The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-01-27
THE PERRYsBURG JOURNAL.

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The Cunarrl steamer Asia, on her last de-
parture for Europe, did not take any specie
The Pittsburg Journal states that 1850 tons
of iron and nails were shipped from that port
for St. Louis alone OH four boats, last week
A pumpkin weighing 100 pounds was to
be made into 200 pies for Christmas day at
a San Francisco hotel.
Maj Emory, of the Mexican boundary
commission met the Mexican commissioner
at Ell Paso, on the 81 of Dec, and made all
the preliminary arrangements for the survey.
The initial point was agreed upon, and a
monument to mark the spot was erected. 1t
is hoped that the work will be completed
without delay.
president of Marietta college, Pres't Smith
having resigned for prolessorship in Lane
Seminary.
The Know Nothings of New Hampshire
have nominated the following ticket: Rev.
John Moore, Universaist minister of Con-
cord for governor; Frank II. Lyforn, for
railroad commissioner Elder Pike, Of New
Market, a Methodist minister, for congress
from the first district; Mason w. Tappan,
of Bradford for the second district, and A..
II. Cragin, of Lebanon, for the third district.
The monetary panic in st. Louis is subsi-
ding. and more money is deposited than is
withdrawn from the banks. 1t is confident
ly said that the private banks, which have
suspended, will shortly resume business.
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The awful condition of the British army
in the Crimea, and the prodigious waste of
life, chiefly through the incompetency of the
officers, determination of everybody to
shift responsibility, and the now glaring de-
lects of the British war system, are vividly
shown in the following figures, which are,
beyond doubt, correct:
Of more than $4,000 men sent to the east
since February last, not more than 1900
are now fit for duty; and of these, some 60
or 50 die daily, and about 200 or $50 are ev-
cry day disabled by sickness. while Of those
that fall sick hardly any recover. And out
of the 43 900 dead or sick, not 1000 have
been disabled by the direct action of the en-
envy!
THE MISSISSIPPI DRYING UP.-The Con.
cordia, Ua.) Inteligenc'r of latest date,
says: "The oldest inha bitant heres bout de-
clares upon his honor that he has never seen
the Mississippi river so low opposite to
Natchez as il now is, since the year 1928
Thirty-one years ago the island opposite the
steam saw mill of Andrew Brown, ESQ.,,
was visible, and as large an area of it dis,
closed as there is at present. The island is a
rock formation, and has suffered no waste i'll
the last third of century"
THE STATE OF SUpE ERIoR-Mr. Sherman,
a member of the Michigan legislature, from
the Lake Superior region, has given the house
notice that he will introduce joint reso-
luton instructing their senators and repre-
sentatives in congress TO set off" the up
per peninsula of that state into territory,
to be known as the territory o: Superior.
A CHAPTER ON PRoNUNcrArIoN.-SE
ToPoL is pronounced as if written Scvasto-
pol, with the accent on next to the last syl,
liable. VARNA like Warna. ScUTARI like
ScoO-ta-rc lin Turkish Iskoo-d -dar.') The
CRIMEA, in Russian, is Krim The river
that enters the sea at Sevastopol is the Tcher-
nay, and the cape at its moun.h Cape Kher.
So-ncsc. The BLACK SEA only goes BY that
name in English-in Turkish {" Kara Den
gis "D-most other nations calling it the
Eurine Greek meaning. "hospitable ")-
CANRoBERT is Can-ro-bair, as nearly as can