Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-01-25
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up" and the prospect bids fair iha. Chilli 4
cothe will receive an impetus, within the I
next year. which will place her on the high |
road 10 prosperity. A company, we are told,
has already been formed, who have Il in
contemplation TO build l50 small dwelling
houses, 10 NEE, the presen, pressing wants
Of that description Of ,enemenis. Every
habhuiion IN our city Is now filled with thu.
mans Stranger faces are me. with q, ey.
cry crossing, and the cry is still they come
The burnt district is alresdy closely packed
with fine brick edifces, occupied for the
most par, by en,erprising merchants, whole
sale grocers, &c. Such is the effec, Of en-
terprise-such the march Of improvement.
Old Rip Van Winkle has al last toakened
from his slumber, and the wa,chword is go
AHEADr-Scioto Gazette. y
We learn from the; WellsyilIe Patriot that
quite an excitement prevails in that town
caused by the premature death Of two cid-
zens from in.emperance. This, together
with an auack OF delirium ,remens by soule
TWO or three, 90 outraged the feelings OF the
citizens that lheyturned out in large numbers
on Friday evening, The 7,h inst, and march.
ed down to L. s. Cope's grocery, where ].
was thought the inhabitants ob,ained their
principal supplies Of whiskey. Sogrea, was
The excitement, and SO great was the out
burs. Of popular indignation, ,ha. many
feared that Mob Law. with oil lis horrors,
was abou, 10 reign. Better counsels, how
ever prevailed, and the crowd separated after
I putting an injunction upon Cope not to sell
! any more whiskey. On Saturday nighl The
crowd assembled, and visited allthc dogger.
. les. giving the owners notice thatihey must
; quit The liquor traffic, or abide the .conse
. quenccs. The citizens of Welsvlle have
been moved TO adopt this course by the ute
: ameness and incapaci,y Of our State laws
y If the laws will moi help them 10 expel ,h'
:, grog-shops, they are determined 10 do
- ,hemselves--1rue Dem.
10 GREAT EXCITEMENT AT SALEM, OHIo.--l
I'd new mode of tax gathering was attempted 0
,h Salem, Ohio, on the Sd inst, which has ere
ey ated in that town quite muss. The Treas
il urer Of Columbiana county, having Gale
ge upon the Salem Bank for taxes assessed
RS several times, and being refused, on tn
OF ground that The tax was levied on the capita
us instead Of the profits, entered the Bank wit
ey a posse armed with guns, revolvers an
= sIedges Tor the purpose of breaking open III
~ vault, and seizing the requisite funds
- this slate Of The affray an armisce was d,
I'd clared, for the purpose Of calling the dire,
p. tors together, that they might decide whe,l
er they would or would not pay the tax {
assessed. The directors met, and protesle
against paying, and by the means Of gun
,,b crowbars, &C., drove the tax gathering par,
'" out Of the bank. On the 4,h, renewal
hos.ilites upon the bank was expected,
sr. resul, Of which, we have no, learned
m. Stsubenvillc Her.
~ The New CONSTITUTION Pe,i,ions we
he he last week presented in the Legisla,ur
,ax nav asking for change in the laws regulalil
ihs elections. so as 10 allow Trustees of tow
n,d I ships TO serve for three years, one 10
ba, elected annually. A good proposition.
~, Mr., Deming moved 10 lay the petitions
= the table, explaining as a reason for maxi
:. this motion ,ha, the constitution, in ar,ic
inn % 10, section 4. provides that The ,ownst
,nss officers shall be elected on The frs, Mond
~ Of April, annually, and shall hold their
oms, m fees for one year; which artcile is in conf
,hs with the prayer Of The petitioners.
;no OF course this settles the mater, and
lie very desirable cha nge in the law, one II
,per would probably meet with universal appl
If val, cannot be made on account Of that pl
slv vision Of the new constitution.
pus Mr.. WARDS BILL ON CRIMRs.--A
red Ward, Of Warren, has Introduced bill il
of the House, which is now being discussed
- The committee Of The whole, revising the
md for The punishment of crimes. The
proposes to abolish capital punishment
murder, and substitute Imprisonment for !
rBE in The Peniienliary. The bill also makes
Re. q Penilenliary offence TO maliciousy desIE
rri. personal properly, growing trees, grains,
ok, fruits above The value Of thirty dollars
ing married man, or woman, committing ad
ala, lery, is also to be punished by imprisonme
Gus in the Penilen,iary.
A, As there is difference Of opinion as
,i,h the policy of adopting these measures, a
sis. as petitions pro and con are frequently S,
Use, in, il is proper 10 notify the people that n,
enl is the lime TO lei their requests be known,
lar. Stale Journal of l9th
ex' IMPORTANT DECISION The Court
Z. Bank on Monday made decision that il
len! we'll enough to consider and remember.
mel settled the principle that under our law a
nor person can, after the lapse Of six mon
Of from the time Of the payment. sue for,
are. action Of debt, and in his opn name,
SIS recover any moneys that have been won,
ms an election. The loser has six months
ncll recover back his money If he fails 10
hes so in that time, any other perseHlhay /:
for and put the cash in his own pocket
per- This is now the law. We say il is right
'al, Betting on election is a great evil, and II
SEQ is generally known that any body can Is
pm Tor aud recover money won, il will do mt
apd than any thing else to check this pracii
IN We hope the press will call attention TO i
ol decision. Lei the great evil be put do
on with q strong hand, ,--State Journal.
,he Hon, Tristan Burgess, Of Rhode Islal
rec. distinguished for eloquence and ability
and Congress-. especially in his renconlre W
cial John Randolph, is sill alive and hear
and though now in his 8Sd year. He leia
his mind, and his pen is busy 10 prose q
ia,e poetry. Very few menin our country hl
sic produced such speeches and addresses
he delivered when member Of Congre
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