Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-10-20

, SHIPPINj lNTERE sTs.-Tne great ship.
ping in .eres . of New. iork and Boston
were probably never in more depressed
CONDITION han at the present. time. An
immense Aeet Of ships is laid up in the
wo cities, New York having in port 2al
ships alone. exclusive Of barquss and brigs.
-Boston Tronsvirt
A LoNs NAP.--An Irish woman in
Charles on fell asleep one week ~ 10. iay.
eHl her sleep has been So heavy that all
'tlemps TO wake her. up 70 last evening.
were unavailng. Such cases have been
known To have occurred before. but they
are not ve'y frequent. aud in all. we boz
jIeve, the sleeper has died without waking.
Some persons have lived in this 8 ate for
several weeks together. Tie sleep is A..
ribu.ed to aPpopexy.-- Boston Zee, I'd
inst. -
We learn that company Of Swiss have
just bought auact Of 2 100 acres of and,
Just below Cannel.on. in this Sta Q, and in
end TO settlr upon it, having town fer
the transac ion Of their busineas near the
center, on TIE bank of the river, and divi-,
ding he remainder Of the tract in % farus.
= indianapolis Sentinel.
The weekly newspaper called Tile Aoy-
mon published IN New York by ons of
Brigham Young's Elders, WAS discouiin-
u-d recently. The editor. Elder Appleby.
gives no reason for the'stoppage. but in.i-,
mates that his etfor's Tor tile future will be
li:ec'e to proselysing in the New England
AMI Atlan.ic Sta.es.
The liggest piece Of copper yet sent
away from the Lake Superior region was
one shipped from the Cliff mine ON TIE Tn
nlt., which weighed eight Thousand. Ave
hundred pounds.
Col. SUMNER UNDER ARRssr.-The St.
Louis Republican Of saturday week, .ays:
w. learn, with some surprise, ron
Fort Leavenworth, that Col, Sumner i s un-
ier arrest. AMI that Court OF Inquiry. or,
Court Msr.ial, has been ordered in his
case. He returned from ,the expedition
against the Cheyennes few days since.
Tie specie lost by he Inflated steamer
Central America. the ~ Y Herald thinks
un ieriated. The amount ON freight was
81 6 -. 900. .ani the Herald estimates 81,
/ Ju,OOO more in the lanls o passengers
,nl crew-siyins SO, )oo,oJJ IN all.
The Central America had en- board
when lost, one hunlrei and Two msil ba..,
containing besides newspapers, 33,UuO
letters from citizens in California.
On Thursday, October 9th. about o.
clock in the morning. two severe shocks Of
an earthquake We're ielt in st. Louis and
vicinity. by which onr half the population
oithe ci ) WAS ioused. Buildings were
percepible rocked, and numberless light
articles were thrown from mantle. pieces.
ables, etc.
Two brothers--Smith--proprietors ofia,
splendid peach-ouhard near sacramento.
California, have realize between SO 1000
and s70, ,oOU this year from the sale Of.
peaches.
The land re ceip:s forthe last fiscal quar-
Tel were b"lween two and three millioA
lollars; receipts from customs, abou. eiXh-.
cen milions.F Es{
Tie General Post Office receipts during.
The Ii -st halfof the last fiscal y,Ar were 81
494,II4, showings gain OF > ] 50" 100.
Within the past three months 8,510.-
0OU new cents have been issued from lhe
mini in Philadelphia, weighing forty-thresg
unS.
SHocw1Ne-A woman. ether drunk or
insane. WAS killed by tie cars near 3 eu-
b.nv,llr. ON tie night Of the FL. When
me WAS seen walking on the track the en-
-:iaeer blew his whistle. backed the on
;ine. AMI did all in his power tO avert the
calamity. but before the tram could bs.
stopped she was knocked down aul the
ca ) passed over her, manglins and killed,
her Instantly.