Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-09-07
The Latest News.

Receipts for Internal revenue OH 6a'uru"y
lost amounted to two and a half Millions
being the largest sum received on any one
day. The revenue from all sources the last
month, is over $50,000,000. y
From a statement of the Secretary Of the
Treasury to August alst it appears the total
debt of the U. s. was at that time 81, ,767, $751;
57l ,43, bearing an annual interest OF Sl3S,,,
OBJ ,620,24 and that the total amount OF lega'
tender notes (included in above estimate)
amount to 1854, l3S,959 also as contrasted
with the statement Of July 3lst, it appears the
principal has been increased only $27o,ooo
within the last month, while the interest on
the debt has decreased 1921 ,O0O,- also the le-
cal tender notes have been reduced 81 ,O97,-
600: the amount of coin in the Treasury is
reported at $45, 100000 and currency nearly
100000, which altogether present very
favorable statement of the national finances.
geA- Ex-Gov. Corwin and late U. 5. Min
lister to Mexico we learn has transferred
the scene of his operations from the New En-
pire to the City of Richmond, Va, where ru-
NOR represents him as being engaged in the
procurement of pardons Gn business way)
for rebels, who can come down handsomely
with the rhino. Where next we shall find his
Excellency and nwhat new business engaged,
it is impossible to surmise: the Governor does
not like pasturing on stunted grass!
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Me- The "Athens Messenger" which is
ably and successfully conducted by ). Van
Law, ESQ, is offered for sale in consequence
of the failing health of its proprietor.
The New York Tribune" gives the fol
lowing compilation of catastrophes for the
mast year which have taken place on Railroads
in the United States:
Disasters duo to collision 10
Rotten cross tics, broken rails, &c.."...".... ls
Turning curves
Badly built and rotten bridges.
Bursting of boilers. ........"
Defective locomot otives....
Absence of double track".... ....."........"
Raised drawbridges.
Landslide
Broken ...'.'..
Absence or defect of light and signals.......
Running into horses, cows and dcrricks......
Triling with brakcs"...
Tornado
Misplaced switches.
Culpability of companies or employees, about 4
The aggregate mortality and losses OF train
are as follows:
Passengers killed or mortally wounded...... 10
Passengers burned to death, abOut........".. y
Cases Of injury in every FORM. 6p
Trains more or less demolished ed................
The aggregate amount of damage to tn
roads and the rubllc from such disasters
estimated at $50 1000, 600 for this year.
pas. The complaint Of "Citizen," whic
+ will be found on the Sd page of our paper, i
n our estimation and those familiar with th
premises in question, is not without muc
!. show of reason, as will appear from an obse
. vation of the premises But the simple "Ci
4 izcn" who in the simplicity of his heart lag
behind the age in which we live, has yet
learn the distinction these modern time
/, existing between matters Of the mind and
9 bodily health,-the wherewithal to fill a
If empty stomach, and remedial measures to
resorted to after disease shall have set in
Had he taken into consideration that Aide
:. men are incontrovcrtible gormands, and tn
y as substitute for roast beef, (an unheal
i, food these sultry days) either turtle soup
: broiled frogs are essentials to the delica
somachs of officials, and that gnats, and pa
= ticularly musquitos have become approve
le mcdicaments in the advanced stage OF IL
u medical profession, particularly as substltu
ly for the lancet in the practice of Flea-boton'
we believe lie would have held his reat
and suffered our city fathers to so on tho
'" 81 way unchallengcd and censureless. NJ
y should "Citizen" instead of grumbling al
Vi complaining, by due exercise of his geni
u. have contributed to the enlargement OF n
10 species of delicate food---such for instance
MAY be found in the frog family--and to t
ut advancement of science and commerce il
tb. new species of trade calculated to deplete
nd body of its overcharged fuid, we cam
a. but believe he would have done himself gre
~ er honor, and deserved more at the hands
posterity than he is now likely to receive.
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