The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-10-03

| HsfB"Ihe NOftn Oar, WlJn nearly n anlllOn
in California gold, arrived at New York
! Monday.
mR."Ben Caunt,' the well known British
pugil,et has been found dead in his bod.
! lie was Gorty-sx years OF age.
pssy~Thcre arc Indications from Washing
ton that Gen. Mcclellan is disposed TO enter
tain the rebels in Eastern Virginia.
GsyThc Union men Of Miami county have
placed II Democrat in nomination for the
| Legislature This county gave 1900 majori-
ty for the Republicans last fall.
ntas~An important battle was fought at
Blue Mils Mo-. on the 18th, between the 81
Iowa regiment 575 strong, and 1900 rcbcls
resulting in the flight of The latter.
Ds5~ Williamsburg, in Whitley county, ON
the Tennessee border, is in ashes Apprc-
tensions exist as to the safety of Richmond
and other places nearer the line.
aef~rhe n. York Day Book bodc farewell
TO the public on Tuesday of last week. It
SAYS it "hows before the incxorable decree
of force" II claimed TO have 10000 sub
scribcrs.
BsH~Thc report recently circulated that
General Tom Thumb had died Mt Paris was
false The General is alive and well, and
making tour of the Canadas, being now at
Montreal
ReB"lt il now certain that John c. Brock
inridgc is in Morgan or some other county
bordering on Virginia collecting Secession
forces. Numbers of them have been seen
going in that direction.
ney"That most pcstilcnt Of secession holes
in Kentucky, Cynthiana has been duly pos
scssed Col. Nandcvcr's Regiment, 35th
Ohio, settled there Thursday. The secesh
in that quarter must retire to their holes.
BsS"It has been revealed that plan was
fully devised to open the slave trade on
grand scale, by running the slaves into the
Sounds on the Carolina coast. The capture
Of Fort lIattcras spoiled the plan utterly.
UeGr The Alliance Times, s. &. McKee, + Ii
tor has hauled down the secession aiding
Democratic llay, and run up the glorious
Stars and Stripes. II is now Unionpap
an supports the Union ticket and platform.
nea The Southern papers report tho re-
cognition Of the Confederate flag in Cuban
ports. Ii this be true the Governor General
must have read the proclamation of the
Queen Of Spain very differently from the
majority of persons.
Esnr Washington correspondents state that
| il Is asccrtained that Gen. Pattcrsons cam
0a;gn in Virginia cost the Government full
| $1,000, 600; and that the sole result was
the capture Of some twenty fugitive slaves
and the return Of them TO their masters.
El7y"Nothing is known definitely as to the
position Of matters between the Govern
mcut and Gen. Fremont. but the anouncc-
mcnt that that officer made important assign
mcnts of military commands would indicate
that he designed to continue in his spositon.
rFNsA Fortress Monroe correspondent of
The New York Tj'ibuHc says that the Ma "
land priSONcra are quartercd iu cascmatcs.
They have plenty of good food, but are
closely watched, and not allowed to walk
about the beautiful grounds of the Fortress
or hold communication with any one.
M$"Thc Covington and Lexington Rail
road was by order Of General Mitchell, duly
occupied by the United States Military for.
COS Thursday. II will hcnccforth he rigidly
guarded by our soldiers, and managed WI-
der the supervision Of the military authori-
tics.
EttEs All the Secession members and officers
of Maryland Legislature arc now under
arrest, the job commenced in Baltimore
having been completed in Frederick. That
body is now dead the Union members
Having refused to meet Tues lay. The
good work goes hravely on.
GeArAccounte from st. Thomas to the 25tl,
August say: "rherc are three United States
steamers of war in our waters, in search OF
the privatecr Sumpter, and from the swift
ness of the pursucrs, with the vigilance
which they exercise. she cannot possibly
escape many days from capture or sinking,
hfn.At war meeting in Wheeling, Il
might or two ago, Hon. J. S. Carlile told the
young men in the audience that they should
rot be afraid to enlist. There was less
danger of being killed in the battle field
than off it, War, he continued, was healthy
land those who wanted to live long, should
engage lit.
GeA~ The kentucky Senate passed, l6 tC
10, bill providing that Kcntuckians whc
voluntarily joined any force invading the
State, shall he incapable of taking any cstat,
in Kentucky, by devise bcQucst, descent ol
distribution, unless they return to their allie
%ances within sixty days, or escape from
the invaders rs soon as possible.
nsn.. The success of our arms in Western
Virginia still continues, and new laurels ar,
almost daily added to the abundant honou
of our brave Western volunteers. Romncy
which has lately been occupied by rchc
force of 400, has been taken by storm 10y
a force of 500 Ohio infantry and 400 cavalry
with but triiling loss on the part of tn,
asSailants.
Rze"Thc mouths of both those importan
channels of traffic, the Cumberland and Ten
neSsec rivers, are now under the control o
,, of oar troops. Paducah, ut the mouth o
the Tennessee river, has been occupied, n
our readers are aware, for some weeks
The telegraph announces that SmithlanG
situated at the entrance Of the Cumhcrlan
into the Ohio has also been garrisoned.
MovEp An AMENpMENr.-ln one of tn
churches of St Louis, ON sunday last, a
eloquent divine, while earnestly supplicG
, ting at the throne Of grace that peace nigh
) again spread her gentle wings over our b,
loved country, said,"Put one hand on III
North, O Lord, and the other on the Soutl
, and say to raging elements, Peace bc STILL
- An elderly man from Indiana, a private i
| one of the regiments stationed there, inte,
/, ruptcd the reverend gentleman at this poil
by saying quite distinctly, NO, Lord-pt
both hands ON the South, an | make her st,
q in the Union
1 The Chronology of Secession.