Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-02-14
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Columbus: Correspondence
CULuMBtJs, Feb'y 9th,


Columbus: Correspond dence.
:. CulumBus, Feb'y 5th, '62.
Editor 1slsgraph.-As we don't cal
culate to join in the discussion, and our
mind is made up. as how to vote on the:
;measnresI will devote little time to-
your paper The Telegraph came to
hand yesterday, safe and sound, with all
its contents ,unimpaired, just when we
were beginning to think. that somebody,
either oar editor, postmaster, or -tardy
mail carrier, ought.to be found.fauh with
for its non-arrivaf. ,s.,.- -
But it brought With Il. 50 plausible.
an apology that~we: concluded to exon.
crate all: parties, but the printers, who
from the editof:saecount; must ha We been
dereliot in -their5duty, if they refused to
''run the machine when they had sssi1
fleet. Of. water" in the Office, for a; much
more extensive machine has been:r1n
with one-half Of thecnumber of feet
Such INSTRUMENTATION on the part of
printers and devils sho I'D be overlooked
but once -. ......,-...., .s... g.. =: -.-
t; Nothing of unusual interest has trans
.pired in the Legislature, as yet. All
seem to be anxious to expedite business,
and make the session as brief as posi-
BILE. Considerable has to be. done, of
course, for 'sBuncombe.'' Oyer ninety
bills have. been already introduced into
the House, and I think the rest of the
laws wifi be either repealed, or amended
in time for an early adjournment.
If there are any laws upon the statute
book that are satisfactory to the lawyers
Of Pomeroy, and that they do not desire
repealed, or changed, they had better pc
..tition the Legislature at once for their
. preservation, for presentindications are
| that they are bound to meet with
an attack in some shape before the.ex-
Epiration of the session. '.-
The Relief Bill, of which I spoke in
my last letter, as Immediately becoming
law, took a rebound into the Senate
and was there so amended as to change
the one half mill tax to three-fourths Of
mill on 2dellar-and what soldiers
I families should be entitled to relief
aud then sent back to the House, where
the rate of tax amendment was voted
down, and the bill referred to the Con-
ference Committee. Most probably the
tbiIl will pass both Houses in its present
form.
BY the one-half mile levy, the tax
payers of 'Meigs County would be re.
qnired to raise for the State some 2,7ot
dollars and would receive in return from
| the Auditor of State, about 1000, dol
lars-a sum that appears to US sufficient
to render the suferings of the families
of volunteers as light as that of many. Of
the wives and children of those who viii
be required to raise their proportion oi
the fund. =
:. ..sIn view of these facts, we have op
posed the three fourth mill amendment
and voted for the one-h half mill. County
Commissioners are required by this bill
as now amended, to take charge of tn
funds, and relieve such families only a
their wants require. Another bill o
. fsome Importance is now before th'
> House, and one which I believe woul
: not be approved by the taxpayers of tn
:. FState.. Itrequires the Governor to ap
point an agent for each regiment, to pro
:, vide. for the sick of said regiment, ane
to take charge of all moneys that sol
diers may desire to send to their fami
lies or any. place of deposit. Bill is s.
amended now as to strike down tn
number of agents to thirty, and instea
: of two dollars day, they are to act q
nurses, aud receive three dollars day
: and: their expenses paid by the Govern
ment,. which would be an additional ex
pense to the State Of not less than sixt
thousand dollars the ensuing year.
At this-time- of high taxes, and whei
:, they are going to be increased, unavoid
; ably, to almost a. ruinous rate, L thin
this measure should be treated as one Q
the dispensable necessities.
All expenditures, fees and sa1arie
= should be cut down to the lowest poir
: admissible-and every Office not posi-
), !, lively necessary should be abolished
Whatever means are really essential
e the comfort of our soldiers, and the sue
d cess of our armies in crushing out thi
= causeless rebellion should be econom
t ically furnished.
If in sustaining the grand army {
the nation while they whip, or kill tn
: host of rebels in their front, or driv
s them into the. everglades Of Florid:
: we ruin the country by bankruptcy, ou
o achievement will be much less glorious
These remarks I have been promptee
: in part, to make in consequence of varl
. GUS letters, conflicting in their sent
9 mens which I have received from som
| &c ,.,, an, at;%u onts L,