Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-10-27
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
The Stale of Ohio Us Aaron Leech, who
was arrested on the l2lh Of October charg.
ed with having murdered on The evening Of
the l1lh, al The town of Allensville, in this
county, Levi Mclaughlin, underwent a le.
gal investigation before E. A. Sisson, Esq.
on Wednesday, the l7lh. The examina.
lion resulted in finding The defendant guilty,
as charged; he was lhereupon committed to
The Jail Of The county, to await his further
trial.
The case OF the Stale ps. Watson Miller,
who was charged with having aided and
abel,ed Leech in the commission of said
murder, was also investigated on the 18Th,
and resulted in the discharge Of the defend.
ant; the evidence in this case, although not
sufficient, in the opinion Of The Courl, to
warrant commilial, certainly bears a very
strong suspicion of guilt against the defend.
anl.-McArthur Republican.
By letters from Liberia 10 June 1lh we
learn that Roberts has been reelected Pres
iden, by large majority, over his opponent,
| Mr. S. A. Benedict. This is the first time
party lines have been drawn in The new Re.
public.
The New York Herald says that Messrs.
A. T STEWART & Co., the celebrated Cry
goods firm, have purchased The Metropolitan
Hotel for the round sum Of $600,0O0 and
,ha, ,hev were to pay down $4OO, 900
lreavIng @ZUU 600 Oh lime.
| Adyces from Smyrna Of Sept. 2l stale
that on that evening Marin Kozs,a, the
Hungarian refugee, would sail for The United
States, on board The American bark Mimosa
This was 10 be done with The consent Of all
parties concerned. and thus The matter so far
as KozsTA himself is concerned. was settled
Mr.. BRowN was al Smyrna on The 2lsl, ic
see the business duly finished.
/. SLAVE STAMPEDE The slaves in Masor
County are becoming migratory in ,hei
habits. Within The las, fortnight, eight hav,
n made their escape to paris unknown--beinl
The properly Of Messrss. Beale, Bateman
o Capehan and Mrs. Lewis. We presum
= owners in Mason are 10 share The fate G
= slave holders in this vicinity--have lhei
e property wresled from them without remed
or redress -ParkerSburgh Gazette.
The Government al Washington hav
= received official advices Of serious trouble
. in the Cherokee Nation. portion Of III
" Cherokee were in arms against the author
=, lies, and had murdered Two Of Ross part!
IN LUCY STONE is lecturing on the subjecI
d Slavery al Cincinnati. Is General CARY
Of homel
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, Of the New Yol
y Herald, was an unsuccessful applicant I
&c the French Mission. This will account 4
le The Herald's recent political summerset.
nd Justice Klinge, convicted for maliciol
ed stabbing, by The Cincinnati Police Court h
procured new trial, on The ground III
". one of The Jurors was drunk during d
n. tendency of the case.
DR.. Steiner, u. S. A., was a few da
since arrested in Hill county, Texas. charg
We with killing Major Arnold, Of the U. s.
and the case having been investigated,
We was discharged or the ground that The ho
az icide was commiued in self defence.
mo CONGRESSIONAL RESIGNATION. .-Azari
ior Boody, who was elected member
as. U. S. House of Representatives from
md twenty. ninth district Of New York, at
last Congressional elec,i ion in that SInle,
n Jus, resigned his seat in consequence OF
attention being wholly engrossed in yari
railrosd enterprises,
AN. Samuel Lewis, the late Free Soil c
de. didate for Governor. has addressed his C
nd gra,ulalions 10 the Free Sellers Of Ohio,
one the increased vote Of that party at the
ices election.
e,e' ANOTHER KozsTA CAsE.-A leuer Fl
'"s Europe states that "a nan named He
anu Won Oensche was condemned in Prussia
lea' 1849, for an offence oil the press. but he
'ay 10 the United States in 1850, and got h
ees' self nauralized as an American Gill;
DOT Abou, year ago he returned 10 Hamt
OP'e on private business. He was arrested q
up 10 the Prussian au,horilies, and reno
,ean 10 the Jail Of Leignilz, where he has 81
s 10 remained. Ho has applied TO the Ameri
and Legation for projection as citizen Of
will United States.
ne'r IMPORTANT TREArY.-Mr Schenk
Dayton, Ohio, recently our Minister 10
poor zil, has just returned to the United Sll
o. He was the bearer Of letter from the
PEN pen Mr.. Fletcher, vho resides a, Rio Janeir'
'nsn his father, c. Fletcher, Esq, Of our
From ,ha, letter we learn that MI. Scht
ada. succeeded in making atrealy with the
burg gen,lne Republic, by which ,he navigs