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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-17


- the field.
VIC, 1901
sssa !. sirs,esos. :,
veus TO- "s A1' CAx1snH. Ar--.
u.n,r, he order Of Captain Penrose' hA'
As, IN esr ysscnseers IN Cumberland county,
cxr.lsp, April 49, lsol. q
s...,or u.de and other prominent sen',sAa .,ou,v
-. Fron mes..ax l.ere last nishs 49, as
-s,s adopted 70 ssstap. the govefhn loving o.
,na p,esid}pt'u cap for volunteers 0smmena1ns 'he
x.,,sstu, 20 M 40 appropriations Of men anu oNy
md sss,ssG,.g COMMITTEES TO ascertain 'ho '.o',
. saa Mevesnd military. The greassst uhAniu.'.y :. W
-r.r.uad ana the speakers were constantly nter-
I ns s,,la cheers ana responses. similar meeting
-ss helaat NorvaR, Ohio, last night
( CONNECTICUT.
NEW HAYES, April 10, 1851.
me Mechanics Bank Of this city this morning rendered
Governor Buckingham 32t 600 for the use Of the state
N supporting the national government
me Elm City Bank just rendered 10 the Governor
Of the $50 600 towards meeting the present national
emergency with liberty to draw at sight.
me Fairfield County Bank has offered $40 ooo and
private gentlemen $50 COO
NORWICH, April 16, 1851.
Governor Buckingham has issued proclamation call
ing for volunteers 70 rendezvous ut Hartford.
The Thames Bank this city, has just voted TO tender
Saoe 600 Governor Buckingham TO assist In equpping
the troops in support OF the government.
NoRwAIK, April 10, 1851.
The Fairfield County Bank has offered $50, 600 70 Gov
ernor Buckingham. 80. 90,
Our CITY government this morning appropriated So GOO
for The ssnent Of the families Of those who have volun
teered 70 defend their ceuntry's flag.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CONCORD, April 16, 1861.
New Hampshire responds 70 the Presidents prociama
SSon and win furnshrhe troops required The Concor
Union Bank has rendered Of 600 to the Govern
o. and all the directors with the cashier, agree TO con
tribute 800 each the support OF ouch families Of tn
volunteers Of this city may fall in defending the na
Of the country.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-17

Mics Lizzie Petit gave drawingroon entertainment OF
dramatic readings on Monday evening Notwthst,nd
ing the ncs mency Of the weather, the rooms we're
crow Geo with a fashionas 10 audience
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NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL II 1ae,

COM presentation was read amid bursts Of lsuehtar
-. O War aath@isss the statement thu.
o1W more troops were called out to-day, to meet Lin
o.. MONTGOMERY, April 10, 1854.
Gen. Pillow guarantees 10 raise 900 men in reunas.
twenty days II President DAVIS WIN accent A.
"'s y 70 doubt expressed but what he win
them, and tns-
accept Of the oner. !, ...,I q
IA wond reouu, ays times seventy i've
Thousand men TO ntmidats the Confederate state aud
then it could not DO done.
OF the $4,000 troops called cut to-day 5000 are from
each state except Florida the number nom that State
being 1000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-17
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iooNTIScED FROM FIRST PAGEl
"a the 6ove'Dor this morning 70 set ont th,.
~ Harrisburg, to place ! rends.
:" the feid.
"Ie, 1851.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
Gen. Miles Acquitted.

1t will be rene MI bered that Gen. Miles
was one of the commanders at the terrible
disaster at Bulls Run, in July last
He was publicly charged with being SO
beastly drunk on the occasion as to
cause, by his folly, large share of the
disaster. A court of inquiry was called, l.,
and the charge investigated with a view
to Court Marshal The Court has
closed it's session, and its decision is
approved in general order. Fifty
three witnesses were examined. Ofthese,
twenty eight, on the part of the prose
cution, swore he was drunk. The re-
mainder, being called by Gen. Miles,
swore he was under the influence of
liquor, but some of them did not con-
slder him SO drunk as to be incapable
Of knowing what he was about.
The Court ofinquiry find 'that be
was drunk as charged; but that Court
Marshal is inadvisa BILE, inasmnch as the
time required would be prejudicial to
the service!' And thisis approved, and
Gen. Miles goes clear. This seems like
a queer proceeding. But then it should
be remembered, that no rebels were
hurt by Gen. Miles, which might have
happened if be had been sober. Let
him be promoted!
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
From the Great Expedition.

The reports of the doings of the great
Naval expedition on the Southern coast,
are just contradictory and indefinite
enough to create an intense dssissa1n
get at the particulars. The MSs
rumors would seem to justify
clusion that the expedition, afa
pretty severe disasters by the stor n, snd
a hard fight, had captured Beufort
South Carolina, and had made land
ing upon the coast, with a probability
of getting possession of the railroad
connecting Charleston and Savannah.
The alarm and consteraation in the
South is beyond description This
looks as if the Government was in earn
est. And unless Gen. Mcclellan per.
mits Beauregard and his army now in
front of Washington to retire South, VIC
think Charleston and Savannah will both
be captured by our forces. But. the
danger is, that Beauregard will leave q
few stove pipes on old cart-wheels for oul
men at Washington to watch, while he
goes South with Numbers sufficient tc
overwhelm our forces there.
The next news will be looked for with
intense interest, and we hope for some
thing more definite before we 60 to press
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15

Ia The Richmond papers are exult-
ing over their victory at Balls Bluff.
And well they may! They took seven
hundred and twenty of cur men
prisoners, captured four of our cannon,
sixteen hundred stand of arms, and a
large quantity Of clothing. The num-
Der CT our men who were killed will
probably never be kaown. It was very
large, however. Our forces were ferried
over a large river in an old scow, in
front of the overwhelming forces of the
enemy who waited until they were
landed, and then poured storm of
leaden hail upon them. One scow load
of more than ffty were drowned in the
effort to recross, and many more in the
attempt to swim, while the rebels sh ot
them in the water like ducks. The rec
ord is sad enc, indeed. But as none
of the rebels were hurt, We suppose it is
all right, and that the officers who were
not killed will be duly promoted Gen
Stone, who ordered the expedition, ought
to be sent West to supercede Jim Lanel
For the probability is that Jim will hurt
some of the rebels if he is permitted
longer to lead his Kansas Brigade.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
Resigned.

! John c. Breckinridge, of Kentucky,
has, finally, resigned his seat in the Sen
ate of the United States. That be was
just as much traitor to his country
while he held seat in the Senate, du-
ring the late session of Congress, with
the oath of fidelity upon his soul, az he
is now, in the rebel army, with trail
tors commission in his pocket, is clear
TO all men.
1t is perfectly amazing how men can
obliterate from their minds all senti-
merts OF moral obligation. Here is a
man who, through the machinery of his
party,=was elevated to the high position
of Vice President of the U. s., in which
he swore, in the sight of heaven and
earth, to support aud defend the Con-
stitution of the country, which thus
honored him. The intrigues and con-
spiracies against the Union in which he
was an active participater, are begin
ming to be understood. The better to
carry out those schemes his ambition led
him to seek the Presidency itself, and
as candidate he received the vote of
the States now in revolt. But failing
to reach the seat to which he aspired,
the completion of the conspiracy re-
quired that arms should be employed to
overthrow the Governments, which he
and his aecomplices had failed to sub
vert under the forms Of the Constitution.
In furtherance of the plot, while most
Of his accomplices took up arms against
the Government, he, more guilty and
depraved than they, returned to the
Senate, and with perjury on his lips,
and treason in his heart, as the surest
method Of aiding the conspiracy, again
took the oath of fidelity, that he might,
as a Senator, betray the Government he
was so sacredly bound to support. And
during all the late session, this incarna-
tion of perGdy held his seat, and drew
his pay, as Senator. And he would,
no doubt, have returned to the session
about to commence, but for the GER
tainty that he would have been arrested
Finding it impossible to serve the
conspiracy longer as member of the
Senate, he resigns, and making his es-
cape from the Indignation of the great
majority of the people of Kentucky,
who have just voted in favor of the
Union, and to take from him the trust he
had betrayed, he issues an infamma-
tory appeal to his partisans, urging the
inauguration of civil war throughout the
STATED
Orthodox preachers have said some
pretty hard things about the lying du-
plicity and hopeless deprarity of the
leader of a supposed revolt that once oc-
CURED in heaven. But that rebellion
happened in early times, and the devil
of that day either lacked in experience,
or had remaining some spark of honor,
for heaneyer attained to the bad emf
nencs reached in our day by the human
devils who lead this revolt,
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15

what their loss was at the other batteries
-doubtiess very great, as our fire is
said to have been very effective, and the
guns well aimed and of heavy caliber
No sooner did our vessels 60 past
their batteries at Fort Royal Entrance,
and slide into what is termed Broad
River, than they made for the mouths
Of the inIes leading to Beaufort, Savan
nah and Charleston. These they inn
mediately blockaded. though not il time
to prevent the escape Of small rebel
vessels
Not one of the Federal vessels was
sunk, and the only one believed to be
destroyed by fire was the gun-boat re-
ferred to above The crew are said to
have passed through murderous fire to
another vessel which they reached with
very little, if any, loss.
The Union vessels acted under special
instructions in blockading the inlets,
which led to most important points, and
which afforded loop holes of escape to
the enemy; while portion of the feet
entered upon this duty, four ships made
at once for Beaufort, and at three
o'clock on Thursday these vessels were
in sight of the town.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
News From the Fleet.
Rebels Account of the PIT. Royal Aft

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12-The Inqui.
rer has the following from Fortress Mon
roe, derived from rebel source:
In anticipation of the arrival of the
great expedition, the rebels have been
engaged in erecting batteries npon a
point at HiltOn's Head, and on the op-
posite neck of land; the principal forti-
fcation on Hilton's Head was denomi-
mated Fort Walker, situated on low la I'D
and partially concealed by trees and un-
derbrush. Adjoining it were other bat
teries of similar size, but so concealed as
to prove formidable bar to the entrance
of vessels.
Fort Beaufort was of considerable i'm
portance, having been mounted with
heavy guns. The garrison are supposed
to have been South Carolina regiments,
assisted by additional regiments sent
from Richmond. The batteries at Bay
Point, opposite Hilton Head, were
equally as formidable.
Inside Of Port Royal entrance, and be-
hind the batteries, lay the feet of Com
modore Tatnall, which consisted only of
small vessels, carrying few heavy guns,
but principally light ones. Tugs con-
stituted great portion Of the fleet
Many of these remained outside of the
mouth of the entrance till the arrival of
our feet, when they formed in minia-
ture line Of battle, in the posit On al
ready stated, behind the guns of their
own forts, and across the entrance.
On the morning of Thursday last the
U. S. feet, numbering AZ vessels, headed
by the flag ship, approached the mouth
of Port Royal Entrance. This was at
half past nine O'clock. Several of the
transports remained off the coast. Upon
arriving at suitable position the guns
of the fleet opened continuous fire
upon Forrs Walker and Beauregard, as
we'll as upon those of Bay Point. Un-
der cover Of this fire an effort was made
to run the. gauntlet of the batteries,
which they did. A number of the YES
seis passed through the fire from the
shore batteries with very trifing injury.
At least fifteen of them succeeded in
passing up beyond the reach Of land bat
teries. As the Union fleet sailed up the
musketo heet OF Iatnall opened nre, but
seeing the impossibility of making any
resistance soon desisted. Some were
forced to run on shore, others were
driven up the inlets out Of sight.
Commodore Tatnall went on shore
with his men to assist in working the
batteries and use them against our YES
sells, which were endeayori9g to follow
the example Of the others.
! The passage of the feet through the
channel was not accomplished until the
firing had continued from half-past four
in the morning till nearly five in the
evening.
! One of the Union gunboats is believed
to have been burned, and three steam
ers disabled.
1t is acknowledged by the enemy that
they had twenty men killed in Fort
Walker, but it is impossible to state
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
Interesting from the Western
Army.

A1ly.
| A Dispatch from Rolla, Missouri,
dated the 11th, and sent, of course, by
authority, says:
"TAere had been good deal Of trouble
about s1ares escaping into Lanes and
other camps, AND GGN. HUNTER HAS
GIVEN PERMISSION TO OWNERS TO
SEARCH OUR CAMPS and reclaim
them # they can find them"
| Gen. Hunter, supercedes Fremont. =
Among his first orders is permission
for slave owners to search our camps
for slaves!
Is it any wonder that the rebels are
informed of the exact number and
strength of all our positions2 For a
time, after the war commenced, we heard
Of the frequent arrest Of spies. But
that ceased long ago, JEFF. Davis has
learned better than to expose his men to
arrest for sneaking around our camps to
pick up the information which he nee ds:
Having ascertained that many of our
Generals, and some in higher places
have such a profound veneration for
whoever wears the sacred and patriar-
caal title of STAKEHOLDER" that no place
is shut to his approach, and no secrets
withheld from his Inspections; the rebel
leader has taken advantage Of it and
maps out our positions at leisure.
Should suspicious individual be ar,
rested by an indiscret picket, all he has
to do is to approach our General, and
with the dignity of his calling say tc
him: 's.Sir, I am Shareholder, I sooulo
hare yoa to hnOo! What do yoa mean
SIR, by permitting this miserable mad
siW-sTHIs GREASY MECHANIC to stop me
IN this manner Sir! my slaves, sir, hare
had the audacity to leave m,y service, str
and I ,oas but searching your camp
ser, to see II they are not soaseaohere in you'
lines?"
To this, our conservative General
may be supposed to reply, with all due
humility. "My dear sir, the arrest
was a grand mistake! The man who
did it, either did not know you were a
STAKEHOLDER, or he is fanatic In
any event he shall be modified But
assure you, my dear sir, that there
are no slaves within the lines of my
army; lest, however, some one may have
secreted himself somewhere in the neigh
borhood, I will detail scouts to scour
the country in all directions, and il
there is negro anywhere, some of them
will smell him out.
But, as the real object of the ''patri
arch is to act the spy, he spurns this
offer of the General, and after mi
mute inspection of every nook and corner
of our camps, the Shareholder, with the
plan Of our position, and additional
contempt for the "Abolition" General
returns to "cecessia" with the informa-
tion which will enable the rebels to
rout our forces and canture our stnresl
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15


BIThe capture Of Springfield, BY
! Fremont's body guard, was one of the
most desperate achievements ever re-
corded in history.
That one hundred and seventy-one
men should accomplish forced march
of los miles in AS hours, with the de.
liberate purpose of making an attack
upon an enemy known to be at least
eight hundred strong, and we'll posted
seems almost iacredible. But that the ey
should, after making the march, on one
meal only, and learning, that instead Of
500, the enemy actually Numbered more
than 1000, still persist in the at.
tack, looks alnaost like madaess. Yet
such was the fact.
And the fight was as desperate as the
undertaking was daring. The guard
being all mounted, rode through and over
the enemy amidst a storm of bullets
trampling therebels beneath their horses
feet, and cleaving then, with their sa-
bers, until, panic stricken, the whole
host threw away their arms and fled
like frightened deer.
Should this war last an age, this dar-
ing and successful attack of Fremont's
body guard will stand alane in its rec.
ords. 1t is not given to one age to pro.
duce two such feats. sa"
| It is sad to reflect that the country
must lose the services of these meR!-
Attached to Gen Fremont, as his body
guard, they felt the injustice done te
their chief 80 intensely, that they vii
mot serve under another, and have re
tired. They should not have hurt ths
rebels, if they desired promotion.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
The Magnitude Of the War.

The people of this country do not ap-
preciate the magnitude of the armies
gathering for the coming conflict
! Nor do We seem TO realize that
that conflict is to settle the grand
est controversy ever submitted to the
arbitrament of the sword, and in which
| more of the nations have an interest
than in any war ever recorded in history
The leading minds Of Europe are be-
ginning to look upon the armaments,
not only with amazement, but with awe.
In little more than six months the
United States have raised, equipped,
proyisioned, and at least partially
drilled, greater army than England or
France, or any other of the nations of
Europe were ever able to call into the
| field, even when the destinies of all the
nations were at stake. The whole pre-
gramme of the war confounds them
They can't comprehend how the United
States Government, with this gigantic
rebellion striking at its life, can sustain
her credit and command untold mil
lions Of money with which to carry on
the conflict. Nor can they comprehend
how the seeded States, without credit
at all, and without money or manufac-
lures, without a navy and without a
name even among nations, can muster
equal armies, and keep them in the field.
Take the war altogether, its causes,
its conduct, its magnitude, and its con-
sequences, no matter how it may termi
nate, and it must stand out in history as
an inexplicable mystery which will not
be solved by a superficial philosophy
And whoever leaves out Of its consider
alton, God and his Providence, teaching
lesson of infinite moment to mankind,
will wholly misread the lesson. He
may insanely attempt to defeat the exc
cution of the DEGREES of eternal justice
by Compromising with the iniquity
which made the war inevitable; but his
compromises will have no more effect
to arrest the march Of destiny, than
would the emptying of magazine into
Vesuvius, stop its eruption.
No doubt, the pride, and corruption,
and venality; the selfish ambition and
sordid avarics, with all the baser pas
sions of men, will mix themselves up in
the prosection of the war. In fact, SO
far, little else has been developed.
in its progress. But over it all, pre-
sides a Directing Providence, Who
will "make the wrath Of man to praise
Him." and either in the removal of the
causes of the war, or the utter destruc-
ton of the nation if it perversely clings
to these causes, the progress of the race
will be secured And in this faith,
those who believe it, can work and wait.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
The Richest Joke of the Sea-

Is now being perpetrated in Balti-
more. 1t is nothing more nor less THAI
Chief Justice Taney, sitting upon the
Bench of the United States Court, and
trying men for treason! In spite of the
gloom which pervades the land, this an
nouncement cannot fail to raise a smile
on the saddest countenance by its su-
preme absurdity. Judge Taney, trying
men for treason! That farce will make
up by its richness, for any amount of
mediocracy in the tragedy. Judge
fancy, trying men for trcason!
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
Startling.

Our readers Will remember that sew
tral persons were arrested some time
since, at Marion, in this State, members
of the secret organization of traitors
called "K&ights Of the Golden Circle. y
Tkey had preliminary trial before the
U. s. conaiss5oner, at Cleveland, on a
charge of conspiracy and treason, and
were held for trial in the u. 8. Court,
which trial was set for Tuesday of this
week. r - =.
Christian Martin, who was the chief
witness for the Government, died sud
denly at Marion, on Saturday. His
death has caused quite sensation, as he
was very strong, healthy man. His
mysterious death just as his testimony
was about to be called for in the expose
ofthe secrets ola conelaze Of conspira-
tors, is strange enough. But from what
We already know. of the character and
objects of the order, it twould have been
fir stranger to oar minds if he had not
died!
& A band of conspirators who are sworn
4o"Wade to their knees in blood if nee.
arystosoverthrow the G Government u IN.
der. the ronstitssien, - and to seat the
rebels u power, nYen its rains, viii
hardly pernitswitnessss to testify against
them in the courtsl We look upon the
known existence Of this secret order, as
one Of the g.oom;est phases of these
tFenblous times, For ought We know,
they may be in our midst, ready, at any
time, to strike down the loyal citizen, as
we'll as the Government. When men
have pledged themselves to treason and
wholesale slaughter, they will not balk
atsecret murder. ,a
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
The Rebels attribute their Defeat to Bad
Artillery Practice.

The Rebels Attribute their Defeat to Bad
Artillery Practice.
The following is special dispatch to
the Charleston Mercury.
HENDERsoNvILLE, Nov. 10 P. NJ.
The practice Of our artillerists at Hill
toms Head, has been very bad, hence
the successful passage Of seven of the
enemy's men of war. Their transports
are still outside. Our loss thus far has
been very slight, and the troops in good
health.
The firing Of the Yankee vessels was
very accurate. Hilton's Head and Bay
Point, as at first reported, received the
brunt of the attack. Our failure to sink
any of the vessels which passed our bat
teries, is owing to the poor practice of
the artillery.
The ene1y's ships which passed our
batteries can be distinctly seen from
Beaufort. Forts Walker and Beaure-
gard are still firing.
The enemy has lost one gun boat,
which was burned. Shells can be seen
from here bursting in the woods. Our
lines of communication are completely
cut off unless more troops are sent here
with artillery and cavalry.
There is reason to believe the enemy
are now making preparations to land a
large force at Hilton Heads either to-
night Or tomorrow morning.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
s@-Ws have the gratifying intell

s@ We have the gratifying intelli-
gcnce that Gen. Hunter has reversed
the whole plan Of the campaign as laid
out by Gen. Fremont This is very for
tunate For Fremont's plan contem-
plated the immediate capture of Price
and McCulloch, and the driving Of the
rebels from Missouri. It required an
extraordinary effort of Lincoln to get
the order for his removal to him in time
to prevent his carrying out this obnox-
ious plan. But at the expense of few
fast horses be was superseded just liz
time. And we have full faith to believe
that his successor will succeed perfectly
in carrying out his plan, which we are
assured is exsetly the reverse of Fre-
meRtsl