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


THE CINc1NNAT1 CoMMERBIAL of March
9th learns from good authority tn at the
prospects for fruit the coming season are
yet tolerably good. There will be toler-
! bly, fair yield of peaches, unless cut off by
late frosts; cherries promise abundantly;
pears have escaped, except some of the
early varieties, and apples will be abund-
ant. ..
The steamer ,Sustana, bound for Louis
vile from New Orleans WIS burned to the
waters edge at Hickman, on the 26th ult.
No lives lost. Passengers lost all their
baggage. ar.-,
The steamer Eau Claire, crowded with
passengers for Chippewa river, sunk be-
low St Louis on the 25th. 1t is reported
that number Of lives were lost.
The New Orleans papers say there will
be another failure of the sugar crop in Gu
ba this season. 1t is said the crop this
year will not exceed that of 1856, which
was not much more than halfa crop. The
causes assigned are: Severe frosts, followed
by excessive rains with sudden changes of
temperature, which is succeeded by a uni
versal drouth.
1t is said that Mr.. Appleton is about to
withdraw his connection with the Union, in
which case twill cease to be the organ of the
new administration. Several causes are
assigned, such as i'll health, fear that he
will fail to receive the government print
ing, and an expectation of obtaining the
office OF First Assistant Secretary of
State. i.
Ex-Gov. Medill has at last been appoint
ed Comptroller of the Treasury, to take
effect on the 1st of May.
The rice mill of Habershaw G5 Co., Sa-
vannnh,, Georgia, was destroyed on the
night of March 18th. Loss, $50, 600
Ex- Governor Bigler of California, has
been appointed Minister to Chill. He was
candidate for Collector of San Francis
co. which Office is worth 10000 per an
mum. @
Jason Case, of Circleville, J. E. Hunt,
of Toledo and j. l.. Tuthill, of Lancaster,
Ohio, have been re-appointed Postmast-
ers in their respective places.
Connecticut holds her annual election
on Monday, April 6. The officers to be
elected are: Governor, Lieut.. Governor,
Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller, and
four members of Congress. Both tickets
(Republican and Democratic) are in the
field, and are said to be composed of good
men. '
The alcoholic distillery of j. Higbie &
Co., Baltimore, was burned to the ground
on the 26th ult., caused by the bursting
of steam boiler. Four bodies have been
taken from the ruins, and it is thought 9th
ers still remain. Loss not ascertained.
.Esg- An important bill was introduced
into the New York Legislature last Friday
to incorporate Erastus Corning, James S..
Wadsworth and others into an ''Emigra-
ton Aid Homestead Company" with a
capital of $4,000, 900, for the purchase
and settlement of land in any State or
Territory Of the Union.
rAder;olx krrpp, Il native OF
Bavaria while wandering in mind, termi-
mated his life at Cincinnati, yesterday af-
ternoon, by shooting himself through the
heart.
SUIuDE.-Caspar Huffman, who had
previously been partially insane, cut his
throat with small pocket knife, on the
l6thinst. He resided in Benton township.
Monroe county, in this State.
Judging from the discussions in the St
Louis papers, the canvass for officers of
that city is carried on with good deal of
IDlJJSEIcSS Vi lt6lllh L ne L/SNoOCTOG ,
that some of the most bitter Slavery
men there wore originally from the North.
Shouldn't wonder. ..... ....-. e..
EE- In discussion in the bogus Kan
sas Legislature four weeks ago, the ZGeU.
Martin White, amember, made a ferocious
speech, in which he admitted that he killed
Frederick BroaCaa, who, it will be remem-
bered, was slaughtered last summer on the
highway while travelling
A VETO VEToED.-The resolve in rela-
: ton to publishing official notices and ap-
pointments in all the daily papers in Bos-
ton, vetoed by the Governor, was discussed
and passed by the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture, Notwithstanding the objection of the
Governor, by a vote of 1875 to 88.
A VETERAN RoGUE.-Moses st. Clair,
aged seventy-three years, was arrested last
week and lodged in jail, at Cambridge,
Guernsey county, on charge of horse
stealing. He had stolen three horses with
i'll short time, but all of which We're for
tunately recovered. TWAS suggested that
he was in search of a permanent situa-
ton. .4..
SUIc1DE-It is reported that suicide
was committed at the Central Ohio Luna
tic Asylum, a few days ago, under the fol
lowing circumstances. The attendants
were stitching mattresses in one of the
Halls, and when through, left a mattress
needle in the room Of a patient. With
this instrument the maniac inflicted a
wound on himself which speedily proved
fatal.
1t seems that the Chinese have attempt
ed to rid themselves of foreigners by poi
soning them. Private letters from Hong
Kong say that the bakers poison the bread
sold 20 foreigners, and Chinese cooks are
not to be trusted. Several British and
Americans have been poisoned. ......