Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-11-10

| The present apportionment was design
ed TO utterly swamp the opposition to the
Democracy, by which party it was arran-
ged Nothing but an overwhelming Re-
publican majority can overcome it--and
of its unfair aud iniquitous character no
stronger proof is necessary than the fact
that, with Republican majority Of more
than COCO over the Democracy in the Safe,
they have a majority Of I3 in one branch
Of the Legislature, and in the other
Del. Gas.
The GREAT FREsHEr.--The Telegraph
informs us that several districts of New
York and New England have been mum
dated by immense freshets. From Keel
ersville, N. Y, there is dispatch that
the Ansalii river had risen very rapidly,
carrying away bridges, houses, ETC., and
doing great damage. One store was car.
ried away, worth $4,000; and one firm
had $4,000 bushels Of oats swept away by
the deluge
At A Albany, on the 9sth, the water had
risen to within two and half feet of the
last February freshet The business por-
ton of the city was submerged three or
four feet A large number of vessels ly-
for cargoes, could not be approached
The whole district was under water. All
business about the river or canal was sus-
pended, and merchants could approach
their stores only by boats, and then were
obliged to enter the second stories.
The dispatch continues
AT Syracuse the freshet was unprece-
dented. The southern portions of the city
| faA ovA fa,, ho1 10
from their dwellings in the best manner
they could--some walking through water
three feet deep.
AT Utica the Mohawk overflowed its
4 banks and covered the whole country for
several miles. All along the Mohawk
fats, down to the junction of the Hudson,
the whole valley presents field of water,
scarcely ever seen before.
From Boston we have accounts of great
damage done by freshets farther to the
northeast The Kennebec and Merrimac
rivers had risen so much that bridges, etc.,
were swept away.
From ogdensburgh, dispatch dated
Oct. 29th, says:
The recent heavy rains have caused inn
mense damage on the line of the Ogdens-
burgh railroad.
The track has been swept away in sew
eral places, and no trains have passed over
the road since Monday. 1t was thought
they would go throug to-day.
Dams have been broken; mills, dwell
.lings and bridges carried away. The loss
to Champlain village alone will exceed
$4,000.
WALKER AND STANTON TO DE DEoAPIrA-
rED.-A Washington telegram of the Sd
inst. says:
"The Government has received no Off
cial information from Governor Walker,
; relative to his purging the polls of Oxford
District, and until this be received, there
can be no definite action by the Admins
! tration. 1t is certain that the violation oi
: his instructions will not be permitted to
20 unattended, and that the Executive dis
appreciation will be expressed, there is rea.
son to believe, in a manner which may al
least lead to the resignation Of Walker and
> Stanton"
Dealer asserts that Walker, by throwing
out the fraudulent returns of Oxford pre-
cinct, has ''immolated'' himself.
1t follows, then, that the road to self
i sacrifice, for Democrat, is to do right
i Herald.
! REspoNsIB1L1TY OF PosTMAsrERs.-At-
torney General Black has decided that, if
stamps are stolen or lost from the post
office, the postmaster is responsible to the
\ Government for them. Zone who has the
: custody of public money or property, and
is paid Tor taking care of it, cannot get rid
: of the responsibility by showing a theft o,
an accidental loss He IS an insurer of It's
, safety against all perils of this kind"
REPORT OF THE U. S. GRAND JURY.-
/ After being in session eight days, the U
s. Grand Jury rose yesterday afternoon,
and reported to the u. S. District Court,
when, having no further business. they
were discharged. They found indictments
against the following persons, to-wit: John
, K. Layton and VIM. II. Compton--Sherid
: and Deputy Sheriff of Clark County--lol
pbstructiug U s Marshals at SoN.h Charles
ton, Green Co.; Chas. Taylor, of Meehan-
icsburg, Champaign county, for harboring
!; and concealing fugitive Slave Tchabod
+; Corwin, Joseph c. Brand, and John Clark,
7; jr., (Sheriff, of Urbana; VIM. III. Comp
!; ton and John S. Haukes, of Springfeld
$ and Elijah Coffin, for obstructing U. S. of
i fcers at Lumberton, Clinton county.
AMERICANS FOR NICARAGUA AND INDIA
S The Washington correspondent of the
: N, Y. Journal of Commerce writes as fol
o lows:
There are men enough in this country
: ready to enlist in the United States Army
s or in Walkers Army, or in the British
i Army for service in the East Indies. More
men are offering for these services thar
can be received or provided for. Uncle
: Sans requirements are soon fll,d.
presume he has recruited all the men now
wanted
The trouble with Walker is not want
a of men, but of money to move them
IrTho RritioI Msoiofar (INVaor1l, how