Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-03-16
NEWS ITEMS.

many of the principal buildings of the
town. -
VOLUNTEERS FOR UTAH.-A regiment oil
volunteers has been organized in Nebraska
for Utah. Col. Titus is endeavorlng 70
raise company in Missouri. I
Ny-The official vote at Chicago, for
Mayor, last week, was: Haines Rep.,)
8,642; Brainard (Dem.,) 7,48l; kePuo-.
lican majority, 1,16l. 4
EgOn Friday, barrel was taken up
from the Ohio at Louisville, containing
parts of human bodies. legs and arms oil
a mulatto woman and negro man. Ihey
caused some excitement for time, out
are supposed to have come from some dis
secting room, up the river.
Monroe Stewart, convicted at Pittsbu'g,
Pa. of the Wilson murder, and sentenced
to be hung, but pardoned by the Cover
nor, took the smallpox before he was re-
leased on the pardon, and is not new eX-
pected to live. Death seems relentless IN
her hold on him.
J.B. Dunlevy, employed i'll HATS drug
store in Pittsburg, committed suicide on
Friday last, by cutting his throat with
razor. He was man of intemperate hao-
it's, about forty years of age, and unmar-
ried He has two brothers living In
fShelby county, Ohio.
GE- A lad, who ran away from his
mother in Cleveland, o, nire years ago,
has lust turned up in California, wealthy,
the owner ofa valuable rancho near Hum
boldt. The mother had given him up Tor
dead, and was so rejoiced at again hearing g
from him that she tainted. The sor
Joined her at Cleveland last week.
A SIGN AT HeME.-The city of Lam
caster, Pa, has given Democratic ma
iority for the last twenty years 1t gave
Buchanan over 1000 majority. But on
the municipal election held there las
Wednesday, his friends were defeated fol
Mayor. His Kansas policy was the issue
distinctly made, and he suffered rebuke
in that stronghold.
E Dispatches from Canton, China, tc
the 10Th December last, speak of dec
: laration of war against Russia Th
French and English allies bombarded Can
" ton, and as the London Times correspon
s dent closed, it was about to fall into tn
= Allies hands. A grea' portion of the cit!
}. was burned.
II EEThe Pacific Hotel disaster still re
v mains a mystery. Taylor has been &c
y tained on the charge of murder and arsor
; to await the arrival of a witness from Osf
kosh, Wis who was induced by Taylo
:, to leave another hotel and go to the Ps
e ci6c, on the evening previous to the DIS
10 aster II is supposed that MI frenci
v the witness, cannot give anything but Gil
!. cumstantial evidence, and Taylor will
:" released.
E%-Arrests still continue to be mac
a by the "Regulators," in Indiana, lllinoi
b. and Michigan. Two important arres
s. were made in Williams County, sho
40 distance from the Michigan State line, la
week, of Elisha Wait and Asa Hamilto
g. The wife of Wait has confessed to a know
he edge of large amount of bogus coin b
ic ing made. The gang is supposed to co
hs sist one third of women.
he GEN. CAss.-Tke Detroit Advertise
es of the 9th inst says:
We heard q rumor that General Gas
=" very probably, will not remain much long
We in MI. Buchanan's Cabinet. The rum
comes from q source so intimately co
-. nected with General Cass, and so like
:. to be privately posted with regard to
IL feelings, that we are inclined to place &C
IN siderable reliance upon it.
me MAIL RoBBER ARREsTED.--We lea
he from the Columbus Gazette" that
vss Prentiss, Agent of the Postoffice l
an partment, succeeded on last Wednesc
week, in arresting DR.. John d. Walk
..s Postmaster, at Rockford, Tuscarav
In County, Ohio, charged with robbing
8 mail, and forging.
ker Dr. Walker is an old man, 65 years
age, and has large family, married
. settled around him, and has hitherto bt
" highly respected.
we ~The Army bill, as it will pass
hin Senate, by the votes of Mr.. Seward
of Mr.. Cameron, cast in opposition to
~ rest of the Republicans, will increase
Of Army seven thousand men, the annual
~. penditure seven millions of dollars,
any will give the President the appointment
'on- more than ninety officers. The Senate
nearly full when the vote was taken, tho
,ove only tifty-one votes are recorded. III
mo- were FIVE or six pairs.
ture SUICIDE OF A M1NIsTER.-The Ha
,der ton, Butler Co., O., Intelligencer, 81
re- The Rev. Seth Howells, Presbyte
en- minister, residing in Oxford, commi
this suicide last Thursday. He had beer
vote i'll health for some time, and the depl
ion of spirits, consequent upon this,
arty aggravated by some financial Difficult
hose He had become monomaniac.
uted his subsequent history can be writ en-
ratio few words. He desired to be rele
the from this world. He thought of SC
nsas --dwelt upon it--justiied it--comm
test it.
Hehung himself in his own hous'
" in the joist in an unfinished apartment.
Iouso had left the room, where he had bee
Ill gagged in conversation with his wife I
'n''N lady friend not more than fifteen mi
al In r