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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

Q course of pars,mony by srhich our people
lose a dollar TO save a penny It therefore
,ppears that although our enterprising neigh.
oors present for Our imitation the glittering
and substantial advantages arising from en-
.aging in enterprises Of This nature, that the
socd people Of Meigs still stand with folded
1rms irresoltte Of their interest and duty in
his great matter. l, is true we have emerged
rom the days Of wooden plows and shovels.
mt we greatly fear that the iron horse with
to shrill whistle as it will soon come thunder
| ing down the Hooking Valley from Columbus
TO Athens (Which will certainly be the case)
will fail to awaken our good people from the
rip Van Winkle sleep" into which they
have fallen, to sense of the, proprirty and
indeed necessity Of extending this important
road through this county to Pomeroy, thereby
opening vast sources Of wealth through the
.nexhaus'ible minerals which underlay the
country between the two points, and which
the ever active commercial world 10 greatly
in want Of Dothe people Of this section of
country want the commodities produced in the
interior of our stnrc, in exchange for their
own? do they wan, the carrying trade to and
fro on this road which necessarily would fol-
ow its constructon,--its travel and vast trans.
portaton, and numerous commission houses
IL our midst which necessarily would be the
:ase? If they do it is time the subject should
ommand the public attention, and that the
capitalists and land holders both in town and
country should he mp and doing in this all i'm
portant public matter, which interests every
person in proportion to his property, his bust
ness and his wealth. but if in the public csti
nation it be preferable 10 keep the mineral
wealth of the interior country shut up: to les
sen and discourage enterprise ard industrial
pursuits which otherwise would spread over
the country,-to have bad roads, slow mails
and non intercourse with the outside world;
IN fine, if it be preferable in order to visit
cur state Capitol via Cincinnati, travelling $50
miles instead Of 100. an requiring three days
instead Of three hours and at cost Of SIS
instead of $3: why il the people will it to be
so, as q good citizen it Of course becomes us
to submit but in doing SO we recommend that
Ill Our colleges and common schools in the
meantime BE- closed, inasmucc as they would
thereafter be of no public service.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
The Execution.

Last Friday was day Of excitement in our
city II has been nearly thirty.fve years
since an execution took place in Parkersburg,
or Wood county, hence the excitement it pro-
duced. On that day Dannl Grogan and
Thomas Boise were hung for the murder OF
Abraham Deem AS there was no doubt OF
their gnilt-every opportunity having been
affo- - them TO prove it, or to show any
ameliorating circumstance, there was, per-
haps, very little it any, sympathy felt for the
unfortunate victims. This. too, notwthstand-
ing they protested their innocence to the last
They murdered Mr.. Deem in cold blood, and
properly suffered the penalty due 10 their
crime. Rev. Mr.. Monroe, Of the NJ +.
Church, was the spiritual adviser and COM
forter Of Grogan, and Rev. Father Parks, Of
the Roman Catholic Church. performed the
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

Mr.. Sadler, from the Judiciary committee,
reported on 8. II. liIl 67, a bill to amend the
acts relating to the practice ii Probate
Courts, &c.
Mr. Harris, from the committee on Roads
and Highways, reported in iaror Of the pass,
age OF s. b. No ", supplementary to the act
the locating &c. bitches, drains,
&C. Ordered read a third time, to morrow.
House Uill No 0S, authori,ihg the removal
of convicts confined in the Penitentiary for
trial on other indictments found, to The coun.
y where found WIS taken from committee Of
the whole, and read the third time,
House amendments to s. B. No 46, to pro.
vide additional securities TO creaditors Of
counties, &c., were eoncurred ln--yeas 22,
nays none.
Also, S. B. No. co. to amend the act to
provide for the inspection Of petroleum oil
for Illuminating purl oses. will, amendments,
which was adopted, and the bill was ordered
to be engrossed and read n third time to.mor-
row.
Mr. Godfrey offered resolution of inquiry,
whether or not townsh p bonds, issnod for the
payment of bcunties to volunteers. have been
s id by volunteers at runous discount, and
if so, whether Legislation on the subject is ex.
petlitnt &c Laid OH the table OH notice he
ing given by Mr. Martin Of purpose to d.s.'
cuss it.
House.
Honse bill. To amend an act entitled on
act of the jurisdiction and procedure before
Justices of the pcrce. and OF the duties of con-
stables in civil courts, was read The third
filrc and passed.
By Mr. Dangler; To prevent agents of
nonrrsidents from selling by sample, card. or
other specimens any goods or merchandise
of any kind or description, in the state Of
Ohio without license
H. j. r, Relative to increasing pensions
from So to Sl2 per month, was unanimously
adontrd
The special order for the hour being House
Bill. regulating the hours of manual labor and
fixing the same at eight hours n day., The
hill was then passrd-yeas 10, nays a.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

and twenty-nine dollars and seventeens cents
was collected by the Internal Revenue Blu
reau in the fiscal year ending June ~, 1865.
This amount was contributed by the several
States as follows:. b
Maine ..,.. ,4Os,3s7 I'm. TIamp. 2,424,9l1 n
Vermont. 773,G58 27Mass. q, $50 ,866 g6
X. Island. 3,946, SAG 6SConn... 6009, 1898 "a
Now York.48, ,940, $3.50 6ON. Jersey. 7,l57,Ol2 62
Penn..... ..27, ,8ll ,537 63Deleware... 76b,2o8 Ia
Marylnnd.. 4,966,US5 36Virginia =. 2l9,S33 81
W. va.... 693,276 5tKentucky 4,59l ,346 ~
Tennessee. 1,6l6,9t7 73Louisinna. 1915, 80 b4
Ohio. ,296, ,l23 44Indinna.. 4,57l, ,52l ~
Illinois.... 9,l74,37U 8lMichigan.. 2,544, ,025 VI
Wisconsin. l,775,2OO 19Minnesota 245,949 u
Iowa .."... 1869, I6l 54Missouri... 5,243,54O 3!
Kansus... 2O9.573 53Calfornia. 3,s40,S76 81
0.rgon.... l58,19l 14Nsvada..... 2S6,27S q
q lorado.. l30,O52 0lNebraska.. 56,U54 81
N. Mexico. 49,O42 9SUtah...... 4l,525 81
Washingt'n ~, 74U 63Mvntana.. 3g,ON .,
The largest tax from II single source was
rom manufactures and productions, exceed
ny one hundred and four millions. Cotton
md wollen manufactures, each paid eigh
| millions; distilled spirits, sixteen millions
tobacco, seven millions licenses, twelve mil
IONS; dividends fourteen millions, nnd stamps
,leven millions.
The case Of Thomas W. Pierce, VS. the
United States, pending in the United States
Court Of Claims, concerning the validity OF
'he acccptances issued by John B. Floyd
secretary Of War, under Buchanan. to Rus
srll Majors and Waddel, and involving up
ward of $l,70U,00O, was today decided al
versely to the claimant, Chief Justice Chase
ind Judge Loring delivering opinions They
lecide that those acceptances, being issueo
tlont authority and for fraudulent pur
pose, the United States are not bound TO pay
them, although they are in the hands of bon',
fide holders The case was asitated several
weeks since by Hon. Caleb Cushing and &
B. Goodrich of Boston, tor the claimants, and
w John J. Weed. Assistant Solicitor of tn,
Court of Claims, for the United States
A private dispatch in Washington, from f
prominent member of the Connecticut Cniol
State Convention. states that n resolution re
commedng the early admission of Tennessee,
WAS voted down in the Committee on Resolu
tons a
WEATHER REPORT.
Cleveland, Feb. l6.-Thermomcter, at 6 A
NJ. ! | degrees below zero Clear and still
Buffalo, Feb l6.-Mercury at below at
A. NJ; above at noon to-day.
New York, Feb. lG.-At s A. NJ. 3 above
and growing mild fast.
In New Orleans, Yesterday. "a above zero
In Baltimore, last night ! below, and mod
Grating fast
In Boston, to-day at s A. NJ, the mercury
was 3 above.
Philadelphia, S above.
Milwaukee, Feb. l6.-The weather is mod
Grating fast Trains commenced running to-
day on the Western roads regularly
Detroit Feb. l6 AT 8 A. NJ. the mercury
was II below; at noon 4 above
At Port Huron'it was Is below at A. NJ;
10 below at 8 A. NJ.
At East Saginaw, below.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

n@- Squandering the public lands by i'm
proper and unnecessary. legislation is being
inaugurated the present session Of Congress;
we hope Congress will resist the importuni.
ties of a class of reckless spectators who
throng her halls Look, for instance, to ILL.
nois Central and the Northern Missouri Rail
road Company to which imnense donations
Of the public domain were made; who enjoys
these acquisitions bat British capitalists, who
are tho principle owners Of the stock of these
companies; so it will be, we are of the opin.
ion, Il most instances Of applications at pres.
ent urged before Congress, the speculators at
home and abroad are enriched, while the
Government becomes dispoiled of her valua.
bic domain
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

ska- Onr cnterprising neighbors Of Ports
mouth appear earnest in determination to
extend their rail and pike road communica.
tons. the former with Lexington, KY, and
the latter to Galeua, Scioto county, in addi-
ton to their already large facilities Of road,
canal and rail transportation at present en-
joyed,-while we poor folks here at Pomeroy
Sin the interior of our rich mineral region Of
country, with all our inexhaustible sources of
mineral wealth, are hermetically shut in from
the outer world by impossible roads on the
north and noble river on the south, the nav.
igation of which is impeded by ice, so that
we can scarcely gs: our mails from Athens
short Of fifteen hours. and from Cincinnati
N soriy.eight hours, an-cf vbich zoe esteem
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

- a Congress has passed the Freedmen
Bureau bill, which only awaits the President
approval to become a law
nn. The Tennessee delegation to sh'
present Congress, will probably be admitted
70 seats without delay. t
pea- The bill npPortionng part Of the re
lief fund to State purposes, was deteated in
The Ohio House Representatives by Que vote.
rA. Gen. Robert Z. Lee has reached
Washington, under the command of n sub.
pana, to testify before the Committee on Re.
construction.
ca The Georgia Senate refuses to recon
slider bill, which releases from arrest all
persons charged with ofenscs against the late
Confederate Government.
WAR DEsrs OF THE srArgs The war debts
of the loyal States, aggregate about s475..
900 600, among which that of Ohio is stated
at $6i,s67,sl3; al which Congress is about
to assume.
MASSACHUSETTS: MISUNDERSTANDING
the year 1865, 7,24999i pairs Of boots, md
2i,620, l6o pairs Of shoes were manufactured
in the STATE The number Of males employ
Cd was 1926, of females 1854.
p0r The Ohio Senate by vote Of % yeas
to l nays in the contested election case from
.ne Athens District, decided that Golden
elected over Grosvenor, was entitled to his
seat
e0> Tho amount received in the Treasury
from late rebel States during eleven months
ending Feb. lst inst, was $27 ,955, 900. The
greater portion of which was derived from the
sale Of captured and abandoned property
nay Suit is brought against the United
States by Thos Adams, to recover balance
of$ll2,750 7s. which he claims for services
rendered Gen. Fremont in his expedition
when in command Of the Missouri Military
District
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

MARINE DIsAsrER-We learn that the
steamer Golden Era struck sunken barge
one mile above Proctorsvlle on Monday night
the 18th inst, and sunk almost Immediately,
and as she struck the bottom broke in two
This fine steamer was under the command of
Captain Kerr, and was loaded with pig iron
at Portsmouth for Pittsburgh; she had large
number Of passengers, all of whom with the
officers and crew. were saved
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

rag Hon. Geo. Bancroft the great histo
rian, delivered an address on the Lincoln
Mem ,ral Cerem ,nes, ut the National Capi
tol on the 18th lust The address was deliv.
cred at the request Of Congress, and is regar'
ded as unsurpassed both in this and other
lands: Congress we presume will nuthorise
the publication of many thousand copies.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

pD- New counterfeit twenty, ten and five
dollar greenback bills are in circulation in
Ohio, which are represented as hearing #
very striking resemblance to the genuine, ex
coping III, plate which is represented to be
heave ,oun e'feit 81 on the Jefferson Coun
ty Bank, and fives OH the Albany City Bank
New York, are also said to be in circulation
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

n@- Captain Hurd late commander of the
unfortunate steamer Garter" on the waters
Of the Mississippi, we learn from the Scioto
Tribune, was worthy and highly mnritorious
citizen OF Portsrr outh also We further learn
that II. W. Lewis, worthy mechanic, to-
gcthcr with his son, who were lost on the same
steamer, were citizens of the same city.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

s4- We offer no quotations this week of
the Cincinnati market, there having been no
change since our last statement Sotooa as to
the market at Pomeroy, it is equally unneces.
sary, for the reason that nothing in the line
of edibles are offered in our market save beet
and pork, and occasionally lean sheep, buck
or other such animal Chickens ifthere are any
are exceedingly healthy, there being no sick
or d. nd ones to be found. Provident house
keepers who laid up provision in anticipation
Of slight supplies are to be commended.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
STATE OF NEW YOi.K

County ct New York.
Thomas W. Birdsal, Presi lent, and n. 7 /. Nay
dock, Secretary Of the Security '1nsGIanc, Com
pany ing sevcrally affirmed, deposc and si,,
that the foregoing is a full, true and 'o,:e ect
sta tcmcnt of the , fairs of the said Compun.,
that the said Insn' ance Company is q bona 6.o
owner of Mt least One Hundred Thousand d II re-
of actua, Cash Capital invest d in stocks NJ d
honds, or in mortgages on real estate, worth d'u-
BILE the amount for whi, h the same is morigag, d;
and that they nre the al owe described officers of
said Insurance Company. -l.
THo'S W. BIRDsALL, Prst.
RICHARDL. lIAYDOCK, sccr.
Subscribed and affirmed before me this 20
Isr,Ll THO'S. l.. THURNEhL,
five CENT sTANr] Com'r for Ohio in New York.
OFFICE or THR AUDITOR OF STATE,
Columbus, Ohio, February 5th, 1866. !
tits hereby certified that the foregoing is
correct copy of the s:at,me os the cOnditi. n
the SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY of
New York. mado to and filed in this Ohite, T, .
the year 1865.
Witness my hand and seal officially.
' j. II. GOODMAN,
fsEAL1 rsrAarl Auditor o: State.
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
TIA erpire on the Sls day of January 1861
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF STATE,o
--,.-- INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.,
,s Columbus, Ohio, Eel runry. 5 1865
WHEREAS, The SECURITY INSURANCE
COMPANY, located at New York., in tho
state of New York, has filed in this Office q
sworn statement of its condition, as required by
tb; frtt section Of the act 'To regulate Insurance
Companies not incorporated hy the state of Ohio"
passed AprilS 8, 1885, and amended February q,
1864, and whereas, said Company has furnished
the undersigned satisfactory evidence that il is
possessed of at least Ono Hundred Thousand Dol
lars of actual Capital invested in stocks. Or
bonds, or in Mortgages Of real estate, worth
double the amount for which the same is mott
gagged and where's, said CcmI any has filed in
this Office written insti ument under its tori O.
rate seal, signed ty the PIesit ent ard Sec eta,y
thereof, authorizing my sgent or ag' FITS Of said
Company in this state, Il" acknowledge service
of process, for and in ha f tf said Ctml an. I,
according to the terms Of said law. H.
Now THEREFoRE, in pursur nee OF the first 500
ton Of the aforesaid act, ], James II. Goldman,
Auditor Of State for Ohio. dc hereby certify that
said SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY If
New York, is authorized to transact the business
of flre and marine insurance In this state until
the thirty. fret day of January, In the year OF
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
TsEAL1 In witness whereof. / have hereunto sub
scribed my name and caused the seal of my Office
to be liked the day and wear above written.
sTAyP] JAMES H. GOLDMAN,
Auditor of State.
Insurance promptly attended TO, and all loss
es of this company equtably adjusted and set
tied at the oface at this agoncy.
JAS e. j. HI. RALSTON,
Special agents, Popesoyr Ohio.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

E6- Southern Ohio is well represented in
the State Senate by Hon. S. Bradbury, and
in :he House by Hon. T. A. Wclch; The
former gentleman among other services
in behalf Of his constituents, has in charge
and is progressing with some prospect of sue.
cess, the passage Of law compensating those
who sustained injury through the Morgan
Raid in 1858; Our representative, Father
Welch, as he is called by his colleagues, has
on several occasions already exhibited his fine
forensic powers on the floor Of the House.
but recently has embarked in the tanning
business on the hides Of rebel sympatAisers
called forth on Thornhill's resolution of pre-
tended sympathy for the soldiers
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

II. II. SWALLOW,
General dealer in
D r Y GOODS,
CT OTHING GROCER les,
are,
HATS, GAPS, &C., &C.
Tor. Of front lmd Court Streets,
POMEROY, OHIO.
TJAVING succeeded to the late firm of Eisel-
i stein K Swallow, l will try, by presenting
in attractive stock, low prices and st let atten-
tiOn to business. TO merit continuance of the
patronage 50 literally bestowed upon the late
firm. 9-S If.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
Total Liabilitics...................
Nv, MISCELLANEOUS

~. MlSCELLA N EOUS.
The greatest amount insured in any
one risk-No rule.
The greatest amount allowed by tho
rules TO be insured in any ono
city, town or villagc-Ne rule.
The greatest amount allowed to bo
insured in any one block-No
ruir.
The amount of its capital or earn
ings deposited in any other State
n: security for losses thcrein......
The deposit required in Ohio here
with made.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
Nrw Adurrliseme ents.

1.-THE Press, all lands shall sng
The Press, the Press we bring
All lands to bless;
By making known to the world the hcnefts
If using DR.. d. II. Seelyes Liquid Catarrh
Remedy. Sure c,,rn.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
STATEMENT Of the Con Gtion of the
SECURITY

INSURANCE COMPANY
ON the lst doy Of January, 1866, made
to The auditor Of Ohio pursuant to the
Statute Of hat State.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
ISSUE OF NATIONAL CURRENCY.
CATTLE PLAGUE II ENGLAND.

During the week ST, l,75b,33U in national
currency were issued to the Banks, making
the total now in circulation, $253 1880.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette
REYENuE REGEIPT&

Washington, Feb lU.--Thc following state
ment shows the RECEIPTS from the internal rev
on,,o ,l,r;n,, tb, weak auiiu,r today.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

mulgats information as to the best modes OF
culture and bring the product more general
y 10 the public notice.
ADAMS EXPRESS ROBBERS FOUND GUILTY
Bridgeport, Coma, Feb l4--The jury have
returned a verdict t'gaiity against Clark and
Trisman, recently arrested and tried for the
robbery of the Adams Express Company, on
the night of the. 9th January. They were to-
day sentenced by Judge Butler to hard labor
in the Connecticut peultentiary.
A SAFEGUARD AGAINST THE CATTLE PLAGUE.
Official reports in England show that vac.
cination has so far proved certain safeguard
to cattle against the plngue which has ragged
so fearfuly in the British Islands.
The disease continues there, vaccination
having been practiced by only a part Of the
cattle owners. The danger to cattle in Amer
lea, therefore, continues. Would it not be
we'll for agricultural societies in the different
states to urge the immediate vaccination Of
cattle aud sheep? The war actually lessened
the number Of cattle In the Southern States.
The country cannot afford to lose still more
Of its stock by plague, to which, neverthe
less, it is exposed, and which may spread to
our shores at any moment
Every precaution should be taken to guard
against such a terrible misfortune; and now
that sure, cheap and everywhere attainable
safeguard has been discovered, it ought to be
applied to all our stock as quickly as possible
We recommend the matter to the attention oi
the different State Legislatures now in ses
sion--M y Post
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The receipts from internal revenue to-day
amounted to upward Of one million and q
quarter The total amount received since
July lst, is S2l3,774,04S II.
YEARS REVENUE RECEIPTS
Two hundred and eleven millions one hun
dred and twenty-nine thousand five hundred