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

10 permit me u, furnish CERTAIN emb' vblQ-
gical labois which have undertaken, with
y view of comparisons with the fos, ills of
the eppchs anieriur to our own, and w4ich
wouli lose all their interest if they should
be left incomplete. l find myself. there
fore, under the painful necessI Of refu
sing position which, in every circum-
san g, l shall always regard ss the mos
brilliant to whicii a nAiu alist can aspire
The crops in Ben on coun y Minnesota,
have been almost entirely destroyed by
the g'asshoppers. Rev. Il. N W on. jr.,
in giving an account Of this grasshoppe.
plag ue. says thai rs soon ~ ey hal :
aimed to decent hopping sIz", they b"gan
% AXE up their line oi m lr;h; an.l day
after day. fo- many lays, they were seen
in armies."f lions, ma 'chins by hop, hop.
hnc, as thou -.h life was at Stake, ..goinS
s raght OIL thei way" turning nett. e. To
ri ighL nor lefc." Where house stood IN
their way, they entered in ut the open doors
and windows. ed carpets and fur
nitu;e, and jumped mo mikpans anil
knea ling rou.shs, fiying- pans, pots and
ke les. AMI eve thing else Where
cl"Se.l doors AMI win lows opposed them
th' y coniinu ID al day to hop up agains
the sides of the house and gathered in
heaps on the ground.
Tie haste to be rich is the CRYING ev
of our lanl. against Which Christians
should aca, rs well rs pray. No one who
is unfamiliar with Wsll-sireet has ANY idea
of the * engof stock specula ion. Ii has
been said that there are no. ten meic han :
Il Il III 4.
certainly very few resistthe iemp,ation.--.
Merchants, lawyers, men OF proper y
doctors. editors, clerks, AMI even clergy
men AMI ladies', are cons tant customers q,
| the brokers. Probably vi l.50U,UOU Ia
! SO, ,OOO, 900 are paid in tile course Of the
y.'ar to the Board in the Shape OF COM
missions. One leading broker-who is
known to be hottest, anl averse to spec.
ula ioh-makes from 5000 to So ,uoC
Il year.
SPEcrLAroRs TRIcKs-1N CoRN.-The
Chicago Democrat saws that there is a
large produce house in that ci Y. whitl.
has realized some ,housanis Of dollars, by
having agents in New York, who purchase
few hundred bushels .f corn at high
ii sure-sends THESE by tele : aph. rs tie
true con Ii ION OF the mtrke,. AS soon a.
these hi sh prize r.: win OF change, til.
urini:ia e,l buy corn OF The We y house in
Chicago which has raise the 6c:icious
advance in New York. Such sharp trans
actions are but a fair slmnle of the gam
bling which pervaIes all .he branches OF
trade.
PRo<PEcr OF RArs1Nl THE G NrRlL
AMERICA. Some papers have been giving
currency to reporss that the Bosom Sub
mariI,e armor Company had propns to
the Tn ierwrisers 10 raise The Central Amer
ica AMI save her treasure The mate gives
her posi- ion when she went down. lat. 81
deg. 45 min, long. 73 deg. 5 min.-
From that point tn the neares. In Cape
Roman) is 95 miles. ani the. soun Iirss
show 6 ~ fithc ms Of wl;er. From these
Facts. the absu dity of attemp in! to raise
tie vess,l or her ,r-asure mus be appa-
rens.-N Y. Tribune.
| McHENRY. NoT-"owNsEN End The mys
terious man wno was Ia ely Criel at Caya-
F.a. Canada West, as Townsend. ihe lgh-
wayman and murderer, and now upon his
trial n. Merriitsville. is, II. Last, rs good AS
proved innocent 6f the dire charges against
him. While in Jail at Cayu "a hr ldressed
a letter 70 MI. jam - Anderson, Chipps
| Digsings CALIFORNIA;. who VAS scribe or n
lodge Of Sons of Temperance. anl n"~
only has the letter been responded TO. bu
We persons from Calito mia nave arrived,
b. insin5 affi layiGs. whIci, will wItl,ou
doubs clear MclIen y. TIE Hamil .on
Spectator thinks he will be allowed bail in
ele ia erin prece ling his trial, wnich has
been pos poned.
EXPRESS MAIL AGESrs-Express rou.e
ag-n~S ID @.compu'y ,he mails ON the lin.
tlom baltimore rm Columbus, Ohio, 10
Cincinnati, have been appointed by the
Pos m1s.rr General, As foilows:--M,nT J.
Falls. Charles A Leas ami Alfreti II Da
Wis, Baltimore. NJ l.; N +. Prce. Huper'~
Ferry; D. r. Hoxle, Wheeling. Va, anh
John r. B'ooke, Newark. Ohio. The
Hgen : are pail at the rae Of 81 900 per
annum.- B0LtimOre Su,.
CHEAP WHEAT The Iowa CT y Re-
publican s,a.es that farmers are oLrrinS
wheat in that CT for A. cents a bushel.
AMI rann1t tnl purchasers The Rpub-
lican aids: Tine same STATE of faces Is
repor ed of the Musca:ine and o her river
markets. AMI InIeed we may say Of the
markets GENERALLY Of the State .
The M4rchipnesS of Lon Ion Jerry re-
Gently purchased Bibles from the British
an In ..i,yn RihI,. S.,cip,v In the amolni