Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-04-19


phia 10 subscribe 100000 10 the ilsmpfeld
Road has become a law. and Of course the
subscription Of $3.50 900 tu The Marietta and
Cincinnati Road will now be made.
Seven hundred hands are al work ,!rnising
and widening the levee a, Cairo, al ihe juno
zion of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for
protection OF the city against inundaiiou.
These evees will be raised twelve feet
above the point reached by the flood in l847,
and eighty feet wide on the top.
A woman named Mrs. NJ Cune was drown.
ed a. Newport ferry, on w Wednsday last
She, i. appears, walked off the platform Of
the ferry, and refused 10 take hold Of plank
showed 10 her. by man who saw her walk
overheard. Family difficulty is assigned as
The incentive Of The rash acl.
DR.. G. w: Baskiu. Of Mercer, Pa. was
assassinated on Frdry nigh, lust, Sams
one in The dark, as he was returning home
and abou. entering his house, slnbbed him
with bowie knife, which broke and
lerl piece in the neck the juguIar wen be-
ing cut so that he died as soon as he entered
the door.
The Free Presbylerians of Scotland have
buil-since their separation from the Eslub-
Ished Krk-six hundred and ninety places
Of worship, college, four hundred schools,
and nearly five hundred mahses, or parson.
aye houses. For these purposes the people
who ars By no means wealthy, have con.
wbued nearly fifteen millions Of dollars.
Rev Richard Bond N. D., an ugen, of
the American Bible Society, and member
OF the Missouri conference. died on the 7lh
inst, His death was caused by an accident.
al wound from a gun held in his own hands
AT the recen, election in 81. Louis, near
800 was collected for the Washington
National Monument.
child wns killed in Detroit lalely. by
swallowing some Of lhe ingredients used In
making friction matches.
man named Ounley. Of Baltimore, was
arrested al Richmond, Va, for forging a
check for 81 500.
A discrepancy Of one million Of dollars
is said 10 exist in DR.. Nou's accounts with
The Union College of New York.
AT recent fire u, Cairo H., family
consisting of man and wife, and one child
: were burnt 10 death in their house.
! J, CIcves Sbon is the farmer, of Ohio.
, who lately subscribed 81 600 10 tho Clay
monumental fund.
Tarbox, the imprisoned New York Lcgis-
, IaIor, Tor bribery, has been liberated in con.
y sequence ol member Of his family being
sick, and not expected 10 live.
The stockholders of The Bank of Mis-.
G souri, al recent election decided, bv lat
Z majority, no, 10 consent 10 the State selling
stock in said institution.
e The London correspondent of the Tri.
u bune writes that Mazzni had reached ,hero
in safety some days before the sailing of The
G Aicic.
The persons confined in the Jail al Zlnes.
vile. Ohio, succeeded on The 9Th insl., IN
making good their escape, by forcing ths
: bars OF The windows Of their cells.
Brownlow, of tho Knoxville ;Tcnn.)
$ Whg, says he will take East Tennessee
!, bank notes in payment of debts due him,
and also tor new subscribers 10 his paper.
:. The recent fire reported by telegraph, Us
occurring al Charleston, S. c., destroyed
properly 10 Tho amount of Two hundred
i thousand dollars. Twenty houses were de-.
i srUyed.
A euer from London BY The Arctic men.
lions tho suspension Of Lemuel Goddard
" an extensive iron merchant, engaged in tho
/. American trade
/. The steamer Tennessee, which was lost
between Acapulco and San Francisco, was
IA valued al $500 600, Of which 100000 was
a insured in England ...
J. In consequence of Major Stephens ap.
poinlment 10 the Govern )rship Of Washing.
Il, ton Territory, The Coast Survey has been
placed under The superinlende Of Capt.
=, Denam.
The Switzerland block of marble con.
yg lribuIed 10 The National Monument was 10.
~ ceived with great pomp and display at
a. Washington, on The 5lh inst.
The grading and masonry on the Lex.
rs inglon aud Big Sandy Railroad will be put
in under contract in August. The location
will commence in May.
ie The death of Clement l.. Edison, an a.
IL sociaIe Of Lewis Gaylord Clark in the con.
duct Of The Knickcrbocker Magazine, is an.
be nounced.
lis The anIi'rent suit against w. p Van
Rensselaer, and others is now in progress
Nv al Albany, N. Y, before tho Cour VI
&C. Appeals Of Ihn SIale.
Is' The police lorce of Cincinnati will con,
sisl OF one Chief of The Police, six Lieu.
yn tenants and ninety y.six Walchmen, all oI
h. whom are 10 be appointed by the Mayor
The Chief is Mr.. jacob Keifer.
ok - NED cn ..t
gn b. MailheS of Pittsburgh, has recovered
IN. damages 10 the amount Of SIS. 500, agains
% The Pennsylvania railroad for injuries re
ceived on The same, caused by carelessnes
and negligence Of tho managers of III,
d. road.
al.
be A New STRIKE.-The ar.keepers of New
III York have struck, and unanimously decid
ed 10 charge a shilling instead of sixpenc
for drinks.