Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-31

received until to-day. The former intima-
ton of his determination as having been
sent hither by Lehigh Bovenor was not here
last night, as it has been reported. The
resignation has not been acted upon, though
it will be accepted. No successor is des-
ignated.
German resigned and was not removed
as Governor of Minnesota. He will re-
main in the Territory and be member of
the Constitutional Convention to meet at
st. PauPs in July
Ex- x-Governor Bigler, of California, has
been appointed Minister to Chill, vice
Starkweather.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE
FUGITIVE SLAvEs.--The Dover IN. J.)
Reporter states that, on the 10th inst. that
town was thrown into great excitement by
an almost successful attempt to capture
eight runaway slaves, for whom rewards
of upwards of $4,000 are offered. They
were enticed to the Jail by a woman who
had gained their confidence, before day
| light on Tuesday morning, in the expec-
tation that herself and the Sheriff could
easily secure them. They were taken in
lin the dark-to a room up stairs, but
finding no fire, came out into the entry.
| The sheriff, who had expected to secure
them by simply locking the door, went
back after a revolver, when the negroes
followed him down to his room, in order to
get to the fire. Here the plot was exposed
and the negroes Immediately escaped with
out resistance, except on the part of the
Sheriff, and got safely aboard the t'under-
ground railroad They were armed with
cudgels and pistols.
THE NEXT CoNGREss.-The Senate has
a majority of pro-slavery, or, what is the
same thing, of Administration members
In the House, of the members already cleo
ted, sixty-four are Administration, and
ninety opposition, leaving eighty yet to be
elected. Of these, in the last Congress,
forty-seven were Administration, and thir-
ty-three opposition. To secure a ma iority
for the Administration, it must in the com
ing election, gain seven members the
representation in last Congress. AS the
most of these elections are to be held in the
Southern States, it is highly probable that
even larger gain than that will be made.
MILEAGE OF MEMBERs-The late Con-
gress which paid itself so literally, made
no changes in the outrageous mileage
swindle. The Bills Of the members show
great discrepancy. Mr.. Bowie, of Mary
land, for instance, received at the late ses-
sion S16 60, and Mr.. Herbert, of Califor-
SIS, 682 40. The bills of the Territorial
members were as follows: Anderson, of
Washington, $500; Bernheisel, Utah,
So, ,557; Chapman, Nebraska, $2,O24;
Gallegos, New Mexico. $2,212; Lane, Or
egon, SIS, 96O; Rice, Minnesota, $1,875;
Whitfield, Kansas, $2,1l6.
PoRrs OF JAPAN OPEN.-It is stated in
foreign journal that the Emperor of Japan
has resolved that two ports of the empire
those of Nangasaki and Hakodadi-shall
| be open to the vessels of all nations
There they might repair, take in provis-
ions, establish depots of coal, DC. The
other ports of the empire, moreover, are to
be accessible to vessels in distress, which
may take refuge in them, but which will
have to put to sea the moment the danger
is over. No foreigner is to be allowed to
penetrate into the interior of the country,
without special permission from the chief
of the State. u....... .i.r .
| EXPENSES OF RELIG1oN-Some re-
searcher after curious statistics has made
an estimate of the probable amount which
! it costs the individual members of the diff
ferent churches in the United States to sus-
tain their respective churches. The esti-
mate is founded on the last United States
Census. A Baptist or Methodist, three
dollars and forty cents, a Presbyterian,
seven dollars; Congregationalist, ten dol
lars; a Roman Catholic, fourteen dollars;
an Episcopalian, eighteen dollars; Re-
formed Dutch, twenty two dollars; Uni
tartan, twentythree dollars.
HEAVY RoBBERY.-Mr. Solomon Will
son, who keeps a clothing store in Spring
field, Ohio, as we learn from the Cincin-
natl Gazette, arrived in that city on Tues
day evening, and as he was passing the
burying ground on Twelfth street, between
Race and Elm, he was passed by two stout
men, one of whom knocked him senseless,
and when he recovered he found that the
right side of his pantaloons had been rip
ped down, and SO, $50 taken from his pock-
ct. The bills were ffties and one hundreds.
CAMELs.-A San Antonio (Texas) cor
respondent of the st. Louis Intelligencer
says that the camels landed in that State
some months since are now quartered at
Baudara Pass, about seventy-fve miles
north of San Antonio. They have so far
stood the climate very well, being in good
order and healthy. They have given en-
tire satisfaction as to their capacity in trans
porting supplies. Six camels have been
known to carry over an impassable road
with wagons as much freight as two six
mule wagons and teams over a good road.
GREAT NAIL CurTING-The Wheeling
Argus says that 9. G. Lady, youth of 12