Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-29
From the Press, Nov. a..
FUGITIVE SLAVES IN PHILkDEL-
PHIA.

From the Press, Nov. a.,
FUGITIVE SLAVES IN PHALADEA
For long time past contrabands hav
been coming into the city, by diver
ways, from parts of Virginia, Delaware
and daoflMaryland. The latter State ha
suffered more than any other by thi
exodus, it appearing, from all the fact
in our possession, that at least four hun
dred out of the seven hundred negroe
passing through have been attached t,
the estates of Maryland shareholders.
The fugitives owe their escape chiefly
to the alarm pervading the border
Slave States, but they have been for
wardea by variety of agencies, not the
least.ef which has been the sympaty O
officers in the volunteer army, who have
furnished them with passes, introduc
tory letters, and money.
The latest arrival was that of Tues
day night, when thirty-seven negroes
came in by way of Wilmington, from
the "Peninsula" Of lower Delaware
Maryland and Virginia. They are said
to have been the properties of Mr.
Dennis, in Northampton county, Vir-
ginia, and of Mr.. Decoursey, in the
lower part of Maryland, with divers ne
groes from adjacent estates. These
parties congregated in Somerset county
and were supplied with passes in part
by members of the Fourth Wisconsin
Regiment. They passed northward by
the State road, avoiding the large towns,
and on reaching this city, where they
were expected, received and entertained
Most of them passed into the rural dis
tricts yesterday, while others continued
northward.
They state that the towns of Drum
mond and Eastport will soon be occu-
pied by Northern troops, much to the
modification Of the Secessionists.
The two counties of Peninsular Vir-
glnla have furnished four hundred men
to the rebel army, the maj jority of whom
passed into Virginia proper by way of
Baltimore and the Lower Potomac.
When the direct route became perilous,
few ventured in sailing boats across
the open bay, but after the blockade
had been established very few succeeded
in linking their fortunes with the army,
and contented themselves with sullen,
reasonable mutterings at home. Many
of the leading rebels in the Southern
army are natives of Accomac and North
amptoh counties. The former was the
abode, for many years, Of Henry A.
Wise, and he has two sis ters at present
residing there.
The object of the detachments going
into these districts is to keep down the
mutlnous feeling, arrest and punish the
rlngleaders, and maintain and develop
the good Union people. 1t is more
than probable that the counties alluded
to will never have like profitable visit
alton with this ''horde Of Yankees. -
Heretofore they have had no trade, and
the mass of the people lave eked out
miserable and semi barbarous existence.
They will now drive lucrative trade,
as suffers, with the Union troops. The
latter consist of the Fourth Wisconsin
Regiment, a Massachusetts battery, six
guns, squad of 300 cavalry, and two
Deleware companies. Other regiments
encamped at Cambridge, Charleston
and Centreville. The Chestertown reg
lment Was collected in Kent county,
and is commanded by Edward Wilkins
of Kent Island. The contrabands,
when arrived at Wilmington, were much
wearied and in want. They came to
Philadelphia thence in the cars Seven
women were in the party, and among
them was girl Of fourteen years Of
age. The fugitiyes were received by
body of blacks on their arrival, aud
number of them now occupy eligible po-
sitions in town and vicinity.
John q. Cough on ssLife in London"
John B. Cough, Esq. lectured in
Boston, few evenings ago, on "Life in
London" "
In commencing with the pcculiarities
of that great metropolis and its surround
ings, he spoke of the Thames, of its ben
efcial and deleterious importance to
London. In this particular he related
some amusing incidents of the great
stencil from this great sewer Next
he spoke of the fogs in the following
manner: 1t gets iuto the eyes, ears.
mouth, into the windows and doors, and
if these be closed it comes down the
chimney. 1t seemed very strange to
strangers to grope along through the
streets for twenty minutes, hearing an
army of voices and not seeing any one.
The only recognition foot passengers
have is by running against each other.
One can stand under gas light and not
see it. This fog is generally from 200
to 800 feet high, and its season is from
November to February. But the sun
does shine there, and beautifully, too;
and ON such occasions the people i'm
prove the opportunity to show them
selves out of doors. From four to
eight o'clock is high noon at Hyde Park,
and here may be seen the descendants of
sons, known to fame; sailors
who have circumnavigated the globe,
and merchants whose names are as famil
lar as household words. The park is a
scene of hustle, party here, and another
there, all out for pleasure walk. Sud-
denly, liveried carriage, containg a
goodly lady whose countenance is famil-
lar to all, perhaps accompanied by
daughter, with neither of which there
is anything extremely remarkable, near
the spot. Every person stops as if
riveted to the spot, and with heads un
covered, they salute Her Majesty the
Queen. Such scenes as this are fre-
quent, and shows the high esteem in
which rank is held by the people Of
England.
How to Know Traitor.
An eastern paper gives the following
recipe of chow to know traitor"
The man who continually prates about
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