Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-01-05
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our citizens seemed to think them Sec
ondary consideration during holidays. aid
doffed the quill, the loom, the anvil. and
AK" to the tones Of "Merry Christmas"
"Happy New Year and rallied to the
sports, amusements snd good-cheer. with
zeal worthy the most expert and ex-
elusive pleasure seeker. They had, how
ever, one source Of disparagement. which
was beyond their power to remedy at
the time. viz: the miserable plight of the
streets and sidewalks, which were rem
dered almost impossible by the depth Of
mud, caused by the unprecedented fall
Of rain for some weeks past. m
The Ohio is in good boating stage,
and promising from the number of crafts
plying between different points on the
river. our boatmen are doing good busi-
ness. In this connection we will take
the liberty of speaking of a "select few"
Capt. Mcclure, of the Courier" cer-
tainly runs one of the finest and most
speedy boats on the trade. She makes
weekly trips between Wheeling and Gin
cinnati, passing Pomeroy on Wednesday,
at 2 O'Clock P. NJ, going down, and re-
turning, passes early Sunday morning.
The steamer ,Pomeroy," our own packet
to Parkersburg. is worthy of mention, and
would receive our applaud were it deemed
necessary, but our citizens are too we'll
acquainted with her for us to speak further.
The "Silver STAR" though not ponderous
in herself, makes up for any deficiency
(if that she has by her gentiemanly and
whole-souled officers, Russell, Captain;
Simpson. Clerk together with good
feeding" good running and good time.
She leaves Parkersburg every Monday.
Gallipolis every Tuesday. and makes the
trip every alternate day.
Passing down with the current, we
'hawl up at Porkopolis. Her principal
features, for some time past, seem to be
butchering and bleeding. AS to her pork
killing, we have nought to say /; but the
term bleeding, SO frequently resorted to by
our cotemporaries there, is not SO pleas
antly contemplated when we look at the
magnitude of it. and the character of the
bled. The honest, unsuspecting country
man, in most cases, is the victim to this
foul system, which their authorities seem
incapable Of putting down, and is perpe-
trated as successfully by day as by night,
the difference being. at night they give
their victims neckerchief an extra knot
damages: all your surplus" We would
impress this on the minds of our mer-
chants and other business men visiting
that city.
From Columbus, as yet, we have no
Legislative news, the Legislature having
only gore into session yesterday. We
presume the principal scene there is Of
strutting dignitaries, in the capacity Of
Legislators, and those desirous of being
especially legislated upon.
i Washington City has not been the thea
ter Of much excitement during holidays
Congress "dismissing its hands" during
that period. Still, the gossipers have moi
been idle. They are endeavoring to dis
cover the knet-hole through which they
think Douglas will back from his antago-
ristic position to the Administration on
, the Kansas Constitution question. They
appear soleitous whether the Democratic
Issue Bill of ta0snty millions Of dollars oi
paper money Is Democratic or not
whether it is "right to do wrong that good
F might proceed therefrom' whether
f this course would have been to pursue, had
the last been an Adams Administration?
The Northern Light" arrived at New
York on the 28th ult., bringing $4,000
900 in specie from California. Among
her passengers was General Walker, o
Nicaraguan notoriety, and $50 of his men
captured by Commodore Paulding, of the
frigate Wabash" Walker feels conf
dent of release by asserting his position
as President of that Republic. The
Cabinet at Washington has had conference
on the subject of his arrest, but nothing
defiRite has been announced. He lef
Col. Anderson in possession of Castillo
authorizing him to retain his position
at all hazards The fillibusterine
spirit runs high at New York, and still
more excitement prevails at New Orleans
Dispatches from there, dated Dec. 80
state that one thousand arms have beer
procured, and as many men hold them.
, selves in readiness for that service, to.
1 gether with fourteen hundred others ol
. that city and Mobile, who have enlisted
and are awaiting shipment.
i The ..Aiago," from Liverpool, brings
important fEantial news from the Oriental
regions. The suspensions are still nu-
lmerous, but they cause no more excite