Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-11-07
GREAT FIRES NrHE MrcHreAN SwAMps

VI suffering Ill mlCnlSall, i'll consequence
of the dense smoke from the marsh and bog
fires. In the vicinity of Battle Greek, it
is said that consumptive persons have died
in spasms, cattle have sutiocated, and poul-
try dropped dead. Thousands of acres
have been burnt over, and immense dam
age has been caused to property. An ed
itor out West says he has been favored with
the perusal of letter, from which We
make the following extract
1t commenced smoking last Monday, and
on Thursday the wind went down, and
there was not breath of air stirring The
smoke all settled to the ground, and became
almost suHocating. Thursday, after four
O'Clock, you could not even see the path
under your feet About o'clock STAR
ted to 20 to the saw mill, about quarter
of mile distant, and coming back l got
lost twice, and over a road I know as we'll
as you do to go to G--'s. I passed the
boarding house within ten feet Of it; and
went to the end Of the road, about ten rods, |
and knew not where I was until heard the
boys laugh in the house. One of our men
started from his house to get a pail of wa
ter at our well, (the only one near) dis
tancc of about sixty rods and on straight
road, (there are no fences in this counhy)
he made perfect circle, and got home
without the water. The stage on the plank
road, coming in with man to each leader,
and another ahead with a lantern, ran off
the plank, and tipped over twice at that.
About ten o'clock man was heard hal
looing; one of our men went out and an
swered him, and there came up two men
and two women, and wanted to know where
they were. They had been to aneighbor's
to spend the evening, but couldn't find
their way back. One riding horseback,
the horsc stopped; the man got off and
found he had run against q log; felt around
for the road, found it, but couiv2't find his
horse again until Saturday, when tho
smoke began to clear away, and found him
Just where he left him. To-day is the first
that we could see any distance. The woods
are on fire all around, and | hear that the
big marsh. about 900 acres, is all burned
up. One man lost hundred tons of hay.
: We have lived through it, but itdid seem
as if we couldn't breathe sometimes
FIRE IN THE WooDs.-The fire in the
Y woods is still increasing; it has advanced
f within mile or so of the city, and its gi-
= ant dimensions extend throug ghout this and
Y the adjoining counties; much loss has beer
: sustained-much damage is now being
@ done; every farm house is sentineled fort
f every village garrison, and the peopl
: are all soldiers, fighting Or in readiness t.
If fight the destroying element The peopl
n of Canaan were all out last night endeav
e oring to preserve their own and their neigh
d bors' property. The people of Dupon
Y, have been for a week engaged in like en-
l. deavors. A large body of tremen left til
n city yesterday afternoon for the relief {
Is the neighboring farmers. We learn tina
Is Mr.. A. Armel has experienced heavy loss
II es, as also other gentlemen living near til
)f city. Heavy rains alone can stop the Pre-
20 gress of the Installation Co2rier, 3UH
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e te TExAs.--According to recent Letter
70 K, from GalN eston, the population Of the Sta
le of Texas has increased nearly four hur
~ dred per cent. in ten years-a circun
y, 'e stance Unprecedented in the South, II
vi increase in the population Of other Sou'E
" .. ern States, according to the last returns
,e % the census in similar period, were in Flo
" " ida, twenty-six per cent; South CaroliA
! % five per cent; Georgia twenty-five Per cen
Il Maryland, eleven Per cent; Alabam
y eight per cent; North Carolina, two p
g e. cent; Tennessee, six per cent; Kcntuck
III thirty-cight per cent; Louisiana, thirty T
-. cent; Virginia, twenty per cent.
NJ BORIS, BETTER AND Ba5T.-Dotte,
A. Virginia, constantly improves. He has ,
ceiyed challenge from Pryor, of the Ric
mond Enquirer, and declined it for nj
reasons. The third is excellent
"In the third place: Your life cou
All not be the value of pins point to me, a
re- l am sure should derive no comfort fire
making your wife widow or your cl,
ms dren fatherless. so have no desire to Ia
it; whilst my own life is not only of val
ar to me, but indispensable to the support a
happiness of my family, and l hope
to make it useful to my country--.hereior
am not disposed to place it at your disl
an SAL"
49,. A CoLoRED GENIUs.--A young color
~" man, slave of John L. Hammond, Es
Of Annapolis, recently planned and br
small steamboat and few DAYS sil
49,. made trial trip, with six passengers,
W ou' tanning a speed of seven miles an hour, a
"n- working admirably. lie thinks he '
- soon be able to make important impro
any ments in steamboat engines.-Savonn
eeP Neps.
ex- ORTHoDox HORSE NG.-This is
han name given in the Boston papers to
trotting matches at the agricultural ex
,ate bition in that city. The races monopoli
diff the larger share Of public attention, as Il
did at Poweton exhibition. The Bost
oes Traveller says: i '.9A ..''
AN If horses start at the same instant, ;
un- run, trot, pace or galop, at speed and
oad competition, for half mile, mile
me. ''the best three in 6ve," and mol
whether a "purse," in jockey slang, o
,pts "premium, " in more polite phrase, isl
Icue to the owner of the fastest horse, it
ale, horse race. The morality of horse rae
ow- we do not intend to discuss. The laws
not dicate public opinion on the subject,
until that opinion is demoralized, it
ted, not be necessary for the secular pres