Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-24
TUESDAY, MARCH "a. 1857.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDING CE.
@h4- ' COLUMBUS, March Ia, 1857,
LEGISLATIVE.


b. The discussions yesterday although
highly interesting to members, would not
be go to the general reader: The first
lengthy discussion was on an amendment
, TO the bank bill. prohibiting the taking Of
over six per cent. interest under any cir
-rumstances. The next was on the propo-
sition to so amend the Constitution rs to
allow the legislature to enact local or spe-
cial laws for the government and regula-
ton of corporations in certain cases.
.. GENERAL NEWS. 2a
The appointment Of Col. 'Medary as Gov
crnor Of Minnesota has created considera-
BILE talk here. Tho ''unterrifed" can lily
spare the 'old wheel horse" from Ohio;
but we presume his necessities will COM
pei him to accept and emgrate. What
will become Of the Statesman it is impos-
eiblc to conjecture, unless one of his fam
lily-(Smith or Neyins )-should happen
to get the the post office in Columbus, for
which there are many other applicants
Well, if any man deserves Office for party
services, surely it is Col. Medary, and we
rejoice at his success. Socially, he is a
very clever fellow. % 5nr .ti ia.., ~ .,#
Ex-Secrctary Guthrie was welcomed
home to Louisville with distinguished hon
or. on his arrival there recently. .v "'-
The Mexican treaty mentioned in our
last has been rejected by the President,
and from what we can learn in regard to
it. the President did nothing but his duty
in rejecting it. '''.
The emigration to Kansas this spring
has already CONNER ced and bids fair to
exceed hat of any previous season..
Two hundred and fifty recruits recent
'ly sailed from New Orleans to San Juan to
join General Walkers army. Well, "fcols
are not all dead yet though there is a
fair prospect of a decrease in the num-
Der. The most silly of all the hum
shugs of the present age, is this attempt Of
American fillibusters to take possession of
Nicaragua. Even suppose they succeed
in taking it, (Which is absurd in the ex-
treme) what can they do with it? They
will be very much in the condition of the
poor fellow who won the elephant at raf-
fle An American from this region can
not live in those low, marshy lands in
that tropical climate. The average life of
Walkers soldiersis not over three months.
and half of that time they are confined
and disabled by sickness. And then, the
prospects of the illibusters'conquering the
country are growing worse every day.
The latest advices state that Nicaragua and
Costa Rica are about to unite under one
government, and that there is considera-
bic talk of the formation of league be-
tween all the Spanish-American govern
ments of Central and South America
Peru has offered loan of $2O0,0 to
carry on the Costa Rican war, and a SINH |
lar amount has been rendered by the citi !
zeEs of Costa Rica The natives, too,
have learned the use of Minnie rifles, and
in fact, everything seems to point to the
speedy extermination of the rebels. We
hope to see many more fools from this
country going from the United States
whence so few ever returni
Hon. John L. Dawson, of Pennsylva-
mia, died recently, from the effect of drink
ING the poisoned water at the hotel in
Washington, which caused the death of
Mr.. Lennox, Of this city, and several 9TH
ers. Mrs. Burlingame, wife of Anson
'Burlingame, is dangerously i'll from the
same. cause. Col. Medary. who was quite
all from this cause, has recovered.
The people of Cincinnati appear to be
an desperate snarl about their spring
election. They cndeavored to nominate a
citizens ticket in opposition to the De-
mocracy:.'but the K. Ms and Republicans
being unable to agree, have finally made
party affair of it-cach party having a
ticket in the field. The consequence will
ne, oi course, the election OF the entire
Democratic ticket. ...... ..........
The Legislatures of the free States have
already began to express their opinions Of
the recent decision in the Drpd Scott case.
Last week, Mr.. Yaple offered preamble
and resolution .condemEing it in strong
language which will probably pass the
Ohio Legislature; and we notice that sim {
liar resolutions have been offered in the
legislature of New York.
A man named JAMES Taber. who re-
sides near Fanervillc, Fleming county, Ky,
was murdered by two Of his negroes on
Sunday night of last veck. The negroes
escaped. - .a ,e.faa ~
We perceive by the late foreign news
hat the difficulty between England and |
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