Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-05-01

The Governor OF New York has signed
the ?rohibi'ory liquor bill, and il is nov the
law Of .ha, STATE. a...s ...s.
Every Intelligent person will regret TO
hear that Washington Irving me. with 9
Dangerous accident on the 18th. He was
Ilolhg on horseback on the river road near
Sunnyside, when his horse became fright.
ened and rar away, throwing Mr.. Irving,
who, was taken up insensibls, in which con-
dinon he remained several hours, and AZ
the latest uccounls was NOT ou, Of danger
We hope that the genial and glorious old
fellow may have many pleasant years in
store for him.
4 The Washington S,ar states tina. The
change 10 the law requiring postage 10 bs
} paid r advance in all cases has caused a
tremendous rush upon the Posi- Office De.
parsment for postage Stamps, which is a.
! present answering the orders Of Pos,mas--
'ers at The rate Of Two hundred per diem.
TsosE CAMsLs. - The S.orsship Supply,
at the New York ship.yard, has been or.
dered 10 be ready for sea In a shor, time, for
the purpose Of proceeding 10 the east under
, the direction OF Col. WAYNE, for the pur.
pose Of bringing over Thai load Of crmels
which are TO be used on our Western psai.
{ ries against tbs lndians. Ailer The gsye,n.
men, has tried lhe experiment., and after ii
has .olay failed, and ahsr IL has cos, a,
least $lU0 900. the entire. nation will unite
In the serdic, sha. the whole thing isa poor.
!. miserable humbug.
!, THR STEAMsR WiLLlAM KNox lJKsTRoyED
! BY FlRs.--By tell graphic dispatch from
Charles CLARK. the reliable and sitieien, river
reporter Of the Louisville CouTisv, we learn
. iha, The steamer VIM. Knox was ,o,ally do.
y !. s'royed by FIRE. a. Film, Island. On ,he Ohio
River, below Louisville, early this morning.
: She was full ol passengers. Tha probabili.
~ 70 lhu' all are saved and taken of By the
Crys,al Palace. which boat came aionc soon
! after. Captain Yard and crew came up on
: the steamer Statesman, and will probably
i reach this city TO night. The Kuox left this
port on Saturday, morning, aud arrived Al
II Louisville on Saturday night. al II o'clock.
a She passed through the Canal Sunday, about
II 9 A. M. Her cargo consisted Of 225 stoves.
;, 788 pieces Of hollow ware, IS bureaus. 90.
}. stands, 100 tables. l48 dozen chuirs, 70 su.
= las. "a sacks hair, SO bundles leather. 10
s kegs sad irons, 4 casks do. 25 dozrn buckets.
q TWO steam boilers, omnibus, 800 packa.
gees.
). Her passengers were mostly cmigranls
/. bound lor Kanzas. The Knox was ow mad
;. by Caplain VIM Yard, and The Clerk, j. w.
:, Stewart She Is valued al being worth &c..
= 0O0-no Insurance, on her cargo there wsS
:, only partial Insurance. The origin Of the
fire we have no, learnol.-Cin. Gazette.
Philadelphia, April 94.-- The eleven
= o'clock lrain from Baltimore TO Philad, lphia.
:, River; part Of the bridge was brokep snd
ID the engine, baageags uuc express cars ran
into the river. The passenger cars would
have followed but The couplings aud brakes
y saved Them. The engineer was badly hur.
. WORTH MORE THAN TWELVE MILLIONS
;, AFTER ALL News cumrsb the last stramrr
. from California to The If C, ,hu, rich miurs
of gold and silver exist in the country pur.
Iy chased by the Gadsden rra,v, aud ,ha, 70
10 nnmbrr of small parties who had gone lhh.
1e er in search ol the precious meials found nu
II. mrrous gold placcrs, bu, r,tobigud i"
ID abandon them. owing g, lhe hostility OF ,hr
10 Indians and qhe difhculiy Of pfocGriuS sup
's plies. il arprars Il. .hs beyond q tsuh ,hs,
m gold hors exist III The bead ws,erst ar fss,r-
Ptdru und Gia A wtitpr in ~ ,iufuir
- paper snys ,ha, The ~hnl" country ~ A. tich
q in gold dppos,es MS Cul,pnin. lie ais,
". adds that within l,ss Thru t~eny niles
Of Ash Spring there are silver miuss now i"
in possession Of ,he Apache indians, riclpr and
more extensive Than The famous Chihuaha
mines hear Corolilas. In The western are
M lion there are also said To br The mines oI
Gu almost pure copper, and around Tueson iron
o, has been fund in abundance. Should ibis
a'' news be verified. this Strip Of trrrilory will
W moi prove sn hard bargain as has be, u gen.
re- orally believed. |, is The sincers desire nI
our people that some good may come out
Ter Of lhe barren waste. far lwelve millions
,e- Of dollars is good Stout investment.
on Coon FOR ROSETTA. Rosetta Armssead
ur' the Save plI, who formerly belonged 10 lha
'@ Rev. Mr.. Denison. started cn Journey. last
ur' week. to the lar vf green hills oi New Eng
land. Al the time she was taken awav
hal HOm tnb nOube Ol Ut. NOu'teFs DV Wt "
his s. Marshal, wealthy lady Of New England
ew who happened TO be In this city, became Ia.
the ,erestei in her welfare, and, upon her being
BY declared Tree BY The laws Of Ohio, agreed
with the consrn, Of the gi,l's iiieeds. to tnk'
her home, and have her educated at he
'ur' own expense, in one ol The best seminaTel
IN oI The land. Roseua is smart. inIeIlgeE
ne girl. and appears TO appreciate fully The bles
are sings oi freedom. BY the way, we lear
the expenses amending her arrest and in
,he prisonmen, in Cincinnati will amin, 10
,ws SUN no, much shor, ot one Thousand dollars
i all Of which will have TO be paid .he Rev
for Nj. Denison. 8
ma Col. Gentry. the American candidate 70
,on. Governor 10 Tennessee. has arranged hi
appointments with his opponent, Govsrno
Johnson, TO address the people.
" Gen. William 0. Butler has been norni
, hy mated as candia,e for Congress in ihe Ient
vbo Congressional disrict Of Ken,ucky.
ress A new idea with regnrd ,o,,he chole
40 ra was stared shou time since by q,
, W American physician. HA maintains Iha