Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-12-20


iErERRsriNa QUHsri N.-sln,he md'trr IF
tks OHIO Life Insurance and Trust Comgaay
elsewhere reported. we are furnished by ,he
Reporter with the lulOwiag abSfuc5 OF lh.
prOpusiiiohs made By couns,l;
Attorney General Pugh made The follow.
ing ppin,s:v M
i.eThe Court has a visiiorial powT in
respect to The corporation. .''is5 2r
8, This power is par Of the otigiIurl il
rlsdie,ion Of the CourI in quo varrGnio.
5 The Court can exercise ab,t p,,@"t &C.
cordlng 10 The second scclion,. .ariyle w, u
the Constitution. $3.50 s'.'-f- q
:. 1t is discretionary With the Court. Al oil
evenWIto exercise the power eass
8. This power extends TO the regulation Of
The company in all matters, wherein the
public has on interest. s
6 The pa,men, Of taxes. when righ,fu.
ly assessed. is duty, which the corporation
owes 10 the pubic.
These taxes were rghlfulIy assessed.
Worihng.on & Matthew'S. aud Stanbrry,
Obi c,od 10 the mu'ion. gttEeGsT2AN
| That under ihe presen, constitution Of
the Slate, the Supreme Cnur, had no jlris'
dici2n 10 grim, the motinn. G
Q. Tha. the Attorney General had no au.
,horiy To move in The mode pruposrd.
5. Thai by It's charter and the law Of lhp
land, requiring interest to b. paid seni-an.
nually is not an exaclion Of more interest
Than is allowed. .5tltfa
4. That the non.paymen, Of INK is NJ
ground for forfeiture Of the charter, nor for
lhe order asked, II no, being violation oI
any Of the conditions Of The charter. acH
g.. That The company does n@ refuse IL
pay The TAX absolutely. but is only cxercis-
ing i.s legal irigh. of appeal TO the Supreme
Cnun Of the United Sla.rs. fnr .hn purpose
Of testing the question Of i.s obligation 10 pa,
lbe tax. ,,
Thn, Cor pan of the inxes Of 1851 a
decree has been rendered agains. The Cum
pany, execution nn which is suspended bv
proceedings in Error ln the Supreme Cur,
United Sla,es--and as The C"urt cannot en-.
fnrce the paymen. Of iux"s directly by exc.
cuIinh under the decree. /, cannot do 80 in.
directly, under the motion.
OREGON. N.--Our Oregon advices are TO the
26,h OF Oclpber. The papers complain thai
lhe Trrri,pfy produces Ii.lle aud imports a
great deal. even cf those articles which
Oregon nigh, produce in abuhdancr
The Spectator ssys that abere is an "in
crraeing scarily oI monrv thrGughnui Ore
gon." and views the stale Of business. caus'
ed by small production and large imports
with no little disrust. 'a "
The treaty with the Rogue Riverlndiaa:
has been published. AIiel The formation ii
the treaty some Of the whn's. who di-lkec
he treaty and drSiren lhs 'xiermlnalIon o
/ The red men, fired upon the ludidns al.
4 The cost of the Rogue River war wa.
tabour Two hundred and flIy thousand d a's
The value Of the. crops 10 lhe Unu ,
States for 1850 was as f II ,ws: wkea,$I43
/ 600 900; corn. $39l 100000; hay. $3.50
275 600; oas7o $40 QUO; pom,ues. S73 1875
00O; co.,on. $l29 900 600 Thp, y, Ia %
lhe whule crop was $l.752 583 000a Tn
animals slaughtered annually are wpr,i
Sl3s, 100000. v
Il Is said that North Carolina produr"
within It's boundaries tho staples Of ever,
other in the Union, and is 'he only one ,hu
does il.
| An English letter, of a recen, date. n
marks ,ha, "twenly-six reformed criminal
have been sent to The UniieI States This " e.
as free rmigrunrs. By The London R"i"rmn
tory Institute" BY -and by ,he English pa
pers will ieem with leading articles upon tn
exHaor'linary prevalence ol crime. IN III
Unned Slates--crime. nne-tenhs Of whic
was born and nursed into vigorous ac'ivil
in the heart Of Lnndnn, and Vas then shr
ped to our shores by British refurmers.