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AMENDMENT NO. 5.

AMENDMENT NC. ).
RESOLVED By the General assembly ofhc State Of
Ohio, three-fths of the members elected to each
House concurring therein, that it be. and hereby
is proposed to the electors of this State to vote,
on the second Tuesday of October next, upon
the approval or rejection of the following amend
menta as an additional section to article eleven of
the Constitution. Every county which now is,
or may hereafter be entitled TO more than one
Senator, or Representative for the residue of the
present decennial period, or for all, or any por-
lion OF any subsequent decennial period shall
be divided into as many Senatorial and Repre-
sentative districts as there may be Senators or
Representatives, elective in any year of the pres
chi, or any subsequent dccennial period, which
districts shall be of contiguous territory. and
each district shall contain rs nearly q ratio for
Senator or Representative as is a~ttainable. with
out violating the rule herein given as 10 conf
guilty of territory. and without dividing any
township, election precinct, or ward. If any
Representative or Senatorial district, composed
of two or more counties shall by reason Of any
excess of population over a ratio, be entitled TO
additional Representatives or Senators for any
portion of the present or any subsequent decen-
NAL period, the district shall be divided into
two districts, for each portion Of such decennial
period, which shall be contiguous territory. and
each shall contain as near a ratio as is attaina-
BILE without dividing counties.
If by reason Of the annexation Of one Senaio-
rial district TO another, there shall be any excess
of population over 4 Senatorial ratio. which
shall be enti.Ied to additional Senatorial repre-
s~entaiion for any portion of any decenniai peri
cd. each district, as now contributed, shall elect
one Senator. -.srs
Counties shall be divided into districts by the
County Commissioners or such other board OF
officers elective and resident in the proper coun-
ty rs may be provided by law. At least four
monts prior TO the general election in 1853, the
counties entitled to more than one member of
either house shall be divided into districts for
the residue of the present ~deeennial period, and
at least four months prior to the general cleo
ton in the first year Of each subsequent decen-
NAL period. the counties entitled to more than
one member for all. or any portion Of such de-
cennial period in either or both houses, shall be
divided into districts for the whole of the de-
eennial period. A description Of the district Of
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AMENDMENT NO. 4.

AMENDMENT NO. 4.
Resolved By the. Genera assembly of The State of
Ohio, three-ffihs ofthe members elected TO each
house concurring therein, That it be and here
by is proposed to the electors of the State, on
the second Tuesday of October next to approve
or reject the following amendment as a subsii-
tute for the first and second sections of the thir-
teenth article of the Constitution. Viz: Corpo-
rations of every description shall be created,
and corporate powers granted only by general
laws which shall define the powers, privileges
and immunities and prescribe the duties and
liabilities of each classOr descriptions of eorpo-
raiions. but the General Assembly may enact
special laws for the relief of corporations in Pc
culiar cases. and may make special provisions in
regard to corporations in eases wherefrom their
peculiar location of interests such special provi-
sions are required. and may from time TO time
alter or repeal all such laws, as are authorized
by this section.
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives,
THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.
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J. In relation to Public Records.

% In relation to Public Records-
Section. l, Be it enaced By The General as
seznag Of the STATE Of Ohio, That il shall be law
ful for the county commissioners of any county
to cause any public records of said county to
be indexeds or transcribed. whenever in their
opinion the public interest may require it, and
TO pay such compensation to the persons en-
ployed Tor the same as may be agreed upon. not
exceeding ten cents for every hundred words,
and all contracts heretofore made by the county
commissions OF any county for such indexing
or transcrIbing, are hereby confirmed and de-
ciared valid; such compensation to be paid out
OF county treasury on the allowance of the coun-
ty commissioner, and the order of the county
auditor E@EE fEt
sage.
Nh. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker. of the House of Representative,
THoS. H. FORD,
Presidentof the Senate.
Columbus April IL, 1857.
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AMENDMENT NO. 3.

Resolved 5y The, Geacral assembly Of the State O,
Ohio. three-6fthsFf the members elected TO each
branch, concurring therein, that it be and here
by, is proposed to the electors of the State, to
vote on the second Tuesday of October next, to
approve or reject the following amendment as a
substitute for the second and third sections Of
The twelfth article of the Constitution.
All property, personal and real, shall be sub
iect 10 taxation by a uniform rule, at the true
value thereof in money, but such deductions
from credits may be allowed as the General As
sembly may deem expedient; Provided, that
burying grounds. public school houses; and all
other public property, and all institutions of
purely public charity, and all houses used ex-
elusively for public worship. shall be exempt
from taxation; and if the total value of the per-
sonal property of any person shall not exceed
fifty dollars, the amt may be exempt from
taxation. All property employed in bank
ing shall always bear burden oftaxatiun equal
tothat imposed on the property of individuals.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
THOMAS Fl. FORD.
a- IL President OF the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.
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HOR POWDER.
DR.. w. N. KING,

MOULD respectfully announce TO the citi-
w liens Of Millersburg and vicinity that he
is still doing business at his old stand on Clay
ST., three doors North of the Pest Office, where
he is ready attend to all calls he may be favored
with. either tsa1sa-
M!S0lgAA OR SURGICAL
the Lungs, Bronchitis, 1ncipicnt, Tubercle, &c.
Diseases of Females, Chronic diseases of the
Skin. and Special Diseases.
The treatment of the foregoing diseases will
be conducted on the latest and most improved
plans of treatment of Europe and this country.
All consultations strictly confidential.
Ian. 4. 1S57-20tf.
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Dated April 81, 1857.
AMENDMENT NO. 2.

r aE II ~ AAESDhENI No. <. - - r. -
R~esolvcd B yhe General assembly of tic State of
Ohio, Three-ffths of tie members elected to
each House coneurring therein. that it be. and
hereby is proposed to the electors of this State
to vote on the second Tuesday Of October next,
upol the approval or rejection of the following
amendment, as a substitute for the fifth and
sixth sections of the fourth article of the Consti-
t%uiion, viz: SIC. 5. District Courts shall be
held in each county at least once in each year,
by one or more District Judges elected by the
electors of separate districts 10 be prescribed by
law, who shall hold their Office for five years;
and during their continuance in Office shall re-
side in the district for which they are elected
The provisions Of the fourteenth section of this
article shall apply TO District Judges. The
General Assembly may by law authorize the
Judges of the District Court, and of the Courts
of Common Pleas, to fix the times of holding
their respective Courts. Until District Judges
shall have been elected and qualified, District
Courts shall be held by the Judges of the Su-
preme Court and of the Cour.sof Common Pleas
as now authorized. Sec. 6. The District
Court shall have such jurisdiction as may be
provided by law. and the judges thereof shall
have and exercise such power and jurisdiction
at chambers. and may be required to sit as iudg-
es of the Courts of Common Pleas Us shall be
directed by law. H 1t
\. Il. VAN WORRIES, ~
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03

RoRTLAND, Feb 24-The steamship In
dian, from Liverpool with dates to the 10th
inst, arrived this morning.
The America was telegraphed below
Liverpool on the 10th. ,.. ..t,-ts
The Indian sailed from Liverpool on the
morning of the llth inst.
The Parliamentaryp return of. income
and expenditure for the year ending Sep
tember so, 1926, shows total income OF
upwards Of Ell 900, 900, while the expen-
'ditures reach about .G88. 100000.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has
announced that on Friday he would pre-
sent his financial statement.
> In, the. House Of Lords reference was
made 70 an. article in the Paris Moniteur,
eliminating the probable union of the Dan
subian Principalites. ~ y
Lord Lyndhurst wished to know wheth-
er the Divan that was about to assemble
svould take into consideration the question
of this union. or whether it would be de-
1cided by representatives. .-ats.l &. ba
Lord Clarendon replied that he had read
the article in the MonitcGr with surprise
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03
Nervous Disease s0onronod and Conquered.

OF all the various ills that detract from the enjoy
ment of human life, most of them may be traced to
disordered condition of the nervous system. The hor
rors Epilepsy, Falling Sickness, arise in most
cases from this cause. Our readers may remember
on sever; occasions before, have alluded TO the
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curing every form of nervous debility;-no matter
whether manifested in the acute and eNcruciating
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but az present he should abstain from ex-
pressing any opinion on the subject.
Mr.. VIM. Layard, In the House of Com
mons. inquired whether the Persian Am
bassador at Paris was negotiating q treaty
with Lord Cowley underthe same full pow
ers he possessed at Constantinople.
Mr.. v, Smith, in the abseneesof Lord
Palmerston, said he believed the powers
were precisely the same, and he had every
reason to hope that the negotiation would
result satisfactorily.
Mr.. d D'Israeliagai repeated, i'll the most
positive terms, that treaty had been made
by France guaranteeing to Austria her ltal-
ian possessions. tt.esef f-fb a.t--.....tf -
Lord Palmerston denied that any such
treaty existed, but admitted that France,
during the Russian war, agreed TO assist
Austria in case of an instruction in Sici-
4 ly. .'"' 10, .' ~. :. %
Business throughout France was dull,
and general feeling of uneasiness existed
among the Cotton manufacturers
PRUSSIA AND Sw1TzERLAND.--The Pan :
is Press says that unexpected difficulties
have arisen between Prussia and Switzer-
land respecting the affair of the Neufchatel
question. ,-.-a
AUSTRIA AND RUss1A.-The Emperor
of Austria has decided upon granting a
geueaal amnesty to all political offenders.
1t is rumored that the Emperor of Russia
will do the same to the eXiled Poles.-
The relations between Austria and Rus
sia, and between Austria and France, are
unpromising.
Turkey is about to take formal posses
sion Of the Delta Of the Danube.
Austria has officially notified the Porte
that the evacuation of the Principalities
will be completed by the 24th of March
INDIA AND CnINA.-The Indian mail has
arrived at Suez. a.
There is nothing important from the
Persian Gulf r......
A China letter of the / 9Th of December,
published i'll the Paris Moniteur, states
that the damage sustained by foreign mer-
chantsl was not 50 great rs at first stated;
that Of the thirteen European quarters at
Chy Han Kong, five were destroyed, and
of the eighty y-one foreign factories at Can
ton, twenty one were burned.
AS soon as the English ships commenced
firing, the floating population of vagabonds
at Canton, rushed into Chy Han Kong and
pilla9ed, and then set fire to the Europe
an stores. The incendiaries were soor
dispersed by shells from the English ships
when the French seamen extinguished the
fires.
The Chinese town suffered terribly, as
well by the fire from the English hips as
from the native soldiers. OF the twelve
merchants nine we're destroyed at the frs
attack. ..
The Earl of Clarendon has fully APP
proved the acts of Admiral Seymour anc
Commissioner Bowring.
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday mo rning
standing orders were complied with OF
the 9th before Parliament, in case of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company. ..i
A dispatch from Marselie $, dated Feb
ruary 10th, states that NJ. Buhler had beel
sent by the Persian Government to tn
seat Of war in the Persian Gulf Th'
news Of the revolt of Maraghah is con
firmed. The revolters pillaged the town
Fifteen English vessels had anchored OF
/ BundeIable.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03
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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03

DR. RoBACK REMEDrEs.-rne success which
has attended the practice of this distinguished phys
Clan, goes far confirm the cory that the of
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ian Rene dics'' opsrate directly upon the elements
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per day, Of which 100 requests for advice and
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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03
QAEEikHIIT ne AsIn.

NnR NoRH.sFebs ses l857TA The Gu
ynra stearnsiip Asia, from Liverpool; l;-with
moon.
'VTheo osteamship North America arrived
'outia Eiterpool on the 9th inst Also the
Emeu p& RyFS. w q y T.
The latest advices- ifrpm the, east state
thai the British troops were, advancing into
the interior of Persia
The QueeL had delivered aspeech where
in she. stated that negctiations were pro-
A0ressing with the United States and Hon
'daras in, reference to Central American af-
fairs; andhopes that the existing difficult
ties may be removed. u, '5i ,atsa 49, 81
She brings nearly ,S4oo, 900 in specie.
The English Parliament re-assembled
on the Sd inst No., -,a
"A reply, to the Queens speech was
agreed 10 and presented in'the usual form
The wars with, Persia AMI China have
both been discussed in Parliament, and in
formation called'forJ 'to' U3"s ~ ''"
yThe Earl Gray called for dispatch writ
ton by himself when in Office, prohibiting
the English local authorities at Canton
from taxing active measures without con
ferring with the Home Government, which
dispatch he had written after comforting
with tlIe Duke of Wellington. Hf
,iAniftefesting discussion also took place e
in relation to the Hudson Bay Co., on ac-
ton to inquire into the siateof the posses
sions Of that Company, and the trade con-
trolled by it. y Itwas' suggested by sever
al speakers that the monopoly should be
broken up, and the lands thrown open to
emigration, ,.f,. .l. -sI f-.U.as,fI,- g g.
Mr.. Laing alluded to the idea of emil
pration now poinp towards Minnesota, and
said the only mode of avoiding a conflict
with the United States, which might arise
from American emigrants overstepping
the borders, and squatting on English ter
ritory would be the annexation of Hud-
sons Bay to Canada. a.. ,.j .....-.....
Mr.. Dallas has given banquet to Lord
Napier, the new English Minister to the
United States. .et T1'" &ah' i"
A telegraphic dispatch from CONSTANT
nople saws that Russia demands the occu-
patton Of the Persian province of Megan-
non. s."Asis' ~ .-a'
The English have reconstructed forts at
BitshirI, aud leaving it occupied by troops
have marched upon Mohamora, which com
Inands both the province of Lais and the
road to- Shiras They are also about to
occupy Mohammed and Bender Ali, two
towns in the Persian Gulf.
The English and French troops have
been ordered to evacuate Greece, their de-
mands having been complied with.
"A Commissioner has been appointed by
the three proclaimpg powers, Russia Eng
land and France, to investigate the condi-
ton of the Greek finances. E
DENMAnK. treaty for the redenap-
ton of the Sound Dues, has been. printed
Article fourth binds the States signing
the treaty to pay Denmark 80, 57o,o 600 rix
dollars, according toquotas already agreed
upon. s.,r.p-. ..... --e .'-r.
iNAPLEs.-The. King of Naples has
signed treaty with. the Argentine Repub-
lie, for the reception OF the Neapolitan
.-,tate prisoners, who are to be pardoned.
This treaty accompanied by an offer of par
don has-been communicated TO all the
State prisoners in the kingdom. 81
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03
ARRIVAL OF Sac tennessee

New York, Feb. On tszzssaEhe Steamship
Tennesseo, from Aspinwall, via San :. uan
and Key West, arrived this evening, bring
ing three hundred and fifteen passengers,
and $4,000 in specie. She left Aspln-
wall on the evening of the 10th.
The ship Meteor, from Mobile to Liver
pool. had put into San, Juan in bad con
dition. s7, .g,tsrsufs5' .aH- se '.. -.
.. The Tennessee left San Juan before the
Texas, which has already arrived at New
Orleans, 81. rTaira. o .-f
naCol. Tituswith his recruits went up the
river with Col. Lockridge, and took a po-
si,ion opposite the enemy, at Seri Pi
Pague. ,rr a...'
saCol. Lockridge had made all the neces-
sary arrangements, and the attack was to
be made OH the day the Tennessee left. ~.
ssCol. LIS force was stated at five hum
dred and fifty men, and that of the Costa
Ricans, are differently stated than in the
accounts by the Texas. .e. I5
The affairs at Rivas and St George be-
tween Gen. Henhingscn's command and
the Costa. Ricans are also differently stated
than in the accounts by the Texas.
In the fight near Rivas Captain Phin-
ney was killed, and the Americans suffer
ed other losses, but it does not appear
which party was victorious.
Gen. Henningsen's attack on St. George
was made with four hundred men. the en-
emy having, it was stated, fifteen hundred
After several hours fighting, Gen. Hen
ningsen retired, as stated, with inconsid
cradle loss, excepting that several of his
officers were wounded, including Col
Jacques and Major Dusenbery. ,.,
The Costa Rican!oss is supposed to hav
been great. 80
Gen, Bosquet was killed.
- At the last advices the Nicaraguans ha'
drawn off and were in the vicinity of Gra
NADIA, awaiting the arrival of ammunitio
from Greytown.r n'lt'a7t
The last accounts from Gen. Walker ar
to Feb. 3d., He was at San Juan del SUI
with three HUNDRED men He had estab
lished his headquarters at Rivas, and wa
concentrating all his force there, amountin
to eight hundred men, f
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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