Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-08-09
The Credit of our Army Re-
trievedi

That the rre>ti &c Of our arms was
somewhat damaged at the Manassas de-
feat, is not to be concealed But to
show that we have some officers in the
service capable of great achievements
We copy from late n1mber of the Bal
t more San, as follows:
yesterday Lieut.. Lyons, of the south
ern district, with Il posse of police, Wis
tied the camp of the Duryea Zouaycs and
brought off tsecaty co'orel persons found
taerete- Two Of them gave their ma mes
.as Elijah Butler. slave of Mrs. Butler,
md Henry Methusalah, slave of Mr..
James Downey, both of Hampton, Va.
Three proved their legitimate connec-
tion With the regiment in the capacity
of servants, and fifteen were recognized
as free persons of Baltimore AL mcre
discharged "nccpt the tro slnrcs aboce
mentioned, who tccrc kcM to amaa III,
rsquisifion Of their emncrs.
TN Saturday afternoon, negro slave
who had followed some of the troops
from Annapolis was arrested at the
President street depot. He confessed
that he was the property of Mr. John
Miller, of Annapolis. lie ras taken
care ef tp awoh the demand nf has owner
Another named Anthony Cromwell, who
had come up from Fortress Monroe was
"lso arrested aud committed to owai Il
demand"
Who will ever think of our defeat
again? Who will regret the loss of
thousand or two, more or less, of North
ern volunteers, when our army nerer
.fails in Ais peculmr branch of the SER
vice?
On the first charge, twenty darkies
were captured Not single man lost
on our side, nor a single negro escaped
on the other! To be sure, the darkics
were employed by the Duryea Zouayes,
perhaps in building entrenchments in
imitation Of the rebels, and were not in
a condition to fight. True, too, the
glsry Of the conquest was somewhat di-
lninishcd on ascertaing the sad truth,
that fifteen 9f than ,eere free persons!-
And three of them, somehow, proved
themselves the legitimate servants of the
regiment. But, after sitting the lot, ttro
were found to he the yeritable chattels
Of Mrs. Butler, and James 'Downey-
Priestcss and Patriarch-of champion.
Va" The "requisition' has doubtless
been had before this, and they are now,
probably, building breastworks from be-
hind which Southern "chivalry' may
shoot down Northern ''mud-sills.'
But that did not close the triumphs
of our armies, for it will be observed
that on Saturday" another chattel
who had followed some of our troops
tToP Annapolis, was captured and held
GuM Mr.. John Miller could come and
take+away his property. And still
another who had come up from Fortress
Monroe, was also "arrested and COM
mitted to await demand"
tits not known whether any Patriarch
claimed to have lost this last article or
not. But that makes no difference
The officers, perhaps, fearing they
should get out of practice, thought it
we'll to grab "-Anthony Cromwell on
suspicion. BY putting him in Jail and
advertising him, no doubt some of the
'..chiralry' will call for him.
This achievement is the more glori-
Gus, since Congress, by an overwhelming
majority, has declared that sit is no part
of the dHty of United States soldiers to
capture and return fugitive slaves" 1t
not being any part of the duty of sol
diers to engage in this business, the
whole grand Achievements was purely
gratuitous performance on the part of
those engaged in it. And it shows that
we have, in our armies as we'll as in
Congress, that kind eff patriot" whose
instincts lead them to SHAVE hunting"
as infalibly, as the patriotism" of
others lead them to fight the rebels,
and tlesDiSe their sshupEevSi'