Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-05-12


Philadelphia Ga2otte, on the authority of
Col. Snowde1i, directorrUf the II. 5. Mint.
that an about three weeks time this much
desired coin will be distributed 10 the pub
lie. About II million are already coniplc-
ted, and two millions moro will be iinisl.cd
before the mint commences paying them
out. Col 5. also, states that sine" the Or
tablishmcnt of the y. $. Mini no lss,.5 Than
1900 tons Of copper cents have been coined.
making OF distinct pieces one hundred aud
fifty millions. Of These II large number
have been lost, converted into ''wasl,ers'
lYr machinery, Or ptherwisc taken geutspf
circulation.
MISUNDERSTANDING Startorf publishes
an address to the people of Kalisas in. the
Lecompton Union. lie says the Admin
istrttion Recognizes the authority Of the
territorial Legislature, the validity of the
|. territorial laws and especially recognizes
the act providing ford Constitutional Con-
vcntion, presume5 that the convention will
submit the vital question of the domestic
institutions of the sttte tooa subsequent
vote Of the people, and thinks then that
Congress will admit the State Immediately.
He recommends general amnesty for past
enmitics and prosecutions. IIc expects
Governor Walker to arrive i'll May.
Some counterfeiter hts recently got hold
of plates for the .'Exchange Bank of Hart
ford" Iotu--which he altered to ''Ex-
change Bank Of Hartford" Connecticut,
and put into circulation, initiating the Of
iccrs' signatures very closely. The coun-
terfeits bear no resemblance to the genuine
1t has Give" i'll medaIion on each corner,
tive printed in red across it's face, and Il
yin Of
ing a shield. The 10s have an Indian
hunting buffalo--the rs an agricultural
scene-and the 2's train of cars
New LAND OFFICES Under date of
Washington, April 8, we find the follow
ing intelligence in land grant matters:
THE land officers in Minnesota have
been directed to directed to continue the
withdrawal of larrds falling within the
probable line of the routes established un-
der grants of Congress-
Pre-emption caims based upon actual
settlement, and made UP to the time when
the lines of routes We're definitely fl xed on
any of tire lands withdrawn will be allowed
provided the testimony is clear and ex-
plcit. @
The offices of the newly created Land
Districts will be established at Browns
vile, Dakota, and Nebraska cities.'' ~
The New York Independent, under the
head of principles at Three pet cent. per
Month";" says:
''Nany Western merchants and business
men have suspended payment on their
Indebtedness at the east, for the purpose
of using their money at home at high
rates OF interest. When they are Short,
( they won't pay because money is scarce
and high. When they are flush they won't
because "they can do better" (they think)
with their funds. They won't pay three
per cent, per montl,-ne: they. but they
VIII take any per cent. they can get. Such
men should put up sign, ''PrincipleS for
sale at three per cent. per month. -" Com
cernlng all such iinancicrs, we say, "Reg-
ister thcir names.' t...~r ,,. p ~
The Hon. Lewis D. Campbell advertiscs
in the Inteligencer of Hamilton, all his
| property il and about that town, for sale.
The Telegraph says:
''We supposed this to have been intend
cd for political effect, but learn from Il re-,
liable scource that he really designs to gU
west, if he can dispose of the large amount
of property he owns in this vicinity. 1t
is generally believed that the cold shoul-.
der given to him by his Republican friends,
and their notorious Indifference and lukcs
warmness in the pending contested elec-
| tlon, have dis8hsted him with politics.
''Madam," said husband to his Young
wife, in a little altercation, which will
sometimes spring up in the best of fami-
lies," when a man and his wife have quar-
relied, and each considers the other at
fault, which of the two ought to be the
first to advance towards n reconciIiItion?'
The best natured and wisest of the two,"
said the wife, putting up her rosy mouth
for a kiss, which was given with junction,
She had conquered.
A MAMMOTH CtsARDEk "A mail steam
ship, to be called the Scotia is now build
ing OH the Clyde. She will be $50 feet
i'll length, which is so feet longer than the
Persia, at present the largest ship afloat,
The Scotia will, it is expected, surpass in
speed the Persia, the fastest steamer in the
world! H'
A destructive fire occttrred at Sandusky,
O., on the 3Oth ult. Six dwellings, and
the extensive buildings of the Sandusky
Machine Company, containing tools, ma
teral and l'Irge nttmber of Heath's Reap
ers and Mowers, were destroyed. The
loss is estimated at 100000. insured
for $50 900.
VINO Is RtGnT?--R. w. Thompson, of
Indiana, ckIimed $40, 900 Of the u. S.
government, for legal services rendered to
the Indians, which Secretary Guthrie and
Comp roller Whiulesey refused to grant.
These officers had every opportunity of
knowing the iustness of the claim, and be-
lieving it wrong positively disallowed it.
But has time corrected its imperfectioi S?
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