Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-14

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&c. WelR lhtir spirit has beeii setnewhal
Infused ihio portion, 'of he ab5Iing P"pd.
lace in this seclon-gcnernIiY Youngsters
no ihink,they will not be ube toNpussI or
men ,iElfthpy have kiIltd enc or i've men
apiece, And we have many just sdch GHa5t.
aciers here, You may see 'hcp, any, lme
abGu, he lepdng Towns with 'isix shoolers'
Always hanging bgihcir sid.s.dfwocfAihdsa
genwy, ubont u moh'h sincc,, folldYed' i
young man, 10 a trading tent on 'hG Suck
Ton roud, about 15 miles from Marippsa, and
slaliored themselves within shooting dis,
lance Of each door. Tie young maif wonr
out mounted his mule, and was riding off
when they called 10 bin 10 step ora,bsy
esssls9s'llshaoebim, lle lafdeal alar9laa-aa his
thuIe, and laughiugly tel1 lhcmhd Thought
they wouldn'ado II. and Erode on! BOth im+
meduey fred al him, and miss' d. One Of
them fred q second time, and shot him dead
Oh ,ho spot the ball cmored the back uoi
his head and passed straight through. - His
name or residence have not heard, but
have been informed by man who saw him
tina, his hands showed evidence that he wos
hard Wprking nun The man who shot
him is candidate Ir Sheriff Of dis county
! His name is Ross. 4 CQroncr's jury, &c,
justified hinl--gave hilu an acsailal. The
murdered man ihcy accused OF stealing a
pistol, bur even admitting t|ial he did, they
had before had hin ia their power. and al
ih- time they sho, him could have laken him
~i,hou, difficulty, Bul no pissoi WAS found
on him. 9hr aa -' N.'.
have heard Of ano;hcr case where man
was shot for Stealing "Sir sh0otsr." but
on examinations. 'he pisUii III his possession
proved to be n FIRE shootcr." And yet with
such cnses almost weekly occurring in this
county, men, who were good law abiding
citizens al home, here Justify such acts, and
u!l(cl To sre in Ihom the only safeguards Of
life and property. Strange how few short
months will change mankind! But we, are
not alone, for see lha, you have men at
home who stand ready 10 set alaw at def
ance---lali back, like us, upon natural rights
appeal to the "highcr law" "und mcle out
justice in your own way: Bur l'neyef have
justified and God grant thai | never may
justify departure from legal means 10 effect
any object. Nowhcre but in The faithful ad-
herence % law, can seqOhy safety to life.
liberty or property. Under its adnnis,ra'
ton, the guilty may escapa-ihc innocom
may suffer; but the evils arising ftom she
administration Of good or bad laws are as
dus, in the balance, when compared with
those Which, always arise from a departure
! from law and order--even # The departure
be to give liberty to fellow creature, But
| forget, am laking Of things know liuIe
abuui--ior we seldom have papers OF correcI
information from home. Perhaps wha, lii.
lie Iighl have had has only served 10 be.
wilder me-lke The Pickering orun expiring
. amp !" u''" e''"e' Oy ""''" '""oce"'
o"J'c'S "'' co'''e,.eo INV" S'''S'S anu goO''''
Mining on the Mariposo, thus far this sum.
"'e'' "aS oce" very o'''N anu Pron'ao'c-- Pi'O
'''"c" more '''' so'""" '"S' se'So"' nc man
reaSo" lot ms Is 'n"' INC oafS &C nave
oee" wo'Neu o'' u" c"'f"'y u''ie''" Par
from ""a' '"ey were '"S' season. Iher
'"o''S were SUI" anu pumping 'rSor'eu 10
i" sc' '"e oeu ''eN' VI oou'So '"'y "e''
ou' '''Pe'Iec''y wo'Neu' ,s "PuccS w"u'u nave
"' "ec'SS''! " o' 'o'' 'V'"ee" no'es' ant
frequent "'o'''sS u '''' same u''' wouIu oc'
cur MS yea'' u'' ''''c u'"ic"'''-s nave
oee' o0''a'oo ''i''''S nave cH'''''ic"ceu
al 'o'' III 'no crcoN' ano d'e u''ch 10 h'
ocu ROCK III ''' ''c cree" OF oar rs INC cas1'
mlen' oe--'hus carrying 'he wafer ou' 0
'neir c'o''hs' "A ','"re was men oPenct
across 'ne par "'ete saoy w'Shcd 10 com
mcnce' and me dni rom each succeeding
ner Is 'hto"n Oe"'"u' he ditch waIi'
nave 10 DC ou''' 10 Keep The channel oPer