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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
Woman's Courage and Devotion.

During the whole of Lord Dundon-
AIDS arduous services and romantic ad-
ventures inzSouth America, Lady Dun
donald accompanied him, to soothe his
anxieties, to sustain his hopes, to ami
mate his exertions, to share his dangers
One night, while he was in command of
the Chilian feet, his ship. got becalmed
under battery, from which he was as
sailed. with red-hot shot. His men
were seized with panic, and deserted
their guns. If the fire from the shore
was not returned, it would speedily be-
come steady, sustained, and fatal. He
went down to the cabin where she lay:
elf woman sets the example, they
may be shamed out Of their fears; it is
our only chance" She rose and fol-
lowed him upon the deck We have
heard her relate that the first object
that met her eye was the battery, with
its flaming furnaces, round which dark
figures were moving, looking more like
incarnate demons than men. A glance
at her husbands impressive features,
and his "terrible'' calmness, reassured
her She took the match and fired a
gun when he had pointed it. The ef-
feet on the crew was electrical; they re-
turned to their posts with a shout, and
the battery was speedily silenced.-
North British Rerie,0
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
Sllerif,s Sale.

SherIu sale.
Francis S. Rathkurn5 ct al vs.. Coalport Salt Com
.. pany. .
pY virtue Of three executions to me directed
ID from the Court Of Common Pleas of Meigs
County, will offer for sale, at the door of the
Courthouse in Pomeroy, at o'clock P. NJ,
On the 1st day Of October, 1861,
the following described lands and tenements,
to wit:~Situate in Coalport, town lots No. s 6, I,
8, 40, and 46, and also that part of lot No.
which lies between the center of a small run
and lot No. 6; also lot No. 81; also the half of
lot No. 63, lying east of lot No. "a; reserving
the right OF way to the said last mentioned
tract for railway for V. b. Horton; also the
following described lands and tenements to-
wit: Beginning at the westerly corner of lot
No. 64 III Coalport; thence south G9b deg. west
) chains and As links; thence north 39f deg.
west chains and Al links; thence north SO
deg. west one chain and is links; thence north
IL deg. west5 chains and so links; thence north
l6 deg. east chains and 25 links; thence south
Isl deg. east 4 chains and 64 links thence south
26 deg. east chains and 80 links; thence south
10 deg. east chain and SO links; thence south
io2 deg. west links to the place of beginning
containing acres and 45 hundredths, being
part of lot No. &c. in Coalport, whereon the
Coaiport Salt Works are situated
Also, the following described lands and ten
ements; to-wit: Beginning at the northeast
corner of lot No. GA in Coalport thence 81 feet
on the line of said lot in an easterly direction
to stake; thence south GO deg. west 81 feet to
stake; thence 80 feet on right angle in a
northerly direction, until it strikes the north
line of said lot No. 65; thence 75a feet along
said line to the place of beginning, containing
29-l00 square rods. Also, the right Of the
landing in front of lots No.s2, +, G. 8, and 10;
Company, at the suit of Francis S Kathburn
ct al. Appraised at $4,000. Terms of sale
cash. J. j. WHITE, S. NJ c..
Aug, 30, 16G1.-35-5t 5000
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
From the Louisville Journal
Outhern Rights Men. Attention.


The Government of the United States
is evidently taking one step that must
command the admiration Of its enemies.
For long period of time, one of the
clearest. best determined, and most tan
gible things in that tangled web called
Southern Rights, was the right of loyal
people to demand that their postmasters RS
should not be permitted to distribute
incendiary documents even to subscri-
'bers. The postmasters were made the
judges of what constitutes an incendiary
document. In this way, without any
law onthe subject on the part of the
United States, the people and the press
were placed under the ban of the Pos t.
office. The United States Government
is about to act under this recognized
precedent, and forbid the distribution
of incendiary papers through the mails
at the offices and by the officers of the
Government This is commencing the
;chalice to the lips Of those who have
poisoned it. Stand up, gentlemen Sc
cessionists, for Southern rights. No
dodging-no finching now.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
igih Pursuit of Justice In France--Ob-
IaininS Cast of nn Assassins Foot


Rigid Pursuit of Justice In France--Ob-
tanning Cast of an Assassin's Foot
The Paris correspondent of the New
Orleans Drltt says in his last letter:
As a curious example Of the minute
attention to every etail paid by justice
in France, | give you description of
the means adopted to obtain a cast of
the assassin Jud's footprints. All who
have read the particulars of this extra
ordinary crime Chat of the murder Of
Judge Poinsot), will doubtless rcmem-
Der that a third class passenger in the
train saw a man, who is now known to
have been the murderer, spring from
the cars, while they were yet in motion,
as they drew near the station of Noiseg-
lie Sec. The fugitive, then spposed to
be merely a passenger desirous to avoid
paying his fare, left the print of his
foot in the sand, near the railway track.
An exact impression of this foot mark
was taken, few hours subsequently,
by the following ingenious process: A
sort of gridiron, made of wire, was
placed over the imprint, an inch from
the ground On this gridiron was de-
posted a thin sheet of tin, covered with
burning charcoal. In short time the
ground beneath was heated to the de-
sired extent. The gritiiron was then re-
moved, and, by the aid of a hair sieve,
the imprint was sprinkled with layer
of stearine, reduced to an impalpable
powder, by dissolution in alcohol and
sudden immersion in cold water.
e The powder obtained by the precipl-
tation of this mixture is so light that
it's fall does not change the position of
grain of sand. AS soon as it touched
the hot ground, it melted and disap-
peared. The soil was then given time
to cool, after which the imprint, fully
impregnated with stearine, was dug up,
entire, and placed upon a square piece
of cloth, whose corners were then gath
cred together, so as to form kind OF
sack. Molding plaster was then poured
upon the imprint and the operation was
complete.
Such is the accuracy of this process,
that it not only reproduces the general
outline of a foot, or its covering, but
also every minute particularity. If a
bare foot, it shows the exact shape Of
the sole, and the relative position OF
the toes; if a boot or shoe, the amount
of wear sustained by the sole and heel
the number of nails, &c. These seem
ingly insignificant circumstances are
frequently of the greatest value to the
ends ofjustiees and. in some instances
arc terrible proofs against criminals
who suppose thatno evidence exists tc
convict them. t-s nod te
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
Memory.

Memory. -
Sir William Hamilton tells some huge.
stories in his lectures on Memory. Ben
johnson could not only repeat all he
had ever written, but. whole books he
had read! If we had his faculty, we
should pray to be delivered from the
full exercise of it, Niebur in his youth
was employed inaone Of the public Off
ces. Of Denmark, where part ofsa book
of accounts having been losts, he re-
stored it from his recollection. Seneca
complains of old age, because he cannot,
as he once did, repeat two thousand
names, in the order they were read to
him.; and ayers that on one occasion,
when at his studies, two hundred un-
connected verses having been pro-
nounced by different pupils of his pre-
ceptor, he repeated them in a reversed
order, proceeding from the last to the
first uttered. A quick and retentive
memory, both of words and things, is
an invaluable treasure and may be had
by any one who will take the palms,
Theodore Parker, when in the Divinity
School, had notion that his memory
was defective and needed looking after,
and he had an immense chronological
chart hung up in his room and tasked
himself to commit the contents-all the
names and dates, from Adam and the
year one, down through Nimrod, Ptol
emy Softer, Heliogabalus and the rest.
Our verbal mamory soonest fails US, un-
less we attend to it and keep it in fresh
order A child will commit and recite
verbatim easier than an adult, and girls
than boys. To keep the verbal memory
fresh, it is capital exercise to study and
acquire new languages, or commit and
treasure up choice passages, making
them part of our mental wealth.
Monthly Religious Magazine.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA. y.-

A Benevolent Institution established by special En-
dewment for the Relief of the Sick and Distressed
afflicted with Virulent and Epidemic Diseases,
and especially for the Cure of Diseases of the Sex
pal Organs.
NI Surgeon, to all who apply by letter. with de-
seription of their condition. (age occupation, habits
of lfe 6sc.) and in of extreme poverty, Med
cines furnished free of charge. .as
Valuable Reports on SpermatOrrh9a, and other
Diseases of the Sexual Organs and on the New REM
edies employed in the Dispensary, sent to the af-
fcted in sealed letter envelopes, free of charge
Two three Stamps for postage will be acceptable
Addre IS, Dr. J. $kILLIN HOUGHTON. Acting
Surgeon, Howard Association, No. South Ninth
street Philadelphia, Pa. EZRA d. HEARTWELL,
GEO. FAIRCHILD, Secretary. President.
April 10, ls60.-3-15-1y
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
PETITION In ERROR.
Meigs Common Pleas.

vs.. Meigs Common Pleas.
William Henry.
TENIIE said William Henry, of the State of
Il Missouri defendant, will take notice that
on the Dist day Of March, A. d. 1861, petit
ton in error was filed by Elias Romine, in the
Court of Common Pleas of said Meigs County,
against the said William Henry, the object and
prayer of which is, that Il judgment rendered
on the 24th day of December, 4. D. 1860, by
one Nicholas Stansbury, Justice of the Peace
of Rutland Township, Meigs County, Ohio, in
favor of said Henry and against said Romine,
may be reversed In which said petition the
following errors are assigned, to wit;
1st. That there was no legal service ola sum-
mons upon said Romine in said action.
2d. That said judgment was rendered with
out the appearance Of said Elias Rominc to said
action.
Sd. That said Judgment was rendered upon
the pretended confession of an agent of said
Romine, in the absence of both plaintiff and de-
fendant.
4th. That said Judgment was rendered in IA
vor of said Henry, when by law, it ought te
have been rendered for said Rsmine.
And the said William Henry is notified thai
he is required to appear and answer said petl
tion on or before the 3lst day of October next
| ELIAS ROMINE
By J. BRADBURY, his Attorney.
| August 26, 1S61.-35-6t S525
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
SheriH,S Sale.

Wilson, McElroy & Co. vs.. John Sloan.
DY virtue of an execution to me directed
- from the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs
County, + will offer for sale, at the door of the
Courthouse in Pomeroy. at II o'clock A. NJ,
o" the 7th day Of September, 1861,
the following described lands and tenements,
te wit: 20 acres Of land in section No. Is, town
No. 8, and range No. Is of the Ohio Company's
purchase, being all that part of the south half
of the north west quarter of said section No.
Is lying west of the road leading from Athens
to Pomeroy.
Also, the southeast quarter of the north east
quarter of section No. "A, in the same town and
range, containing 40 acres. To be sold as the
property of John Sloan at the suit of Wilson,
McElroy & Co. Appraised at $4,000. Terms
of sale, cash.
J. j. WHITE, S. NJ. c.
July 81, lS61-3l-5t 800
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
Rumors of Popular Outbreaks.

We hear that on Tuesday there was
disturbance at Wooster. 1t seems man
named Brown, who entertained seces-
sion sentiments, was 'sdealt with by
some young men who compelled him to
denounce his heresy, using force in the
operation. Brown retaliated, after he
escaped their clutches, by causing the
arrest of the parties who were bound
over for assault. Threats were uttered
if any proceedings were taken against the
young men, but nothing very seriously
resulted.
There was rumor also Of serious
collision at Canton, in which a number
were injured, but we can trace the re :
port to no perfectly reliable source
Cleveland Herald.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06

Thompson & Darr vs.. VIM. Kinney.
pY virtue of an order Of sale to me directed
- from the Court of Common Peas of Meigs
County, will offer for sale, at the door of the
Courthouse in Pomeroy, at 10 clock 4. NJ,
On the 7th day Of September, 1861,
the following described lands and tenements.
to-wit: Situate i'll the County of Meigs and
State of Ohio, and in section No. G. town No.
4, range No. II in the Ohio sCompanys pur
chase, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning Is rods south of the north west cor
ner of lot or parcel of land decided to Robert
Campbell by James Mclaughlin, bearing date
Oct. 25, 1927; thence south rods; thence west
80 rods; thence north 5 rods thence east 80
rods to the place of beginning, containing one
acre. TO be sold as the property of VIM. Kin
ney at the suit Of Thompson s Darr. APP
praised at $4,000. Terms of sale, cash.
J. ]. WHITE, S. NJ. G..
July 30, 1961-3l-5t 800
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
NOTICE.

d OBERT CAMPBELLi is hereby notified that
lN John NJ. Segrist, on the 18th day of Au-
gust, A. d. 1861, filed his petition in the Court
of Common Pleas within and for the County of
Meigs, and State of Ohio, against the said Rob-
ert Campbell and Catharine Campbell, defend
ants, setting forth that the said Robert Camp
bell gave a mortgage in which the said Catha-
rine joined, to the said John NJ. Searist, on lot
No. one, in Myers Addition to the village of
Racine, in said County of Meigs, to secure the
payment of five several promissory notes, made
by said Robert Campbell to said John NJ. Sc
grist, for $1,000 each, and payable respectively
on the 9th day of March, 1857, 9th day of
March, 1858, 5th day of March, 1859, 18th day
of March, 1860, and 9TH day of March, 1861,
with interest from the 9TH of March, 1885,
That the four notes last referred to are still,
with the interest thereon accrued, wholly un-
paid; and that, on the 18th of September, 1858,
there remained due on said aforementioned note,
falling due March 5th 1857, the sum of $6420
and praying that Robert Campbell may pay
said sums of money now claimed to be due, with
the interest thereon or that said premises may
be sold to satisfy the same; and the said Rob-
ert Campbell is notified that he is requested to
appear and answer said petition on or before
the Sd Saturday after the 10th day of October
next. JOHN NJ. SEGRlST.
By J. CARTw RIGHT his Attorney.
August 20, l86l.-33-Gt $5.25
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
Sherif'S Sale.

Foster & Ashworth vs. VIM. Bevin.
DY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
- from the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs
County, will offer for sale, at the door of the
Courthouse in Pomeroy, at 10 O'clock A. NJ,
On the 10Th day Of SEPTEMBER, 1861,
the following described lands and tenements
to wit: Lot No. in Nyes Addition to the town
of Pomeroy. To be sold as the property of
VIM. Beaven at the suit of VIM Foster and
John Ashworth, Administrators of Thos. Ash
worth, decd Appraised at $33O.O0 Terms
of sale, cash.
]. ]. WHITE, S. NJ. C..
PLANTS & PAINE, Att'ys.
Aug. 6, 1s61.-~32-5t $500
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
Our National Quickstep.

Our National Quickstep.
- We remember once to have been
seoffed at by a musical friend for assert
ing that of all national air, Yankee
Doodle was the most inspiriting, and
that as composition it deserved to take
rank among the highest of such melo-
dies, having nothing ridiculous about it
except its unfortunate name. tits some
satisfaction to see how enthusiastically
this opinion is endorsed in volume of
travels, entitled, "a Run through
Europe" by Mr.. Benedict. popular
lawyer of New York-and by the way,
the author of one Of the most agreeable
and instructive books of the kind that
has been issued this season Mr.. Bene-
dict says: II remember when it was
fashionable to laugh at Yankee Doodle
as vulgar air, written to make fun of
our extempore soldiers of the olden
time-how it was written by Mr., Shack
burg, and given to our soldiers as a cele-
brated European air, to ridicule their
fondness for European fashions. Not
withstanding its simplicity, our troops
have kept time to its measures on all
theiryfelds ofzglory-and tits quite i'm
possible to imagine an air more perfectly
! fitted to the national tone of such peo-
pie as ours. As we have grown stronger
and greater-as the stars and stripes
!. have foated higher and higher over
more and more fields Of triumph-so
Yankee Doodle has risen in the scale of
merit, and I believe it is at last discov-
Tered to be not new, nor an American
air, nor a burlesque, NOR musical
drollerya but tits found among the most
precious musical archives Of do not
know how many musical nations-pre-
served and Separated, and selected for
Immortality by the sitting ages of ira
lditional popular harmony. tits indeed
among the, music of the nations. Its
chords have vibrated with the heart
strings of the people in all ages. The
Alpine echoes have repeated its strains.
/ 1t has more than once broken out among
/ the ariozo trills of emasculated Italy,
The Suliote has rallied to it in the forest
glades of Greece. France has been made
insane by it. Cromwell led his troops
/ to its resistless quickstep. Blind
Ziska's invincible brother strobe to mir
aculous triumphs in the spirit of its re-
rbellious assures Central Presbyterian
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
SheriT'S Sale.

c. NJ. Runnion vs.. Jacob Henry.
DY virtue of an order Of sale to me directed
- from the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs
County, L will offer for sale, at the door of the
Courthouse in Pomeroy, at 10 o'clock A. NJ,
On the 10Th day Of September, 1861,
the following described lands and tenements
to wit: Lot No. 46 in the town of Syracuse,
Meigs County, Ohio. To be sold as the prop
erty of Jacob Henry at the suit of. C. NJ Rum
nion. Appraised at $4,000. Terms of sale,
cash. J. ]. WHITE, S. NJ. C.
Aug. G, '61.-32-5t l.5O
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
Life's Colnpensations.

The happiness of this world is not so
uncqually distributed rs many imagine;
the rich have not all the privileges, nor
the poor all the priyations. Thank
God, the ,purest pleasures of life are
those which gold cannot buy. The
artisan, going from his wearisome labor
toehis hunt lie home, as he meets the
loyc-lit smile of his wife, and takes his
fair.and healthy chill upon his knee,
knows thrill of sweetcr JOY than the
most lavish expenditure of gold upon
costly stimulants can bring the jaded
mind of the epicurean in pleasure The
wildwood flowers and the dew drops are
not bought; the glory of sunset and the
magnihcence Of the full moon are free
to all. The blushipg cheek and beam
ing eyes of affection cannot be pur-
chased; virtue and riches receive not
their glorious beauty from the hand of
Mammon; the intellectual y wealthy may
well hold in contempt the baser coin of
the yworld.a It is true that the bride
groom working-man aas he bears his
pride to their lowly home, longs, with
the impulse of affection, to attire her
graceful form in the same adornments
which her prouder sisters use to heighten
their charms, but it is foolish, though
generous impulse. If he loves his bride,
and-shca him, they need not covet the
situation Of those whose love of rivalry,
display, and "pride of place have mos t
likely driven out simple, heart felt hap
pipess. The radiant smile of affection,
and theFclear glance of unsullied virtue
are ornaments above price, and will
make the face of woman beautiful even
in its old age. *
!, Sc the working man father, looking
around upon his blooming children, is
conscious that their intellectsiss as keen,
their perceptions as ready, as those of
the nabob's upon the next street; and he
determines they shall have similar ad
vaptages, This is noble ambition
But, in these days, it is no reason why
man should spend his yearsin grumb-
ling discomfort, because he issnot rich.
Our system of common schools places
education within reach of the hunlblest.
Within mind and ambition, every son
tand daughter las a fair chance to
achieve respectdJiiy in this country, and
it is false ambition which would seek
the power and houor conferred only by
money. Yet that son orsdaughter may
have yearnings after the development
of peculiar talents or r. genius; the son
|, may thirst to drink. deep Of the Pierean
spring of classical learning, may have a
gift for professions without which
especial calling he has no business to at
tempt competition in the overburdened
ranks of the professions and the daugh-
ter may have visions OF, beauty, or have
dreams Of melody, which call for her
fingers to accomplish themselves in
painting Or music.,is# ..lla,laea n
/. With health, "a moderate industry
will bring about all this, and still the
soul not fall victim to the prevailing
feyer-the terrible gold fever which
scolches the sensibilities, and dries up
the spring ofhumanity in so many hearts.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
S S0AP A Nd GAN DE E

NJ AN = FA O. 10 RY.
TNHE SUBSCRIBER HAS THE PLEASURE
i to. announce to the citizens of Pomeroy and
vicinity, that he has opened shop on Sugar
Run. near the Tannery. where he viii manu-v
facture,. and keep constantly on hand, any ar
ticle in his line of business; and we feel assured
that we can give satisfaction to all who may .
favor us with n call.
n, B.-All orders attended to as soon as pos
sible. DAVID GEYER.
Pomcroy, LIT
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06
IN, ~, 4.

r a@.The London chronicle has cor
at Richmo ond, who has been
among the, troops in that city, and in
writing Of them, remarks that they are
i'll clad, and that gambling is very prev
alent. Faro banks flourish, champagne
suppers are free, and the city winks at
the vice it is unable to suppress.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-06

nglLawyers are very critical. Once
young lawyer, upon being informed of
an attachment between a young lady
and gentleman, inquired whether the
young gentleman. was the slower or.
lovee?" So an attorney inDublin wrote.
challenge to gentleman to meet him
sin the -Four Acres, be the same more