Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-02-07
An earthquake a. Humboll Bay. up he

An earthquake a, Humbolt Bay. up The
cnasl some distance from San francisco.
occurred some eeks since, which was s0
from their beds upon The floor; ,hs houses
rolled and undula,ed like ships upon the wa.
ter Messrs. Ryan & Duff's wharf sunk
abou. four feet, and saw mill belonging 10
he same gen,IemeR was thrown so much
OUT Of line as 10 damage The machinery,
causing an entire suspension Of their work.
The commoiion on, The water was equally
perceplible. The Sacramento, as she lay at
anchor, rolled and pitched for n lew mo-
mems as If she had been struck by squull.
The old Spanish natives OF California.
who so long have regarded mat country as
the local home of.earIhquakes. often shrug
their shoulders when they look a. the piles
Of brick and mortar in San Francisco. which
The new race have LATELY built. They are
confident Of big earthquake tumble. Gin.
Enquirer. #H
FIRST Son BURN IN TnE WASHINGTON
MANsIoN.-A, MI. Vernon on Saturday
night, Mrs, Washington, The accomplished
lady Of John A. Washington, presented he,
husband with large and beautiful SON.
This is The first male child ever born in The
Washington mansion. This mansion was
built, except The wings, in The J eur l746, by
Laurance Washington, who left il 70 tho
General. Il is consequently l08 years old.
MURpERERs OF SLAVE SENTENcED TO BIZ
IiUNG.-Our readers will recolIccI The pur.
,iculars Of horrible case in South Carolina.
in which Two white men. named Thomas
Mouey and William Blackledge hunted
down runaway slave with blood.hounds.
and Then put him TO death by the most pro-,
Iongrd and cruel lorlures. These 6ends
were brought before the Couu Of Appeals,
at Charleston, on Monday last, and alter the
motion for new trials were dismissed, were.
sentenced to be hung by Judge O'Neal, on
The Sd day Of March next Washington
Star. 81
Boy MURDERED BY BoY.-AI Franklin.
Pa, on Thursday, 9Th ul,., a boy named
Hope, aged seventeen years, wen. 10 tho
Methodist church, where there was a revi.
val meeting. and sent message in 10 ask
boy named James Hill, who was abou, the
same aye as himself, and with whom he had
some bo, ish difficulty, 10 come out and 6gh,
him. Hill, Immediately upon receiving Tho.
message, went out Of the church. They
passed into an alley near by, when Hope
drew a knife and stabbed Hill four tines
Hill started and ran abou, twenty rods and
dropped dead.
The British government have advised Mr.
Elliot, The acting British Consul in this ciiy,
lha, they have awarded gold medal, which
is is now being prepared for presentation TO
Captain Young, oi The American Schooner
'Waldroh Holiness oil Provincclown, in tes-
Iimony OF their sense oil The courage whch
he dis rlayed in rescuing and dsaving .he mas.
Ter and crew Of the Brush bareue Cairo
from The wreck OF their vessel. Bos. Atlds.
The ERIE DlFFIcuLTy.-The Washing
TON correspondent VI the Tribune says:
i am credlbly informed .ha, Gov, Biglcr
has assured the Presiden, thai The U s.
Marshal shall be projected by the auihori-
lies OF Pennsylvania in The discharge Of his
1ulies NJ Erie. On This assurance the Exec.
ulise has decided not TO order troops 70 that
place, which otherwise he would have done.
There are now confined IN the three STATE
Prisons Of New Yo,k, Auburn, Sing Sing and
Clinton, M, less than 1851 prisoneTs--noI
including the whole population OF ErieSwbO
are kepr out only by The State hne. 4F'1'
BURNED TO DRATH.-An old lady, wife Of
Christian Drum, near Bethel, Clermon, coup.
", afflicted with The rheumatism, was burn.
| cd 10 death ON the 18th, BY her closhes "a
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