Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-07-03

il the ,nsme Of Briggs. ne has finally
lutDed upon Them and has sued the Times
for libel. We hope he will have good
lime oil Il.
The Rutland, Herald says that there are
seven hundred men constantly employed In
quarrying marble in Ralland county, Yer.
monli and there will be raised during the
present year noiless than l,l0O, 600 feei Of
marble.
Major Andrew jackson Donaldson, the
adopted son Of Old Hickory, is ou. with a
letter against Andrew Johnson. the Locofo-
CO candidate for Governor ia Tsnnessee.-
We do no, understand wha, secret grief
moves him in this acl Perhaps he thinks
81. is lime We should become more Ameri.
canized." Who knowsl
CHANss.-Thos 8. Slaughter has disposed
Of his interest IN the Lancaster Gazel,e. 10
Geo MacElroy. The Gazette under Mr..
Slaughter has been the organ Of the Ameri-
can party. and has done good service ia Iha,
cause. Il will pursue The same line ol poll.
cy under the new administration.
The Commissioners Of Washington coun.
ty have established new ,ownship. made
up OF Warren and Belpre lis called Dun.
ham," |, is on the Ohio River abou. TWO
miles below Marietta.
The K Ms. have ca rr,ed the ciiy Of New
London, Connecticut, by 35 majority. This
is considerably less than their msjoiity last
spring.
Judge Petit, late u. s. Senator. is now
Circui, Judge in one Of the Courts in Nor
,Eern lndiona. and has been Distinguishing
himself by making !, a rulein his court. thai
during The trial Of any murder case. no news
paper in The county should publish any ru
ling or pretended ruling, or any eviden &C
therein, or ary article thereon. Some ofihe
editors in The county where he promulgated
this decree, paid no attention loiI, whereup
on they were arraigned. fined. one hundred
dollars, and threatened with Imprisonment
if they repeated the offence,
DEs MONIES IMPRovEMENr.-T com
pany having charge of,his work are making
active preparations 10 prosecute il. The d.
roc,ers lately held meeting al Detroit
Governor Seymour Of New York, presiding
Conlracls for eighty miles OF The work wer'
awarded. There were ifiy.fse proposal
from responsible bidders from nearly all III,
northern and Western States. The con
tracts are taken eighty per cent. lower thai
The estimate Of the engineers of,he company
The completion Of these dams and lock
will give an immense wafer power, and b
al great service 10 that rich valley.
The Missouri Demncra, compliments ,h'
President after The following fashion:
"Gsn. jackson said ,ha, he would ham
| Mr.. Calhoun II nm overt act OF ,rason wa
cnmmurd by the Sou,h Carolina nulifiers
The Missouri nulIiliers, under the lend q
/ Mr.. Alchinson, have committed an ac, D
treason by ,ramplng upon the laws Of III
Un,ed States. and by actually "waging war
against the Uni,ed States authorities in Kan
zas, by invading and subjugaliDg that lei
,i,ory. Gen. Pierce instead OF doing wha
Gen. Jacks IN would have dnne under ih'
circumstances. has only tainted
\ There has been an abundance Of rain |
Louisiana and generally over ,be Suutn. an
crops are wonderfully revived unJ lis in
auence, co.ion and graing give proinise Of al
abundan, crop.
| MoRE DEPARTURES OF Coal -Upwar
Of one hundred and seven.y.,wo pairs {
boats and barges, laden with coal. have le
Pittsburgh since the lale rise. These crai
at low estimate, will hold an average {
ten thousand bushels each, making u TOT,
Of ,hree million four hun1red and for
thousand bushels. By The previous freshe
four million eigh, hundred aud six,y-.w
housaud six hundred md foviy.lhrce bus
els mad departed, which swells the emit
amounl to eight million three bundled al
Two thousand six hundred and lory',hrt
bushels lhus far this year.
Crops IN ILLINOIS s.-The editor OF II
Chicago Tribune has conversed with age
Q ,lpman who has just travelled seven hundr'
. miles in thai State. he reports The crop
4 as magnificent. The wheu, fields wi,ho
exception, are unequuled. Illinois,
thinks. will grow 25 per cent more whe
Than ever before. Corn is luxurianl, and
,ne Middle and Southern portions al,no
: in iassel. The fruit crop is iremend GU
;. being The grea,est abundance Of apple
! peaches, cherries, &c, wherever there WI
!, y tree planned. This i, good repon. al
i, confirms wha, we have from 9th
sources, and from almos. every portion
tlhe country.
The TELEGRAPH.-Repairs have been g
ing on for sOme time pas. on the old N.
& o. Telegraph Lire, which is now in exec
lent working order Gom Marie.la 10 Whet
: ing. Repairs soulh Of This place have al
!; been made as far as Gallipulis, and in f
days The line will be working from Por'
. mouth to Athens. The gap be.ween In
place and Marie,Ia could be repaired
4 Two weeks, If sufficient funds we're ras'
e and placed in The hands Of those having d
+. work in chnrge, when we would again be
II Itelegraphic communicated with The resi-
\ the world This. is mauer Of consider
!. BILE in,eres. 10, our citizens, and they q
]. looked 10 for ai3 in assisting this work.
n Athens Messenger. Y
One hundred and twen,y.seven boys ha
q been enlisted into The Navy under the rt
!. lua,ions recently established by The Secl