Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-11

contains etoteInen, of the Missouri river
trade II enumcrates twenty,threc regu-
lar boats engaged. with an aggregate ton
nage,o twenty-nine thousand three hum
dred tons, valued at 81 ,969, 900. This
does not include some seven-eights tran
sient boats which have been engaged ON
the river nearly all the season. About
dozen boats are now building at st. Louis,
which will enter the trade during the com
ing fall.
Private adyices from England, via Hal
ifax, state that theliome government have
guaranteed $4,000 per annum, in addi-
tion e the f70o0 given by the province,
tos.din the establishment Of direct steam
communication between England aud st
johns, New Brunswick. lis contempla-
ted 10 run steamer every fortnight, by
an arrangement with the North Atlantic
Steamship Company-thus giving, with
the addition of Cunard steamers, a mail
from Liverpool every week.
We learn from the Pittsburgh papers
that the rolling mill of the Cambria Iron
Works, at Johnstown, Pa, has been burn
ed down. The Works belonged to Messrs.
Wood, Morreil q Co., and were princi-
Ipallyemployed in the manufacture of rail-
road lpnt Three hundred men are thus
thrownsQpt of employment, and if the
furnaces In the vicinity have to stop, three
thousand men will be out Of work. The
property destroyed was worth about $780,
600, upon which there was insurance to
the amount of $4,000.
HIlr SALARIEs.-The salary of Mr..
Moran, President of the New York and
Erie Railroad, is fixed at 1875, 900 per an
mum. In dollars, therefore, a Railroad
Presidency is worth as much as the Uni.
ted States Presidency. The New York
Mirror says the head man in Stuart's sugar
refinery received for several years salary
OF $780, 900; but he resigned his place for
more profitable employment J.. A Califor-
MIA paper states that DR.. Scott, pastor of
laPresbyterian church in San Francisco,
receives the handsome salary of $l2, 900
a year.
1t is hoped that in the course of week
or so, the Committee who are investiga
ting the Treasury defalcation will be able
to make q report The amount Of Bres-
Inns default is found to be $728,69 OF.
Breslin furnishes deprecated paper to the
amount of $l55,736 Sc; leaving 1914
854 65 unaccounted for. Gibson's ac-
counts as far as investigated, show that the
State is oacing him $4,000. But we will
wait, and publish the report of the Com
mittee at the earliest possible day.
Aboy years, son of I. B. Husband,
fell from cherry tree in Rochester, N. Y,
and was impaled upon an iron picket fence;
but though one of the pickets entered his
body near the lungs, his recovery is con-
sidered certain.
The Nashville Daily Gazette of July
28th, says that on the Friday night pre-
yious, murder was perpetrated in Bed
ford county, near Shelbyville, on the road
to Lynchburg. Mr.. VIM. Cant, an old
citizen, was murdered and his oldest son
and wife dreadfully wounded The muir
derers carried away about 81 200 in gold
and silver. The negroes of Mr.. Cant
were suspected, and there was much ex-
citement.
The Washington Star says that the
President has received letter from Brig
ham Young, expressing qualification at
the prospect of being relieved from his
Gubernatoriai cares-and saying that the
Mormons will treat all Federal officers who
are honest and mind their own business,
with respect. Brigham also abuses the
returned territorial officers.
"The grasshopper is burden" in Min
nesota. They fly in swarms, darkening
the sun, and destroy the crops beyond all
calculation. Each female lays $50 eggs.
A prize fight occurred in Canada re-
Gently, between two Philadelphia pugilists
named Bradley and Rankin. Bradley was
victorious. One hundred and fifty rounds
were fought. Both parties were badly
punished. Four thousand spectators were
present.
The telegraph announces that the re-
ported murder of Miss Brewery. on Sta
ten Island, bya rejected lover, is simply
6oar.
The Scale and Safe Factory of Beard
Bros, of st. louis, was burned on the
night of the 3Oth ult. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The Supreme Court Of California, in tie
case of the Mercide Mining Company
against John G. Fremont, have granted a
perpetual injunction upon Fremont, pre-
venting him from intering with the opera
tions of the company.
By the steamer North America we have
news that the mutiny against the British
Government in India is spreading. Late
advices, however, seem to indicate the de-
feat of the insurgents.
"A conspiracy against the life of Napo-
leon and against his government, has re-
Gently been discovered in Paris, and sum
marily quashed.
BAPTIsTs IN THE UNITED STATEs.-The
Baptist Almanac for 1858 gives the fol-
lowing as the total Of Baptists in the Uni
ted States at the present time Associa-
tions, 545; churches, 1l,O39 ordoined
ministers, 6,648 ; licentiates, 942; bap-
| tised In 1Rh6 61771. totaI runobar sof