Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-08-22
The Grcytown AFFAIR.


tAs there Is much interest rel. in .h'ee coun co,u,n
ny 10 get al the facts upon which ihe latt
acliou Of our government was based, W.
copy : portion Of p1,le,ler wril,er BY Samue
81 Wogd, an Ame1cdn merchant al Grey
town; 70 tho New YORK Evening Posi-: sye7
1.-THE Brush government having, both itol
Itself nnd ihe King Of ilis MGsqdiio territory
Of which j. had maintained the prolec toralie ali
abdhdoned all authority over GFeytown, The
inhabi.anis, in 1882 organized, d govern. ii.
tnehi and ia conformity with .he Sexcellen,
and liberal constitution they had uhuhimous,
iyadop.ed, elected their municipal officers.
A The veFy FIRST election, she agshr Iof lhs
Transit Company, with the entire force Of
EolklaeF; IN his employ, aateFded The polls,
coming over In boais from their station al
Puma Afenhs, (or,ihe purpose; and by their
efforts, city council was chosen, consisting
oEifise sAmeficah citizens. with: the under
s.anding thatthey would ibd fay yorable to ,he
objects and rights Of the compb bnybD Three
Of these members were from New York, one
from New Orleans, and one lfonlslhe State
of.Afkansas. M ioi hogAe4t.si an neesi
Enjoying ,hds .ihe favor and projection
ofa government and Constitution established
by lhemselves, il was reasonablete expect
that the Transit Company would cheerfuly
connp)yfwish lhe,regpla,ions and ;du,ies lin.
POSED BY them. Bul,whasdid The company
do? Why, Jheir very fisstaci was an ac, Of
rebellion. The lands which, they now)oc-
cppY, and which, undershe5 former govern,
tnepi. were, held az an, annual rent qf six
cspts sterling by. lhen, asl.enanis a,wll, so
be delivered UP al lis order, andao besuscd
sQlsly as q coal depot, were included by the
CONSTITUTION ratified By themselves among
The possessions OF the ,cily government. Yei
they have never paidlhe first fsrthing lo,,he
righsiul owpers, nnd have utterly refused TO
reeagpize their properly in The lands, They
haye all along, SET a, defiance, not ,olly, the
dictates Of right and justice, bp, lbe laws Of
the very government they themselves, had,
founded, Indeed, SO open and daring islhis
opposition, thab dqting The various suits I'M
sIiiuted BY ihkif Creditors in the city coursg
for debts due from the company, ,he agen,,,
in,yeply 10 the question, why he resisted the
jlilsdiclion Of the civil authorities. declared
that he was SO instructed by,,he directors Of
The company. Nevertheless, FOR. The frs.
elk months, atleesl, after tho establishment
ot .he city government, this same company
had repeatedly acknowledged us jurisdiction
By, sueiag and defending sails In lis courls
.of law. Wha, reasons they may have had
for thus turning against i,s protecting au.
shorty, are bes, known TO themselves
Tae Cincipnoli Gaze.,e, afler copying iho
ahcyo, coplpuesiIs cpumenis and exsraclsI
Z 50 y = ..-rps,-s
Z 3 much los |ks jl';isd|s! 4 & GrsysOsp5
has exercised ;rek Rslls :, sas. and which,
I,as baso acknowledged 81 1sY Y rfansiI csm1
pany Mr, Wood is ~ fssss y: Y.
who has|liycd Tor year@ al Grey,own. The
arm 10 which he belonged, protested apainsl
The indigni.y offered io} Borsnd, and pu. lis.
propeuy under The pfolec,ion Of Capt.. Hol.
lins, dvring,h ,he bopibprdmen,, Hero is swha.
ne says as 10 ,he value OF lhe building de-.
slEoyed. and lor, which $8 900 was claimed;
Thali.did moi belongloiIle company,
Uut d Capt. McCene0, a boprding, house
keepsF, whose sole connection with ihe
company arose from his providing accom-.
Giodauons for the wofkmen.
~, u was removed in q legal and ofdetly
mAnpeB byalhe Mayor from Tie grounds be-
longing 1.-The ,citg, on which i, had beer. il.
legally erecled, and Of which The company
had been repeatedly yiseWed, without avail.
opsthe narsy in possession, requiring, him TO
appear before ibe proper tribunal. and show
CAUSE Why i,shouId no. bio removed, "a The
only response 20, The summons was. these,
ding up Of a, spurious charter, alleged by she
company 10 have been granted 10 them by
ihe State, OF Costa Rica, than which more
ridiculous md desperate claim was never
prefered.r sra ,bs99EHs a.at u si,
,r3. The eniira vs,ue,oC IN. eyonsr,v. Inns
rnmoyed. ,nstead or ,bs,nu rSsqt,. ono. ne ,he
company claim, falls considerably below onl
,hou,and dollars. andthat. loo. on The mos
liberal es.insale.i'll9I,I Be ,5d i5,,p a9gul
iOlyhemuyder of ,he gCap,ain-bfaheb,npf q
by Captain Smirh,Mf. Wood suys4-.,y 4 ( =
"And now q few words'wi,h regard 10 III,
n,0ydaf Of poor Anto6ioalhe b06So man. y
,phs sailing downthe f,yay N III boat tyhicl
followed l6e, commanded by Co6,sin Smith
when arrived, lbap same MONT. JIlIsar6e,
aIptbe,ipAr,icUlars abo,ir ,,aa Transaction, Y
there was no material diversity Of s,a,enieti,
Antonio. me owner Of ina bunoo. had hi
b0a,,m6de fast 10 4 tree lpet,ing7 sumner, 70
hls A,,sn-.As Asonda ,an a, ,vsajvs NJ 4 and am,