Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-02-14
NEWS ITEMS.

undergoing examination before magistrate
in Weymouth, Medina CO.. on charge OF per.
jury. when one Of the Auorneys proposed
10 iuke the sense Of The by-sianders (aboul
l50 in number.) and the counsel on ihe
olhsr side making no objection, the magis.
Irnte submitted The question to vote. and
The accused was acquitted. The justice
lhereupondismissed !he case, and discharged
the prisoner. saa y s.a .
The Medina Gazette suggests that "lhis
mode is an improvement, upon plejging Jud.
ges prior 10 their election, as i, will savo the
necessity Of having such lunclionaries al
ALTO, S. Jour. 4
The Legislature Of Pennsylvania has re.
Ipeaiea tue charter OF the Franklin Canal
Company. hisin,imaied, however, that an
act will be passed authorizing the road 10 he
run as usual. Any thing less than this
would rouse storm a, the West tha, would
moi only be felt in rctaliaory legislation.
but in the entire withdrawal oI trade from
Philadelphia. The people Of the Yves.
know thet rights and will maintain them.
As a specimen Of the extraordinary rise Of
property in Cincinnati we copy The following
article from the local column OF Cincinnati
paper.
The properly where the Commercial Hos.
pital now stands was purchased by the Town
ship Trustees ol jacob Half Ugh. eighteen
years ago, for $4,000. !, comprises about
four &C. IS, and is now worth $3.50 900.
Ii is understood that the Senate Pacific r.
R. Commuee have determined to report in
favor OF The three lines-one through Texas
10 San Diego, another from the Missouri
Line near The mouth of the Arkansas, and
The third from Ire west end of Lake Superior
The mouth ol the Columbia with Q fork
.erminu litg Il, ltt,ts S,uid
GOVERNMENT BoNFIRE.-A grand Posi-
Office bonfire was made in Washington, on
Monday The 9Th Of The unclaimed or dead
leuers. They were taken 10 The spot where
The Washington Monument is in course Of
erection. aud The whole pile 952 bushels,
SET on fire.
The Cincinnati Commercial of The 23l
says. No less than nine individuals, male
and female, voluntarily sought refuge in the
Waich House, night before last, from the vi
cssiludes of The weather; Of the nine, sew
en- were addicted 10 The habils Of inloxca.
lion.'
GovERNoR's PRIVATE SECRETARY. Gov.
Medll has appointed F. NJ. Ellis, Of the
Lancaster (O) Eagle, his private Secrelury,
in place OF Geo. L. Burnum, Esq, who was
compelled to lelinqush The Office on account
Of i'll heullh.
The people OF Wheeling have just voted
on the question Of license or no license 10
sell liquor, with the following result:
For license -459
/. Against license 79O
| Majority against -33l
The result looks favorable Tor The cause
Of Temperance in The Old Commonw eaIlh
The Cincinnati Times says that The num-
Der Of botes Of sparkling ~ ines put up in
that city and vicinity, was $4,000; of sill
wines, 205000-iolal 450.000, N. Long.
worth put up about onebaIf, 226 900 bot.
lies.
BY the Canons of The Episcopal Church
in the United Suites, of 1858, no priest car
be ordained who cannot read The Old Tes.
, amen. in ,he Hebrew language, and the
! New Testament in The original Greek.
1t is reported by learned and eminen
: counsellor that some Zines appears in courIs
here, that one Of our circuit Jndges prior Il
passing sentence Of Imprisonment upon al
nleligenb bcriminal, few days since, gave
said criminal The choice Of becominga mem
il. Der Of The mex. Legislature, provided al
extra Session is calIed) or serving q term o
d years in lhe penIenIiary. He chose the lat
4. ter.-Mich Tel.
: WHAT IT REMINDS US oF.-When we hear
+, man boasling OF having succeeded in bust
= ness without ever having advertised, it re-
E minds Of the old logy who boasts Of how ia
he has walked in day 10 suve the expenst
II of riding in railroad car.
e The Wire Suspension Bridge, recently
J. erected over Ihe licking river, connecting
ANVWPo'' "'u hyt Vi' ouC uu.
/" asl week. 10 caile and Two men were pre-
u cipi,a,cd iulo the rvct, ihe men ard l3 oi lh
u canle escaping-cause deficiency in qualn,
J. OF some uI The iron rols.
CoLoNIzATIoN.-Ar Arrangement have beei
mude aud vessels chartered for carrying n
k less than 782 emigrun,s TO Liberia, from dill
ID Ierenl purls OF this country, during the yeur
!" A young man who was commiued to ia
y y in Province,own, N. j., in September las
!" " eIoped few days since, with the jaIlor'
= wife aud about $4o0 in money belonging ,
>" >" the aur,
n The Hon. N. c. Reed, late Of Cincinnati,
% is dead. He died nj San Francisco Callol
ie mia. ol, The 28,h of Dece .nber last. lie wa
q man Of brilliant allainmenis but un(Ortu
n. nasely misdrec'ed.
w The N. Y. Herald says that Martin Ko:
~ zla is in the city OF New York in state ,
u uIter desitulioh. and that an application ha
~ been made at that office in his behalf for
~ petty clerk ship worth five dollars weel
w The Herald has no vucancles, but ,hinl
a' lha, man who was The indirect cause of {
10 much fame, should mol be allowed TO suffc
lie
Mr.. McMulien, member Of Congre
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