Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-08-21

CoRRRsPoNpRNcE.--We publish this week
a reply fiJudge LEDLrE TO the attack Of
sditor Of ihe Democrat, which win be read
with deep interest,". The Judge ia capable Of
laking his own part.,e, Nd aJ
We also publish BY permission, two ph-
sais le,,es from the far west which will be
found interesting -one from Judge McAboy,
written TO Judge Heckard, and the other
from Joseph Ledlie to his brother, Judge
VIM. Ledlie. twill be amds,er Of local
pride % many Of our readers 10 learn that .
|sMeigs County boy"--oRe who was reared
ant. .educaied in this 'bsnigRsed disricf'
(ps she Cleveland Plaindsaler calls ail)'was
the firs.iman 10 discover and correc. very
serious error made by PROFESSOR John.
son in running tho base line Of Nebraska
Territory. Certainly Mr.. Halliday mus
feel proud Of his former pupil-for we be-
lieve Mr.. Ledlie received nearly II not quite
all his instructions in surveying from Mr..
Halliday. AZ il may be matter Of some
inleres, TO some Of our readers TO know how
The suTveys are progressing in the Terrific
ties, we copy the following from the Kansas
Territorial Rsgisisr Of July 2lSt. e2@
We are informed by the Surveyor Gen.
erai that the surveys In Kanzas and Nebtds.
ka, for acme weeks delay cd BY the misiaken
and erroneous liberalization Of the base line
is nov accurately and carefully fixed, and
that the meridian and standard parallels are
rapidly progressing aud will be completedin in
Ksnzas and Nebraska. by the middle Sept.
next. He also informs us, the. the several
divisions, mads BY ihs standard parallels,
will bo surveyed into townships, and snbdi.
vided into sec,ions, 40 rapidly as the larges.
forcs that can bsHemploysd can survey
them, and the whole country extending
South to nsaT the ''C Cherokee Purchase, and
including nearly all the settlement In Kan
zaS. will be surveyed into sections BY the first
Of March next. The surveys Of the Della
ware country he informs us, will be compile
ted by The middle Of October. In the next
three or four weeks, not less than twenty
surveying parties will bs In the field. The
surveying of 90 vast a region as Ksnsas and
Nebraska, is no small work. and the acca.
rate determination Of the siandnrd lines, is
work of 6fea, labor, requiring tims aand
psdence. The anxiety on she part Of aths
people, TO have their lands surveyed, 20 that
they may know where their lines may run,
10 very greas bnt they mus. bear in mind
shat the impoy,an. a,endaEd lines sspPon which
are based ,he whole survey Of Sol yaeti a
country 40 10 embraced in Kansas and Ne.
braska, requires lime, and labor, and skill
We are saiis6ed from the ,arrangemenls
which are now making aI jhe Surveyor Gen,
sral's Office, that The surveys will Be COM
pIsted a,,Rs ssrlies. possible day. Lei il bs
borne in mind iha, field four hundred
miles long, BY hundred broad, cannol be
Gu, up into quarter sections In the time thai
az active settler is building his cabin, aud
fixing the lines Of bis claim. Wears suits.
fed ina, no effort, on the paR Of the Sur.
vsyor General! will bewautlng 70 Ryaiify .ht
settlers by showing ,hern the lines Of ihsin
respective claims. 8i''W Flaa s. q. tste lsyi