar
thropist in Missouri has just invente
a cradle, which, on being wound u
like q clock, will rock the baby twer
ty four hours without stopping.
The Indians in Texas are said
be actually dying from starvation
The failure of the wild game, q
which they have been in the habit
subsisting, is the cause.
The New York Herald states tn