Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-05-27

ee'p-oj AphsAj jpsyNS SheStelj ~ ~ noit, Bed
ford.
On motion. Hon v. B, Horton was recommend
ed as one Of the delegates from this district To the
Philadelphia Convention.
On motion, It was iis
Resolved, That when this Convention adjourn
II be 70 meet again in Mass Convention on Sat-
urday, the 2Sth day of June next, to ratify the
nominations made By the Philadelphia Conven-
ton.
On motion,
Resolved, That the proceedings Of this meet
ing be published inthe Meiss County Telegraph.
After remarks from Judge Heckard and T. Al.
Plants, Esq, Convention adjourned.
J.. 9. BEsTow, Chm.
A. Thomson, Sec'y.
tAfn ~ FN 10 fl4
The West is censinly grea. country.
The following 10 an exlraci from letter Of
q correspondent a, Fulton City, Illinois. a
Town situated on the Mississippi River,
about four hundred miles aboys ST. Louis.
The city has grown up within the past eigh.
ieen months and Is a fair illustration OF the
fact shat the Americans are q "fas, people. .
Oui correspondent gives description Of
new holel, called the "Dement House. I"
where he stopped upon his arrival from
PinsburA:
"The House is one hundred and ten fee,
In length by ninety feet wide, FIVE stories
high, and bull, Of stone. On the frs. floor
are the kitchen and Laundry, containing all
the latest Improvements, two Saloons and
Banking House fitted up in magnifcen,
style, tha, rent for six hundred a year, each
On the second floor are the Ladies Recep.
ZION Room, Ladies and Gentemen's Par.
lors, Genilemen's Reading Room, Dining
Room and the General Office. all OF which
are spacious und elegant, and are beautifully
corniced and enriched with siucco work
In the Genilemen's Parlor. resting on an ell.
egant marble manlel, Is a clock Of The finesl
workmanship in o beautiful mari case, on
each side Of which is an elaboratey wrought
siatue, one an Indian, the other an African;
holding in Ills hand the broken chain oi
sfvsefy. On the top sits Lamartine with
|pEniii band, surrounded with books The
ls6sas, chairs, tables, psrpe,s, &C., are f,he
~ hess qgpii' 'be Isliee' Psflorsis
|siIll rs5rp tlsgshtIy furnished; the carpet is
OIL kihe fines, velvet, with fine rosewood sofas
Ind chairs covered with he flchest satin
brocotel, large and beautiful mirrors exten.
ding from ihs Lofty ceiling 10 the floor. In
fact, il would be difiieult 70 conceive OF any
thing more Buperbly beautiful .han the ar.
sangenenls and appearance Of this room.
Tho Dining Room is hundred feet long
and finished In a manner 10 correspond with
the rest Of the building, The third, fourth
and fifth stories are mostly comprised Of
private parlors and bed rooms. On the
third floor Is magnificent Public Hall,
ninety feet long BY fory.fve wide. On the
top Of the building is an Observatory, which
affords delightful view Of the surrounding
country; ., TO be lighted with eight gas
burners, which with is great elevation will
render Il beacon for many miles around.
ATTACHED 10 the house are gas works Of
sufficient capacity 10 supply city Of Ave
thousand inhabitants. The halls. public
rooms and private parlors are supplied with
the most beautiful and expensive chande-
| ljers thar could be found In Nav York CITY.
The building COS, 100000, with an ad.
dliional expenditure Of $4,000 for furni.
,ure, all Of which was purchased at New
York. The cost Of queensware and china
alone was over $4,000, portion Of which
was ordelsd for the House directly from
France. The Hotel was built and is owned
by Mr.. Charles Dement,, formerly Of Dixon
in this Stale, and is second TO none west oI
New York. not excepting the Girird House oI
Philadelphia nor the Burnel House Of Gin.
cinnati. This may seem incredible; Il Is,
neyeuheIesst lfany Piiisburghers wish
10 spend q few months this season in the
West they need NOT stop for fear Of not find.
ling comfortable quarters. ssa
| Fullon City contains abou, three thousand
Inhabitants, most Of whom haye settled here
within the last three months. Real estate
has increased one hundred per cent within
1.-The lasi year. The Chicago. Dixon and
Iowa Air Line Railroad terminates here
1.-THE shortest route that ever caA be made be-
tween the Lakes and the Mississippi River
and must Of necessity become one Of ihs
lmostimpofiani Roads In the country; Il wai
completed about ,hree monlhs ago and Il
what isnnme indicates, On dir Line Road
forming portion OF the only direct rouI,
J, from the eastern and fI)r.heEn Sla,es 4
Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. There is als'
.Ialine cf duly packets running from 81
Paul, fof the accommodation Of the multi
ltudes ofthe Wisconsin, northern Iowa ant
: Minnesota emIgrau,s, most OF whom hay,
5 hitherto patronized the Chicago and Roc
Island Roads.n sk3 sgsl
EMfGRkTIoN. We have endeavored I
keep posted on the relative portion Of EN-
grblion disembatking a, Kansas City, whIc
Iis at lensl iWo.,hirds Of the entire numbs
I ,hAi come by wOIer, bu, find the task easie
10 attempt than 10 execute, al least 50 fe
I They have bul IN few instances come !
= companies, and there are no lists from Rhic
p 70 ga,her statistics. One boat will bring
7 let Of from fifty 20 one hundred New EnI
t-landsrs. then up goes Free Stale Stock, Al
lEhalp's Rides and Beecher sermons d
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