Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-02-21
Z NEWS ITEMS.

The RECENT Heavy RAINS Professor
Ray oI Woodward High Schml, says, in
,ne Times oi Yesterday: From Monday
morning. Feb. 18Th. MI Tuesduy evening at
6 p. NJ. the who'll amount OF ruin wus near.
y three and oae.haD i inches in perpendicu.
lar depth. The greater part Of this fell in
about twenty hours, and more than one
third in abuu, "a half an hour. This took
llaceia. lroa, to48a A. NJ. .oflhs l4h. For
D sbor,im The winter seemed 10 Iail in
sheets. aud was among the heaviest rains
have ever Witnessed.
Some idea OF The great amount Of recent
rains will be had by a Comparison with he
whole amount Of rain aud melted snow in
So This was uboul 40 inches. Hence in a
period Of 28 hours the quantity Of rain was
more than one-tVeJM oil The whole quantity
in 1858.
| The rains were general, as they proba-
bly, were, such gIeal quantity OF wNter,
aling 10 such short period Of time must
caused great damage to properly.-Cin.
Eng.
SUICIDE IN PLYMOUTH. VT.--The Braltle-
bnrn' Statesman mentions the suicide OF o..
X. Farwell, a young man who shot himself
in part of Plymouth called Frog CiIY, on
Sunday. the 18Th ull. tie married last fall
II girl seventeen years of age, whom he met
NJ Woodstock few weeks previous. His
wife refused 10 live with him and went home
10 her parents Farwell called to see her.
and as sne r. jrc.ed his request 10 live with
him again. he crncuded that life without
his wife was not worth having, and
stepped Immediately out of The house into
the yard, and in sight Of his wife. ana Others
pu, pistol under his chin, and blew his
brains ouI, falling dead.
ANrI.BRDINr MEETING AT PHILADELPHIA.
"A very large ami. Bedin meeting was held
n, the Chinese Museum, Philadelphia, on
Saturday evening last, a, which an address
was adopted, 10 be presenIed TO Senators
Cass, Douglas, Mason and Everett condem-
ming their Judgment uponlh recen. ex'
pressions ol public opinion relative TO Bcdini
as an unwaran,abe assump'ion of preroga'
live, declaring thar the people are the judges
Of their public servants, not tue public SER
wants the Judges of,he people, and asserting
,hu, the burning in effigv was most appro'
priaIe expressiun oI public opinion iowaid o
lnon suspected Of conniving at the torture
aud death ofrapubicons. Strong resolutions
were also passed, including one rec ,mmend'
ing that memorial be circulated. asking the
Government 10 suspend our diplomatic re-
la,ions with Rome, in consequences Of iht
course pursued by the Papa Government.
Thu Washington correspondent, of lh,
New York Tribune. under lie dale of Feb
ruary l2,h. wrilcs that it is now general,
believed that ihp Cummitlee on Foreign Re
l,iunS will rrpnrt unanimously in favor o
Gadsden's Mrxlcan Treaty. and the Admin
isra,iun is confident of It's rat,fcadon.-
Mrssrs Mason, Doug las and Rusk are strong
| y IN favor nIit. ''
| WARLIKE PREPARATIONS III is said tho
nr0ers came nut by ihe steamer Arab,a lo
The immediate return home of nearly I'LL lh,
British men-oE war on this colSl, in lht
West Indies, andIhe Pacific. 5,, g-I IN
On Monday next resolutions approving ih'
The Nebraska Bill ofMr. Douglas. ar 10 b,
made the order Of lie day ia The Kemucky
Legislature. An animated debae is expect
3D. fssl tla ''3l slq iiI'f6' no 3
We learn by the Pacific that Cap,. Wat.
kns, Of .he laied San Francisco. and ihe
rescued suIdiers and sailors who were car
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