Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-06-19

@ In all probability we shall be unable
to issue paper next week, on account'ofa
disappointment in obtaining supply ofpa-
per The fault was not ours. We sent for
the paper in time, enclosing the cash; but
somehow or other, we have failed to get any
satisfactory return. 1t may be possible the
paper may arrive in time for our next issue;
if not we shall know the reason why.
MAssAcHUsETTs-AM AMENDMENTS TO THE
CoNsrl1UrIoN.-The Legislature has sub.
miued several amendments to The Cons,i,u.
,ion Of Massachusetts 10 The people. The
vote was very light, bu. the maJo,i.ies are
decided.
The amendments establish The plurality
system in all eleciions-llie election Tor Gov.
ernor, Lieut.. Governor, Senators and Rep.
resen,a,ives, TO be held on The Tuesday after
the frs, Monday in November-,he election
of oigh. Councillors by the people instead OF
by ihe Legisla,ure-.he election of Secre.
re.ary, Treasurer, Receiver General, Audi.
Tor and A,mrney General, by the people
The election OF Sheriffs, Register Of Probate,
Commissioners OF Insolvency, Clerks Of
Cou,,s and Dis,ric, Attorneys, by the peo.
pie in such manner as ,Re Legislature shall
drec,--nnd prohibit .iie application Of the
public moneys To the support Of any other
schools than those conducted under The SUI
perin,endence Of the town or city au.hori.
lies, nor for The use Of any religious sec. for
the mainlenance, exclusively, Of It's own
schools. ''''o
As an offse, TO the Norih, and The benefits
which The Shareholders think we derive from
foreign emigration. tho Charleston Sian.
dard very grayely proposes 10 abolish .he
law Of Congress forbidding and making pi'
racy the African slave trade. Il is ,houghI
the free and liberal importation ol slaves in.
10 the Sou,h from Africa, will produce the
same prosperous effect upon The Sou.b that
The free emigration from Europe has upon
The Nunb. or course, this would be q sad
mistake, but il is now proposed as remedy
for the superior advancement Of the free over
The Slave States. in all Ihs elements Of phys
ical and moral wealth. When will ouI
Southern bre,herD learn iha, Slaveryis real.
ly the cause of all their evils. ,1t sa,
Rufus Choaie, and some Of The lawyers
Of Boston, have given ihe opinion iha. the
Temperance law Of that State is uncOnsliip-
,ional, The subject is creating some ex,
ciiemen. in sha, ci,y. d.l
A man wilh,a long Spanish looking name
has been arrested in New York, charged
with having fitted ou. Slavers from the por
Of New York last year. He was held tc
hail in $4,000. ;U8if tr ,H5U 3Htaaa
| An emigrant 10 Liberia writes:--"This il
fine country. Il Is one Of Gods fayor,e
places on earth. GDrdeHs may be plaEted
al anv season. Lima beans, il planted once
remain for six or seven years, and sweet
potatoes are as fine as | ever saw, and no
of one kind only. We bnye greas many
other fine things. Plan,ain and rice make
a, kind Of bread ,ha, IA, % nice, as pound
cake, Palm oil makes most everything lc
eal. Inlhis country Ihsre is just as fni
living, as 10 any o.het. Yellow people Il
this counuy live just as long as black people
The Senate Of California was slightly die
uifbed short lime since Judge Barry hst
presented claim for some client. I, wa,
rejected. and he called Senator Film, Jack
MSS. because he did not secure It's passage
Finn ,hefsupon declared ,ha, the Judge wal
a scoundtsi. The next day as the Senator
was in his seat, ,he Judge came up behind
him md struck him a blow on The side o
his head The Sergean,.a. arms ihrreupoI
took The Judge into custody, and The Senate
after an examination OF The facts, ordered
the Judge TO be imprisoned during The re-
maiGder Of Ihe session, hit' " =" a
! LAND OFFlcRs CLosRD. The Secretary
Of the Interior has jus. prdeted ,ha land Of
fces a, Dixnn, Chicago, Quincy, Edmunds
vile and Palestine, Illinois, 10 be closed, anc
the books and other documents, 10 be ramvv
ed 10 Springfield, the sea, OF Goyerpmen
Of that. Slale, where the lands formerly fpI
sale a, those Offices will hereafter be ,sub
jscs 10 en.ry.v An existing law makes !, OBJ
ligaiory 10 close all land Offices whereai ,h'
quantity ofland Cor sale tails below l00, ,0OC
acras. and 10 transfer lhe remaining bust
ness Of sd.h offices 10 Others IN lheir vlcin
iW.c- Wash Siar.ssao, a eui,o,. 4, "a, !
! Sixty coun.ies 10 Illinois have been heart
from and give so lmsjpyity In favor ofaih,
liquor Law. There are jusr zoo counties ~
the Ssass, and the fouy 'ye, 70 hear lsom vii
no doub. givea large msjosiV against Ih'
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