Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-09-15

Inc Ashland mon, after having ioined
with other lying loeofoco sheets In pub
fishing the Treasurer of Van Vert county
as detaulter, in last weeks issue backs
down and eonfesses the charge is not
true. There me.other papers in the State
that owe il TO their readers and to the pub
lie to retraet similar charges. This chasge
is also made against solpe three or four
other county Treasure,s. and has been
given general circulation by the Locofoco
press, The Macarthur Democrat iustifes
its course by alleging that the story WAS
inserted las any other item of news WITH
out any intention or desire TO injure any
body" But the language of the article it.
self shows that the whole thing was in
tended for political capital, the author and
those giving it circulation not caring
whether the story was true or not. This
IS what they say-the style and language
shows the motive
Declarations appear to be the order Of
the day. Since the muss was raised in the.
State Treasury, the following Black Re-
publican County Treasure 8 ave followed
The footsteps of their illustrious predecess-
or,''&c.
hNlhoAAN " hLis ~ 1ues ArleSlan Hell
diggers have been compelled to cease op
erations, for the last ten days, on account
Of the want of proper tubing which is hour
ly expected from Philadelphia, and as
soon as it arrives the work will be prose
cuted with renewed vigor.
The workmen are at present engaged in
setting the dressed stone base for the iron
fence, to enclose the State Capitol Grounds
We learn that the contract for the iron
work has been transferred by the admins
traitors of the estate of N. r, Horton, OF
Cincinnati, to J. b. Earnshaw, of this
city, who has made arrangements with
Messrs. Horton & Macy, to complete the
work at the earliest possible moment. The
western half Of the fence will be compile
ted before the meeting of TIE Legislature.
We understand that owing 10 the inse-
curity Of the foundation of the Cupola OF
the State House, the walls, at the june
ture of the Cupola and the main building,
have cracked SO rs to make ] J inch diife6<
ence in level, and that on account of Nbe
height of the pscscsst structure, it viii be
necessary to take down the Cupola, to it's
Circular base, and instead thereofEo erect
a simple Dome. 1t will be Remembered
that the foundation was laid M 1e4s, and
of course the present officsrs are not re-
sponsible for the defect.
PArNE's CHIEF SHAI-The Cleveland
Leader says that Paying declared, "to take
the negro from AfricH and enslave him iu
the South, was an d1H Of humanity, mas
much as he was the teby BROUGHT rNpEn
THE INFLUENCE OF { RIsTIANITY and CIvI-
LIzATIoN ~
This is the great Ikam of all such men,
1t follows, of COURSE. that the more ne
groes we can bring IN m A Africa, and make
slaves of, the better NThe Southern Con-
vention passed resolution in favor of the
Slave Trade; and Payne is supporting it
in Ohio That is right. Let tie Sham
Democracy take their seats in the car
where they belong.
BABYLON THE GREAT HAS FALLEN. -
The Ohio Life and Trust Company has un-
doubtedly gone down beyond redemption.
Next to the United States Bank, IL was
the most powerful and dangerous monied
institution in the county, CleOeland
Plaiadealsr.
Tins e''monster' was chartered by q
Democratic Legislature" but it would
be characteristic of the Payne organs TO
declare that i! was ''Black Republican
concern.
MINNESOTA STATE CoNsTITUTIoN.-Both
Conventions at St. Paul journed sine die
on the 29th ult. The Conventions agreed
on the same Constitution, which is TO be
submitted to the people of the Territory
for their approval or rejection, on the 18Th
day. of October next.
NEBRASKA ELEcT1oN-CHAPMAN De-
FEArED The Wyoming IN. T.) Tele-
scope, of the 18th ult., gives returns from
the whole Territory as follows:
Ferguson ---- ---------l 1858
chapman -------- ,553
Thayer- ------- ----------- 4GO
Ferguson's plurality----------- 94
Missouri ELEcTIoN-A full return of
oil +bo oorptinc in tho Stata baS baan m odu.