Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-01-31

of gold. rich mineral wealth. and broad
acres, that are dpsirdbe 10 the eve there
Where ate such MOI 10 be foundl And h.
says tina, his Constituents, Intelligent, aud
worthy, and peaceable as they are, or as he
would make us,believe they are, cannot re-
strain their own greedy, grasping appeliles TO
appropriate lha,which belongs to their neigh,
bors, unless you surround Them with wall.
' - Sir, the Senator has said neither
more nor less than lha, these men, his con-
s,iuents, whom he calls such, il their neigh.
bors' houses lay open, and treasures Of gold
and valuable commodities were in them, and
there was no, watchdog or sennel a, .ht
door, would forge, all morals, all law. al
rghl, and wan,only possess themselves o.
their neighbors' goods"
MIR. P. regretted this state OF things. lie
thought there should be a greater nava
force and more for,ifcadons on Ihe Pacific
but not for The purpose Of preventing lh'
cilizens from stealing and rubbing. Gu
guns should be there 10 guard and pro,ec
Out oWu tCtIhVIy..
Alter some sharp.shouiing between Mr.
Gwin and Mr.. Petit, Mr.. Badger rose lt
support The former. He agreed in seniimen
with Mr.. g., bul thought the Presiden, wa'
not censurable. 1, was the fault Of Gun
gress, that no such force was there. Mr.
Shields followed. defending The President
Messrs. Mason, Dawson, and others, joined
and so completely fioored poor Mr.. Gwin
that he was glad TO get off on any terms
So he consented that his resolution shoul
be passed over; and if there was any thin
Objectionable in lis phraseology, he was will
ling 10 correct it,
While on this subject, we may as wei
state what has become of President Wake
aud his parry
The steamship Soulherner brings The in
lelligence that OF twenty Of these filibus
,ers, on the Sd of December. attacked ,h
ranch Of La Grula, Inhabited by some ha
dozen families, and carried off beef and pre-
visions. When The iidings reached San Tt
mas, two miles distant, all The inhabitan
wen. in pursui. Of The party, whom the
overlook, and engaged in sligh. skirmisi
which resulted in the loss Of four American
two killed, and two otaken prisoners. TIL
balance relreaIed in good order TO their heu
quarters al Encinada, where they inlrenchc
themselves. Here The fighting continue,
until len or twelve more Americans wei
killed. The Mexicans surrounded The hous
and prevented all ingress or .egress, and e
rsc'ually Gu. off re,rea, 10 the vessel, by d.
slroying all their boats. Ii is supposed The
have all been pu, TO death ere this.
The Mexican force is commanded by N
grela. the military chief Of San Toma
who, singuarIy enough was liberated to lal
command OF The suddenly raised forces.
appears thol no,ed rOb5er and on,la,
named Mtlendres, who was banished TO II
mountains by 4 decree of the military con
mandanl, collected a sufficient band of XII
dred spirits, made descent upon The tow
, and imprisoned his old enemy, and all II
| other authorities bi.side. T'his emurp.i,
, was hurdly consummaed. when an EXPIRE,
! brought intelligence Of The auack 'on
> Grulla by the Americans. The imprison,
authorities were Immediately liberated. at
all joined in pursuit of he common enem