M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-10
GIeaningS from the Mails.

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"A tain Of fifty wagons left Cor
pus Christi, Texas, few days since,
for KaDsas.
"A lump Of pure gold, worth ST..
ESQ, has recently been taken from the
Slate Hill Mines, in Louisa county,
Virginia.
The census takers oil N. York
make the population of that city some.
thing like 750, 1000.
The ladies' OF Virginia are try
ing very hard to raise 100000, tC
purchase the Mt. Vernon estate.
The number of emigrants which
arrived at Quebec from the opening oI
navigation to the 18th ult., was 5,032
Tile New Hampshire House o.
Representatives have postponed the
Ten Hour Law till next session, by
l26 to lOl.
Between thirty and fifty thous.
and barrels Of mackerel have been
caught between Halifax and Chester
The prospect Of the fishing season was
never finer.
The French shipment Of woun,
ded and sick from the Crimea, amounts
to 43, 1000 men. The dead must be
reckoned at 100000 more.
One of the officers OF the allied
army at Kertch, observing an unusual
number of new graves, caused them to
be opened, when they were found to
contain canon.
"A dispatch from Constantinople
OF date of June 2lst, mentions the al
rival OF 1000 wounded, and adds thai
the cholera had re.appeared.
The steamer Magnolia, with
a cargo of 1000 bales Of cotton, was
destroyed by fire little below Baton
Rouge, July 10Th, and eight lives were
lost.
Captain Smith, of the barque
"Julia Moulton," charged with being
engaged inthe slave trade, was sentenced
at New York, July 10th, to two year:
imprisonment, and a fine of $4,000.
The sales of the lands owned by
the Illinois Central Railroad Co., al
the Office in Chicago, during ten days
OF July, amounted to the sum OF Sl47,'
900.
1t is thought that the engine
which exploded on the Vermont Cen
trail road, throwing the cars off the
track, and causing the death Of three
employees, was struck by lightning
The train was going at full speed on
high embankment through swamp.
"A California cotemporary speak
ing of a new paper just started, says
"lt only lacks ability and character t.
be influential"
The cholera has been raginl
pretty badly among the laborers on tn
Pittsburg & Steubenville Railroad
near the Marine Railroad. A numbe
OF them have died, including also sew
eral females.
Since the Reciprocity Treat!
t went into operation, dozen new vii
lagos have sprung up on the shores o
, Lake Huron, in the Huron District
to ship produce. Building is going OIL
rapidly, and wharves and piers are be
, ing constructed. Speculation in villag
, lots runs high.
The editor of the Kalamazoo
Telegraph says that he saw on on
, train OF cars, four editorial dead heads
! who were travelling because it wa
. cheaper than staying at home wit
them nine Methodist minister the own
er OF Highlander, the race horse, an
: an unprotected iemale," with fou
bandboxes and four cats.
"A hearing was lad before a mas
istrate in Philadelphia few days sine
in the case of the five colored men VIII
: are charged with assisting in abductin
e the slaves of Col. Wheeler. Two c
them were committed in default of Sc
900 bonds to answer The charges Of in
citing 20 riot, assault and battery wit
intent to kill, and highway robbery
u and the other three were likewise CON
: mitted in default of $4,000 each to al
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