Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-08-09

Mr.. O'Donohue landed at New York
on Monday from California, Looking hale
and hearty, and has taken roohs at The
AsIor House, where he is prepdled 10 re.
ceive the congratulations oI his Gonds.
BOARD OF EQUALIzATIoN.- Wa have be.
fore stated that each Senatoriaf dislrc, in
the State will elect member of,his Board,
this fall We give below the rules by hich
this Board is 10 be governed The position
is an important one, and il is ctriainIy de-
sirable 10 The real estate owners df this part
Of The State, thai good man, intelligent and
practical, and well acquainted with the diff.
ferenl parts Of the State, should ke elected;
lsI. They shall add TO the Aggregate val
uaon Of the real property Of every county
which they shall believe 10 be vahed below
lis true value in money, such per cenum,
in such case, as will raise the sum TO It's
true value in money.
I'd. They shall deduct from the aggregate
valuation Of The real property of every codn.
ty which they shall believe to be valued
above lis true value in money, such per
cenlum, in such case, as will reduce the
same 10 its true value in money.
Sd. If they shall believe that right and
justice require the valuation Of The real prop.
ery Of any town or towns in any county,
or Of The real properly Of such county, not
in towns, 10 be raised, or 10 be reduced,
without raising or reducing The other real
properly Of such county, or without raising
or reducing it in the sumo ratio, they may,
in every such case, add TO. or lake from, the
valuation of any one or more Of such towns,
or Of properly no. in Towns, such per centum
as they shall believe will raise or reduce the
same TO its true value in money.
4h. They shall not reduce The aggregate
value of all the real properly of the State, as
returned by the county Auditors. more than
| ten miIlions of dollars.
The compensation OF each member of the
Board as fixed by law, is three dollars for
each day he shall attend on the sessions OF
the Board, and three dollars in addition for
every twenty-five miles he shall necessarily
travel. in going TO and returning from Co.
lumbus, TO be paid ou. of the Stale Treasury
en- The order of The Auditor Of State.
A HUMAN SKELETON EMBEDpEr IN Rock
The GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Times relates the
following:
On Monday list, while some hands on the
Cincinnati, Wilmington and GAINESVILLE
Railroad, at Cusack's mill, about five miles
south Of this city. were quarrying a stone, 0
human skeleton was found embedded in o
rock, on bluff bank on the south branch oil
Jonahan's creek, thirty feet from the sur.
face. small 6ssure in the rock, Of per.
haps TWO inches in width, opened to the res.
ling place of these rerains, which in all
human probability, may have been deposited
there centuries ago. The rock contained
an indentalion Of The greater part Of the
body, as perfect as though moulded of pot.
Ier's clay. From the hip TO the foot, parlic.
ulurly, The sarcophagus was as complete as
carving could have made il. The proper.
tions, curvaIures, &C., the limb, were dis.
linct and regular, and indicated that the skel'
eton had been person Of full size. We
saw this skeleton, and the rock from
which i, was taken, the day after ii had beer
discovered The bones were in a gooC
state Of preservation.
LocoFoco TROUBLES IN Ne W YoRK,-ThC
Washington Union, Of July 25Ih, in speak
ing of the condition of things in the Empire
Slale, says: The fact is not 10 be disguised
that there are troubles amongst our Demo
crsIic friends in New York"
Ii seems that portion Of the Stale Cen
iral Committee got together and insisted up
on passing resolutions endorsing The Bali
m ore Platform, and the Compromise Mea.
sures. A portion refused their assent and
left the room. Convention was called 10
meet at Syracuse on the 18Th Of September
when we shall probably see sights. A por'
lion will refuse assent, and there will be Q
division at once. Such are the present indi
cations. The Loco(oco parIy in that State
are in wreiched condition, and the Difficult
ty is by no means confined 10 Them. Time
will show how il will end.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF SOLDIERS.
On the 18th inst, the soldiers and others
il Philadelphia, who were connected with
the war OF 1919, held a meeting in relation
10 their proposed national convention ~ 'ha
city on The 9th Of January next. 1t is ex'
pected from Tho assurances already received
from several States, to be one Of the larges
and most respectable conventions that evel
assembled in that city. The meeting adopt
ed the following resolutions:
ReSolued, That il is important that every
slider who served in the war of 1919, in any
of the States Of the Union, should obtain
from his Captain or other surviving officer
a certificate Of his service, in order that he
or his heirs may be in posses sion oil salts
factory proof of his identity.
Resolued, That those who served on ship
board, and sons of those who served on land
or sea, as we'll as those who were imprison-
ed at Trpoli, be entitled to seats in The ma
tional convention, and that they also be re-
quesIed 10 obtain certificates Of identity.