Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-06-23

Mr.. r. T. Vanhorn, editor of the Kan
sas City Enterprise, and former editor of
this paper, has been appointed Postmaster
of Kansas City, Mo.
New CoUNTERFEIT.-A new counterfeit
five dollar note on the Exchange Bank of
Pittsburgh, has made its appearance in
Philadelphia. 1t is well executed, and
will deceive many unless they are on the
lookout for it, The vignette represents
two females floating in the air. 1t pur-
ports to have been engraved by w. l..
Whitley.
Mrs. MARY PATTEN-Mrs. Patten, the
woman who so heroically navigated ship
into California after her husband lost his
mind, is now dangerously i'll at her home
in Boston, with typhoid fever, consequent
upon the exposure and latigues incident
to the voyage, and her untiring devotion
to her husband. Capt. Patten has lost
both his sight and hearing, as well as the
power of locomotion.
Gov. WALKER of Kansas and suite, says
the Missouri Democrat, made their appear
ance at Topeka, during the session, at that
place, of the Free State Mass Convention,
and being called upon to address the citi-
zens, made satisfactory speech" AT
terward he addressed the citizens of Le-
compton and Big Springs, and denounced
the Topeka Legislature as "most afro
cious usurpation." b., ,.;.:...
MORE GALPn1NrsM.-The Washington
correspondent of the New York Tribune
writes that "Commodore Moore of the
Texas navy has drawn $4,000 for COM
mutation Of back pay. The navy was a
phantom, and the payment is galphin,
though according to law" .'
The Missouri Democrat learns that on
Thursday of last week che Topeka Free
State Senate went into election for U. S.
Senator, and w. A Phillips, the cores
respondent of the N. Y. Tribune, was
chosen in the place of Lane. This is an
operation that we do not understand.
The slaveholding portion of the New
School Presbyterian Church--that is the
portion which holds to Slavery as intrins-.
ically right--has seeded from the General
Assembly. We believe the Presbyterian
Church of Missouri, with some portions
in other Slave States, do not follow this
lead of the Rev. DIR. Ross, but will retain
their connection with the thus purified
body. i., ga
A woman in New Hampshire, who had
been abused by her husband, stitched the
bed clothes around him at night while he
was asleep and thrashed him within an
inch of his life. He seems to have had the
advantage of her at first, but in the end
she "sewed him up"
The Davenport Daily Gazette, of June
18th, says that on the Thursday evening
previous, by the striking of boat laden
with rocks against the pier of the railroad
bridge at Rock Island, two men were
drowned.
A dispatch from Memphis, dated June
10th, says that HATToE and HARRIS,
candidates for the Governorship, while
addressing public meeting at Fay yetteville,
had high words, which ended in fist
fight. They had to be parted.
Ten THOUSAND DOLLARS are asked for
city lots in some of the Kansas towns not
y0UiOui JSdi5 Oiu. r.F .-.tI.-.
SUGAR IN LoU1srAKA-A gentleman
writing from New Orleans to friend in
this city, states that the coming crop of
sugar has been sold by some of the plant
ers at II cents. Anagent Of an extensive
Baltimore House expressed his willingness
to contract for hundred thousand hogs
heads at the same rate.
The Crawford County Forum gives
notice to candidates that it will announce
the names of such as are subscribers
for one dollar; from those who are not
subscribers, it will demand five dollars.
This is right, A candidate for Office who
will not subscribe for his county paper
deserves to be charged FIVE dollars for the
announcement Of his name, and then be
beaten in the convention afterwards.