Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-03
Correspondence.

'i.''' Correspondence. a''7a'
>asfEi,- For the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph.
, LETTER FROM THE QUEEN CITY.
CIxcrsNArr March %.
) Eas. Islegraph:-Thoug gh for some
time l have been a nonresident of aye
aneiente citye" of salt and cinder, and
have been domiciled in the midst of the
4 hurry, #hirl and hustle of business in
this great metropolis of the West, still
I GAS memory idly summons up 2;'t
The blithe iblinks 0, lang syne-4'h
yet entertain a lingering fondness for
my old home, and all things pertaining
thereto. Judge, then, of my agreeable
surprise, a few days since, upon accident
ally coming into possession of a copy of
the Telegraph, at seeing to what s'fair
proportions. the once diminutive sheet
had grown. I was glad to see this evil
denee Of thrift and prosperity, and was
forthwith virulently attacked with the
cacoethes scti6ende; and upon takingra a
diagnosis of my case, unanimously ar
rived at the. conclusion that nothing but
ialetter to the Telegraph would effect a
eure. IF you publish it, Ishall have the
proud consciousness. that I have done
my duty toward enlighteaing the inhab-
Iitants Of your @benighted region" if you
do not, upon your own head will rest the
awful Consequences of keeping them in
,g@ore'tce. e. 3ad; sEaaj yF!anaa st3
IL ii 81 BUSINESS, sc: f.~: .,s;s...
/ Business is opening out briskly, and
our merchants are anticipating an i'm
menss spring trade. A noticeable fact,
both here and at the East, is, that the
Southern demands are unusually large
thus showing how much reliance is to
be placed in the sensation articles of the
New York Herald, in regard to the dis
continuance of the Southern trade.
q. A. vast number of new buildings are
in course of construotion--many of them
fine business houses. Go where you
will, in all parts of the city these evi-
denees of progress and improvement are
to be seen. Old buildings, rusty and
grey with age, are being torn down to
make.room for the paIatial residence or
ili ni'ls iiliceh' N" sure f rofizreT sa3 3csa.
5ss-.,sr..s s-.gef q STRtK ES. .ss4 ifsa ,,s:-.f
Strikes have been, the order of the day
here, for some weeks. The employees
in the rC9mn,ercial Office inaugurated the
msEement, and they were shortly fol
lowed by the coopers,, who struck, in a
body, to the number of some eight or
nine hundred; then the hod-carriers; and
lastly, the drivers on the street railroads
These men were receiving S1.25 per
day, for some seUeateen hours' labor, and
struck for $3.50. The employees were
forced to yield to their demands.
Several large and enthusiastic. mass
meetings of working men have been held
here, to express their condemnation of
the bill recently introduced in our State
Legislature, making it criminal offense
for laborers to form associations for their
protection. A number of resolutions
expressive of the sense of the meetings
were passed-including one returning
thanks to Mr.. Plants for his manly op-
position ID the iniquitous bill. A
g Working mems, Party" is strongly
talked of, and no doubt, ere many years,
the question of Labor.or Capital will en-
ter largely into the politics of the coun-
| try. .+.tsi
~ ~ UNSAFE BUILDINGS.
| Quite an excitement was created a few
days since, by rumor that the large
building on the corner of Third and
Main streets was about to topple from
its, foundation. The report, however,
was unfounded. A like rumor having
become current in regard to the Eleventh
District School house, a committee was
appointed to examine it, who pronounced
! it unsafe. About one thousand children
attend this. school, and if the building
should fall during school hours, the con-
sequences; are too fearful to contemplate.
THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PAPER. (.
The National Buchanan -Administra
ton pro-slavery paper, with a capital
of 100000 which aoas to have been
started here, has not yet made its appear
ance, and the probability is that it will
pass away "like the baseless fabric of
vision" So mote it bel .-ss
f. THE PRESIDENCY.
Excitement is beginning to run high
on the question of who shall be the Chi
Icago nominee? There is an old and
homely saying, which. it might be well
for our partisan leaders to remembsr.-
In these days of caucuses, conventions,
eorruptiops, bargains and sales-or more
politely, political machinery. they
seem to have entirely lost sight Of the
old axiom aforesaid-viz: ,"The right is
al,uays expedient," and, in vulgar par
lance, "go in to win,' unmindful of the
means used to accomplish their ends, and
'uncaring consequences. So
A tremendous effort is being made on
the part of certain would-be leaders, and
portion of the press, to force Edward
Bates upon the Chicago Convention, as
the standard bearer of the Republican
party in the coming contest contest
of more than usual interest and impor-
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