The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-03-11
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0rWe learn that upwards Of 500 hogs
have died a, Corrollton during the present month,
The disease is not confined 10 the pens at the de-
tilleries We learn that 1t is prevailing to some ex.
tent in the country and is said to resemble the hog
epidemic which swept over this region about eight.
cen yenrs since. The first visible symptoms of ;,s
approach is drowsness and in most cases dentb on.
sues in an hour Occasionally there Is bleeding at
the nose.
05-The New York Journal of Commerce
of Saturday. says.
The frigate Macedonian, Capt. Abbott, is to Join
the japan Squadron under Commodore Perry, instead
Of the Pacific squadron. This figate mounts pows
erful battery, Of the construction of shell guns,
which renders her superior, in the estimation of
good judges to any frigate in the Navy The squad.
ron, when together, win comprise about a dozen
ships, heavily armed, and capable of doing rough
service il necessary. About hafof them are ste am
ers. N
0TWe are gratified to learn that the nav
gation of our Canals will to fairly commenced on
Friday OF this week On Wednesday next the wa.
ter will be admitted at the several points along the
line, and by the day we have named, the resupption
of navigation will be completed. Pitts. Jour.
0FThe following bill was introduced into
the Indiana Legislature, by Mr.. Mcdonald IA bill
to compel old bachelors of thirty years Of age to-
marry or pay $50 year into the country treasasyJ
to go to the benefit of the first lady who shall marry
after the first of January. The provisions of the,
bill apply to widowers of one years standing
0TCounterfeit $40 notes on the State
Bank of Ohio, at Chillicothe are IN circulation.
0TRev. Asa Sbnn, an eminent minister
Of the Methodist P. Church, and well known in this
S;ate died of appopexy at Brattleboro', VT, on the
llth ult. He was u years of age. His remains.
were inferred at Allegheny, Pa, on the 18th ult.
| trThe Delaware House of Representa-
tives has passed temperance BILL" which allows
persons manufacturing liquor from their own pro.
duce to sell not less than fifteen gallons to licensed
retailers Persons convicted of selling liquor lille.
gally are to be incapable OF again being licensed
The Maine Liquor Law failed in the House by
vote Of 10 yeas to 10 nays
0TThe Pttsburg Gazette estimates the
present population of that city at llo.24l This es.
innate makes the annual increase 10 per cent In
1850 Pittsburg contained s6,77l inhabitants
! 0JThe Rev. ]. ]. Swazey we'll known
as prominent minister Of the Methodist Church,
died at his residence in Allegheny city, on Satur-
day the 10Th ult..
0EFCol. Chas A. May, of the U. s. Army,
who was distinguished in Mexico, has married a.
daughter of George Law. Of New York, the great
steamship proprietor
0F$77,745 has been voted by Congress
for the Cincinnati Custom House. An equal sum
was voted for that in Louisville, $4,000 tor st.
Louis.
OLA destructive fire occurred recently at
Ravenna, which destroyed eighteen or twenty thou
sand dollars worth of property.
| OFJoHN CoNNELL, an Irishman, was found
murdered (supposed) on the Senecaville road, in
Guernsey county, no arrest yet made The whole
OF 1t appears to have arisen from a drunken brawl
of the parties. Connel was about 80 years of uge
0TWe learn that Judge PETER HIrcH-
COCK is dangerously i'll at Panesvile and but little
hopes are entertained of his recovery. We regret
! to hear it.
(rTMr. Cist has just completed an emu
meration of the population of Cincinnati The ag-
gregate is l6O, 1856. The increase for each year is
given by Mr.. c. since ! $40, showing n regular in
crease of ten per cent In 1910 the population was
46,32S; in ls45. 1859; in 1850, 10000 At the
ratio Of increase in 1860 it will contain about
10000 people.