Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-12-20
NEWS ITEMS.

John GrenfT, ESQ who LEFT e. Iuinbus
soine nuuhs since kr New M.xlco. has
succeeded in the objec, Of his visi, to thar
|caunlry-,hs purchase Of the quicksilver
mines IN the vicinisy of Santa Fe. We hope
This worthy son Of Ohio and ex. Governor oI
Nrw Mrx,comay TeaIlzs hunds0me (oriune
from this transaction,
The Guernsey Times has The following
i,em "f news. The good wishes fol our old
friend are universal:
The Rev. E. u. Nicholson. Who accom-.
panied Mr.. Gr,iner 10 SANTA Fs. informs us
lha, Mr.. g. has fenced IN 100 acres Of ground
u. Los Chesas. 35 miles nonh OF Santa Fe.
and has bull, house upon IL, which is &c.
cupied by M,xican family. The enclo.
sure con,ains The quicksilver mine. Mr. N.
says, ii have seen the quicksllver-il huh.
bles up from the ground in,gInbules as large
as pea; alIer rain, the ground looks like
a sta Of silver drops. John is a lucky f,l.
low. and deserves bushel Of y low dust.
| hope he WI ge. it. heaped up, pressed
down, and shaken together" 3at
NEw JERSEY Notice has been publicly
given BY joel Haywood. who was The com.
pe'ilor Of Rndman NJ. Price Tor the Guber.
material Chair Of New Jersey, thu, the claim
Of Price TO Thar uffice will be Contested a, the
mex. srssun OF the Legislature ol that Stale.
The grounds uf contest are, lhal Mr. Price il
lnellegible 10 The station because he had no,
been resident Of The State ior seven year.
nAl beiore .he election. and that his absenc.
from the State was not upon business Of the
: State or Of the United Suites. Tn. P4si
: den, Or The Senate will acl as Governor uni
the question is settled.
/ WRIT OF EsRoR GRANrED.-A wri, o
error has been granted by the Supreme Cour
al Columbus, in The case Of the State Of Obi,
VS.. J. b. Smith. Tor shooting with intent I,
kill Gen. A. j. Holcomb. few weeks since
. A. Cushing, Esq. couns' for the prisoner
!. arrived here on Sunday last with the ntces
sary documents. As the Supreme Cuur
:. have made a rule that cases from this cir
cuii are 10 be argued from The third Mnndo
in January unlll The first Monday in F. bru
= ary, there will b.. M decision ull alier lha
tme.- Galtipoiis Jour.
COLLISION On Friday night last. gray
= FL train on The G. c. & C. railroad. came il
: collision with the rxpress train comin
down near Cleveland. Bhh locomotive
;, : were badly injured, The Democrat saws III
gravel train was running on the expres
lrain's time when the collision occurred.
!. is reported that The engineer on The deIin
J. Iquen. train was drunk al the lime Of the ac
}, cdrnt.
= Rev. Miss An,oinetie Brown received on
. vote for Chaplain Of The House of RrI
r. rpsen,aIives. We put this on record a
d the first step in that department. Of progres
An IMPORTANT MovE.--Mr. Campb,l. tn
u member Of Congress from Dayton (Ohi;
ID Dislric, has made a move towards rrInrrir
the rules Of the House, so as TO facilitn,e II
n transaction of gislaive business His re-
e olulious raising Commi,,re on ,his subj
v were unanimously adopted nnd il their ol
q rct is carried Out, millions will be saved
ID The Government.
The LATE VICE PRESIDENT In the 8,
:. preme Cour of thr Uniu d States on Frida
y y last, Mr.. Attorney General Gushing amour
- ., crd the dea,h Of the late VIM. R. Kim
=, when the Cour adjourned over un,il MOI
- day.
N Disney and Olds have 20, into persol
I'd al quarrel, and are both out in the Washin
10 ton papers. We sha give their cards /
morrow. as a par OF the history Of Il
is times. Disney rather asks pardon Of h
rs friends for noticing this man Ods. bu, do
III il on The ground that Others moi knowing IL
rs man nigh, be misled by his tiiencs. Ralh
!. compIimen.ary.-O. S. Journal.
% u Hon R e. Schneck late minister to Br
y ~ I'll has returned 10 his home in Dayton. I
-, has been m efficen, officer. and has made
n, treaty that will be Of grcal service TO the (,
4 lure commerce Of this country.
X New CoUNTERFEiT.-Tens nm the Pick
way County Bank Circleville. Ohio. Tn,
10 can be detected by noncing tho followi
n. marks: In the genuine the dress Of the
50 nal figure makes a sharp p"in. at the KIN
n. -lnIhe counterfeit il is quite rounding
o. Also, in The shading Of the eagle, The lin
ms above the eagles head. run nearly SIR,
across from left To right. while in the cou
IerieiI The lines run obIiquely.
FlRE AT SANDusKY "A FIRE occurred
V. the Mad River Depot. Monday night, whit
in came near being a serious uffalr. WIN
he first discovered the Office Of the Junc,i
NJ Railroad, in The old Passage Depot, was
ed IN flames. together with Iha -four und
iy meath. The early alarm OF the waIchm
Il. on the premises brought aid, and after 1
we're exeruon the fumes were pu, down
The whole northwest corner was more
~ less injured. The FIRE i, is supposed origin
W Ted near The slove in the Junction office u
~ kindlrd by some Cause. Yet unknown. h
" the building been burned down. snme I'll
900 worth ol oil in lhe cellar must have be
~ destroyed and Communicated The fame
x all the adj 'ining notwithstanding w
VI heavy loss. 1t is but a warning TO The col
..'' parry 10 rtdouble The watch, anJ, as SOON
u possible,lo tear away Ihe old wooden prem
Il ses which now cover their grounds. .-ReR
w ter, Dec. Z.
OF The Vernon, Legislature adjourned
Oh Ihr Il inst, No change was made in /
Al. ,quor law and no Senator was elected.
uO The Macarthur Republican saws will
gratifying int lgence 10 al int rested.