Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-27
The Pen and the SWord---An
Army Newspaper.

under peculiar circumstances. The
Seventh Ohio Regiment has, like all pa
triotic organizations, a number of typos
in it. Entering Weston, they found
Secession printing Office deserted, and a
publishing company" was instantly
formed, and hence the paper before u.s.,
1t is entitled eTHE Ono SEVENTH"
motto: eve come to protect, not to IN.
wade. The following is the card Of
the publishers.
The ONO SEVENTH
VIII be published as often as eircum-
stances will admit, and of such material
as may be found in Secession Offices
where we may chance to stop long
enough to raise our flag and issue. a pa
per. Confederate State bopds Or other
''secesh' paper not received for either
subscription or advertising.
HARMON & GRABILL, Publishers.
Below is sort of apology which we
give entire, as it explains the aims and
objects Of editors and publishers.
The only excuse we can offer for the;
deficiency of our little sheet is the great
hurry in which necessity compels us to-
issue it, we publish it in a defunct se-
cession office, with the material in great
confusion, and ourselves subject to
marching orders while setting the type,
and what Is done must be done qmekly.
We trust our patrons will remember cir.
cumstances, and censure lightly. Hun
dreds of people, with gladness in their
eountenances, have visited US since we
opened the door and blinds of the loyal,
then traltorous Office, and over it raised
the good old flag. We shall issue the
paper at this place as long as we re-
main at Camp Tyler. We hope to issue
numbers in Richmond, Charleston and
New Orleans. We propose to issue the
paper from none but defunct Secession
offices. The Ohio Seventh as our motto.
indicates, shall be harbinger of pro-
lection and not invasion, and where the
regiment fights physically, the paper
will fight morally. We trust to be able
to raise the flag that now floats eyet
this office, over scores of Secession of
fees throughout the South. This shall
be it's mission.
The ''leader'' is to the point. It is
addressed to Firginians, and explains
the purposes of the army of invasion.
We clip few brief extracts:
We come with peace offerings to those
who would have that peace and pros
perity which you have SO long enjoyed;
we come with sincere love and firm
patriotism, to bring gladness to those Who
prefer order and safety to anarchy and
ruin, and to bring death to the disloyal
and rebellious-we come to guarantees
and secure to you all the rights you
have heretofore enjoyed under the Con-
stitution, and to meet the danger with
which you are threatened by dealing
cold lead and steel to those who threaten.
We avail ourselves of this opportu-
nifty to say to you, place no reliance
upon any representations of the pur-
poses of our Government, and the char
aeter of our troops, coming from Rebel
lips. Men who would trail the Stars
and Stripes in the dust-the banner un-
der which all the civil rights they ever
enjoyed were secured through the
bloody scenes of the Revolution-men
who would with fendish madness and
unparalleled sacrilege, trample under
their feet the noblest instrument ever
penned by human hand-the Constitu-
tion-men who would break the happy,
fraternal bonds that have SO long bound
the States together as one nation and
one people-they are the men who will
steal and plumber, ravish and butcher
they are the men whom you have cause
to fear. Against such cut-throats and
rascals We are here to protect you; to
exterminate such is our mission.
Although the the Ohio Seventh has
regular editors-Lieutenants l. n. Cross
and A |. Williams-the regiment con-
tributes freely to its columns. We find
articles from l.. G. Warren, H. G. Orton,
"W. D. So and others. Some are az
counts of their late journey, others COM
ment on the war, &c. We clip the fol-
lowing from the local department.;
Weston is situated on West Branch,
in Lewis County, contains two thousand
who, We can well testify,
are hospitable at least, to Union troops.
Major Easement is said to carry not
only a six shooter but six shooters, for,
during the march from Clarksburg, he
carried most Of the way six or seven
muskets. Bully for the Major.
D. G. Steen, of Company A, is man-
balloon, Is feet high and
So fee. i'll circumference, to ascend this
evening (the 4thl
The Union people of Weston are pre-
pairing for grand time to-day. They
have made arrangements to give the SOL
dierS Of the 7th dinner in Camp Tyler
grove; also to raise large Union pole, and
i splendid silk flag now being made by
the Union loving ladies of Weston.
The arrival of the regiment in Wes-
ton is thus spoken of by contributor:
TEe Union people welcomed US with
open doors and open hearts. Many Of
US had such breakfast that Sunday
morning as we have not had since we
left home.
The good lady at whose house I break
tasted, fed sixtyfour tired and hungry
May the Lord reauite her ac-
cording to her deeds!
Another says:
\ pleasant smile, and kind word at
every turn meets the soldier. "0h!
who would ut DC so,dier?' Mrs. 0s-
born gave bre ,kfast Oh Sunday morning
to Gl men. ,,rs Duusmorc fed another
lot, and man. other ladies' by name un-
known, contr uteI to the welfare of the
boys. Again sry--God bless the
noble hearted, free b!roashtel ladies o,
" eston, N y they long live, and long be
happy.
Well, really, the Seventh is having
good time in Weston Who wouldn't
be defender of his country's flag, un-
der such circumstances?
So our gallant volunteers make the