Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-07


last, as Mr.. A, II. Alvord, of Taylorsville,
KY, in company with his wifewas return
ing home from visit to a neighbor, when
coming to q fence Mr.. A. stopped to lift
a rock, intending to place it on the other
side for his wife to step on. In lifting the
rock, revolver in his pocket exploded.-
He uttered an exclamation of pain, walked
few steps, and fell dead, the contents of
the weapon having passed through his
heart. Do not carry concealed weapons.
They are frequently used without justifi
cation, and may injure the wearer when
least expected.
Rv The Evansville Enquirer learns
that a cowardly and atrocious murder was
committed on Tuesday night, on the per-
son of highly respectable man named
Nc Clintock, residing about four miles east
Of the town of Boonville, Warrick coun
ty, Indiana. His wife was preparing sup
per for the family, and hearing noise
outside the house, he opened the door,
when he was Immediately shot in the side
and fell dead in the doorway
REsy- From reliable sources at Washing
ton we learn that the three Departments of
the Interior, of War and of the Post Of
flee are uniting to hurry forward the con-
struction of a wagon road from the Miss
issippi to the Pacific. Such road is an
indispensable prerequisite for Pacific
Railroad. The Department Of War ap-
propriates 100000, the Interior half
million and the Post Office Department
contracts to pay SOC, 200 per 1nnum for
carrying the mails over the new route.
The jury in the case of Mr.. Lee indict-
ed for the murder of Mr.. Hume, in the
Pension Office in Washington City, re-
turned into court on the morning of the
27th inst with a verdict of acqutal. The
jury were governed by the Instructions OF
the Court, given at the instance of coun-
sci for the accused.
Mr.. Lee, it will be recOllected, openly
but enormously charged Mr.. Hume, at the
last public reception given by President
Pierce, with having picked his pocket
Next morning when Hume called upon
Lee, at the Pension Office, to convince
Lee that he had been mistaken Lee not
only refused to retract the charge but firm
ly reiterated it. For this Hume caned
Lee who shot him.
EN The National Intelligencer, men
tions an omission resulting from the hasty
legislation of the late Congress, which is
of no little Importance. 1t appears that al
though the Committee of Ways and
Means had reported an item of three hun
| dred and sixty thousond dollars for the
national armories, such item appears in
| the law, and the manufacture of arms for
| the current year must be considerably
curtailed, or the financial ingenuity of the
| War department must be exercised to find
method of borrowing from some other
! fund.
Hon. Wm. S. Brown, prominent Dem
ocratic politician from Indiana, died at his
residence near indianapolis on the 18th
inst. He served as Secretary of State,
in Indiana, as Second Assistant Postmas-
ter General under President Polk; served
several years in the Indiana Legislature;
was twice elected to Congress; was at one
time State Librarian and at the time Of
his death was the special mail agent for the
west and south, as well as one of the ed
itors of the indiana State sentinel
Hon. Joshua r. Giddings is engaged in
writing a series of letters addressed to
Judge Taney, upon his decision in the
Dred Scott case, which are published in the
| Cleveland Leader. He has also written a
letter revie wing Thos. II. Benton S Union
saving, copyrighted lecture.
The Benton branch of the st. Louis
| Democracy have nominated a city ticket
composed entirely of persons III favor OF
the e'gradual emancipation of slaves III
Missouri, and the convention nominating
this ticket passed strong resolutions favor
ing emancipation. 1t is confidently eX-
pected that this ticket will prevail. The
contest viii be warm and bitter The
candidates are John M. Weiner, for May
or; J. H. Lightner, Comptroller; j. q.
Harper, Register; JAS Waugh, Auditor;
@, w. Gottschalk, Treasurer.
The steamer Anaa@om sunk at the mouth
of the Mississippi on the 24th inst. She
was valued at 100000. Several cattle
and 100 hogs were drowned. Her cargo
was light, and fully insured. 1t is thought
she can be raised without difficulty.
Ew~ VIM. Nation of Springfield, Mass
achusetts, and his brother, have contract
ed to construct the abutments and towers
river at Cincinnati, Ohio. The towers are
to be $50 feet high, and the amount of the
contract is one million dollars.
New HAMPSHIRE ELECTIoN.-The com
plete vote of New Hampshire cast at the
late election, is as follows : Halle, Rep. }
"a, 478; Wells, (Dem.) 31,139; Scatter
ing, 2O9. Haile's majority over Wells,
8, ,339, which is gain of three thousand
when Metcalf, (Rep.) was elected over
Wells by plurality of only MirtyJour.
A paragraph has been going the rounds
to the effect that certain French and Ger
man astronomers have predicted that a
comet is expected to come in contact with
the earth next June, aud knock it into tar
nal smash, or set it on fire and burn it up
Prof. Pierce of Cambridge, pronounces
the whole story a hoax. He is positive
that there are no data for such a computa-
tion