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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
The w Orld's End

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During the last two or throe centu-
ries upwards of thirteen fixed stars have
disappeared. One of them situated in
the northern hemisphere, presensed a
peculiar brilliancy, and was so bright
as to be seen by the naked eye at mid
day. 1t seemed to be on fire. appeared
at first of dazzling white, then of a
reddish yellow, and lastly of an ashy
pale color. La Place supposed that it
was burned up, as it has never been
seen since. The conhagration was visi-
BILE about sixteen months. How dread
full! \ whole system on FIRE; the great
central luminary with its planets, with
their plains, mountains, forests, villages,
cities, and inhabitants all in flames,
consumed and gone forever. Here We
have presumptive view of the truth
and the solemn illustration Of singu-
lar passage in very old book: ''The
heavens shall pass away with great
noise, the elements shall melt with fer
vent heat, the void also, and the works
that are therein, shall be burned up
What has been will be again. Our sun
and moon and stars and earth will be
destroyed by fire. at is inscribed in
the heavens" says DIR. John Mason
Good, "foretold in the scriptures and
felt in the earth" Such is the text
The command may be found in Peter S
I'd epistle, Sd chapter, and 1lth and
18th verses.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11

For nearly an hour she watched and
soothed him, and then he slept soundly.
Then and not till then did 1 know of
my young heroine's acts; but as her ac-
count was very modest, and I heard the
story from other lips, too, l prefer to
give it in my own words.
She went down to the street with
Lieut.. Boardman, who inquired about
her arm.
GA mere bagatelle, WILL" she said,
laughing, 'tthough it made me faint;
but Aunt Lizzie is the best of doctors. :"
Chatting cheerfully, they went
quickly towards the battle field, Gas it
proved later,) and by observing her
friend and allowing him to make the
apology for their lateness, and showing
her bloody sleeve to prove the accident,
she mounted guard with her brothers s
men, unsuspected. Laughing some
times, as she thought of Horace's sur
prise the next day-sighing as she
thought of his wound, she looked upon
the whole affair as joke purchased by
shouldering musket for one night.
Just before daybreak, as she stood
looking towards one point on the road
she guarded, she deserted man creep
ing on all fours towards her. She gave
the alarm, and two soldiers started to
arrest the intruder. The fellow escaped
but day breaking the whole camp was
on the alert. Before she at all under
stood her position, the battle was rag
ing all around her.
'Forward! march," Horace's cap
tain gave the word, the men fell into
line, and Nellie was led into the heart
of the field. She says her brother s
spirit passed into hers, and she was an
swerable for he actions. Certain it is
that she fought with a courage and daring
that made her the mark of many eyes
A sleepless, exciting night of watch
ing was followed by the certainty of VIC
tory the next day; and as soon as it was
practicable she came to me. We were
still talking when there was knock at
the door.
"Come inl' was answered by Lieu.
tenant Boardman.
''Ca aptain Curtis" he said, bowling,
';let me be the first to congratulate you
upon your promotion. Your gallant
conduct of yesterday"
He stopped suddenly, for his eyes
fell upon Horace-the real Horace
The hot blood rushed to Nellie's face,
but in low tone she began to tell him
the truth, ending with
"You will keep our secret?"
Gas L guard my honor. Let the
world suppose your brother wounded in
the battle, none shall ever know the
truth from me"
I have told my story. Nellie donned
her own dress, and assisted in nursing
Captain Curtis till he was again we'll,
and Die to JOIN his man. .
From place to place we followed him,
but it was as women Cor baggage) and
not till the war was over and we were
again at home, did Lieut. Boardman re-
fer to his secret; then he said
"Captain Nellie, I have kept your Sc
cret long time; now if you will take it
back and give me your hand instead
- and some more to that effect,
which ended, as all stories will, in
wedding; and the county seat rings with
the voices of the two little ones, who
belong to Nellie and Will.
1t is difficult to- say which loves the
soldier girl best, her husband OF brother,
who says he has not time to pay atten-
tion to any woman but his sister Nellie.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
A. KOHL,

Dealer in and Manufacturer of Umbre1- N~
.as. He holds himself in readiness toST
make Umbrellas to order, or repair old *
ones in the most substantial manner He will
also buy wofn=out Umbrellas at liberal prices
Shop on Linn street; north Of Smiths Shoe
Store.
He would also inform the public that he pre-
pares a SA1YE which he will warrant equal
to any in use, for the cure Of Felons, Catarrhs,
Burns, Bruises Sprains, Cuts, Salt Rheum,
Ring Worm, Rheumatism, White Swellings,
and many other diseases of the kind. Price
25 cents per Box. jail: 8, 1e60.-3-1tf-
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Mercy to the Merciless.

The N. Y. Evening Post sketches,
with master hand, the contrast between
the humane course of our Government
and the inhumane course CT that of the
Rebels:
ave restrain our soldiery from tread
ing the soil of State that wears the
mask of peace and protests her loyalty,
until she casts aside her pretense and
reveals ber hills covered and her wales
lined with batteries. We spare the
lives of traitors, relying on the honor of
their oaths, and soon after find the sub
jects Of our mercy in the ranks of the
enemy. We have respected in all cases
the signals of truce; but they confound
the hospitalities Of war by using our
banner as decoy, and having won, by
SO base and cowardly an act. an advan-
tage Of position, they pour murderous
fire on our soldiers who were about to
embrace them as brothers. We give
our wounded enemies water, aud with
reyiving strength they plunge the bay
onet into the hearts Of their benefactors
We give free access to our military posts
and prisoners of war, even to Congress
sional traitors, and perpetual truce to
unarmed traitors, while Northern men
are imprisoned OF shot, all over the
South, We gallantry permit wives of
Rebels in arms to boast Of their family
disloyalty in the circles of the Capital,
and indirectly live from the public
treasury, and at the same time com
placently hear Of Northern women, So
journing in the South, being stripped
to the waist and then whipped with the
knout, for no crime but love for the
Government of their fathers. We with
hold, nay, suppress the Instructions of
servile race, while they force their ne
groes to throw up intrenrhments that
they may with comparative safety deal
out death to the defenders of the Con-
stitution. We decline the services Of
men whose color, as we'll as whose oc-
cupatlons, be Objectionable to our fastid
ious foemen, and send our white citi-
zens alone to do the parallel intrench-
ing and fall under the fire of negro
battalions. We discourse feelingly of
our recent fraternal relations, and hope
that the Rebels will lay down their
arms and return to obedience to the
Constitution and the laws of peace; they
point US to their newly formed alliance
with the pirates Of the seas and the
Indian savages Of our frontiers. The
world caa judge which side of our ma
tional struggle glows with that glory Of
'chivalry' that accounts it houor to give
the odds to your enemy in deadly CON
test r.....,
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4oetrg.
TO THE TOMB.

A coffin in a cart!
Alone to Potters Field it goes;
Another wounded, madened heart
Has burst the human woes.
Bear her onward, faster
Let the dust her follies hide
Daughter of disaster,
Wretched suicide!
A carriage dashes by,
= With furious speed, and Gathering din;
Behold the man Of naughty eye
Who lolls so sumptuously within.
Here the careless slayer,
There, the wreck his will hath made;
Here, the proud betrayer,
There, the poor betrayed.
Riches were his, and power;
Her only wealth an honest name;
Twas meet that he should crush the flower
And give soul to death and shame.
One who might have lighted
Paths where angels love to dwell,
Bewildered and benightened,
Fell-forever fell.
1t is an oft-told tale,
The world We are all too good to hear;
Let humble error sink and quail,
But high-born sin hath naught to fear.
Ye, whose mask of honor
Glitters in the sight of men,
Heap your scorn upon her
Spurn the Magdalen!
They meet no more upon the earth
The careless slayer and the slain;
He wanders through the halls of mirth
And takes no thought of others pain:
What will be the meeting
In the realms beyond the tomb?
What will be the greeting
On the day of doom?
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
A Cure for Diarrhen.


Numerous requests having been made
to republish the recipe for diarrhea
and cholera symptoms, which We gave
in our paper several weeks ago, and
which was used by the troops duringsthe
Mexican war with great success, We give
it below, with very important correc-
ton of an error made in the first form
ula, as to the size of the dose to be given:
Tincture Of Cayenne Pepper..........2 drachms.
Landanum. ounces
Spirits Of Camphor.. ounces
Essence of Peppermint.....~,,.....,. ounces.
Hoffman's Anodyne. ounces
Ilncture OF Ginger. .....--...........,l ounce.
Mix all together; Dose--a teaspoon,
full in little water, or half teaspoon
full repeated in an hour afterwards in .
teaspoonful of brandy. This prepara.
ton will check diarrhea in ten minutes,
and abate other premonitory symptoms
of cholera Immediately. In oases of
cholera, it has been used with great sue
cess, to restore reaction, by outward ap.
Observation-Disclosures Inqatfer.
Time for Cutting Timber.
we Have been long satlsned tnaC the
best time to cut timber is in summer,
provided it is not left in the log, but is
Immediately worked up into boards,
rails, or whatever is intended. 1t dries
rapidly, and becomes hard and sound.
Cut and saw bass-wood in summer, and
in a few weeks it will become thor
oughly seasoned and will finally harden
so as to almost resemble horn. Gut it
in winter, and it will be SO long in sea-
sonins as to become partly de:aysd be-
fore the process can be completed. No
doubt the presence of water or sap in
great abundance in winter, and sespeci-
ally toward the latter part, hastens this
incipient decay. Rails cut and split in
summer, and the bark pealed to hasten
drying, have lasted twice as long as win.
ter cut rails.-Country Geatlen.aa. E.
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APPRENTICES.

THoSE wishing to take boys or girls at any
I age from infancy to IA years. to live with
them till of legal age, would be doing public
benefit by making known their wishes to Mr..
Scott, Superintendent of the Infrmary, neal
Chester, or to either Of the In6rmary Directors.
Feb :, '60.-tf. NJ. BOSW ORTIZ.
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hIcHp. STEWARD.

RIcHD. STEWARD. JOHN p. GILLIAN.
-e STEWARD d GILLIAN.
This firm have located in the cid stand of b. F.
StiEers, on Front Street, few doors below
Nyes Saw-Mill. Horse-shoeing, ironing
Wagons and Buggies, and all kinds of jobbing
work done in a satisfactory manner, at moder-
ate rates. [3-31-1y.l
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
The emily Alternative.

Our only alternative now, North and
South, is between the government of the
United States and the government Of
JEFF Davis. There is no other choice
now. He that is not with US is against
US. and the issue is simply the overthrow
Of cur government or the suppression of
the despotism of Davis. This continent is
not large enough for both as mattersnow
stand. One or the other must 60 down.
which shall it be? That is the ques-
tion.-N. Y. Hera{i.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11

Legal adv ertisements charged at rates allowed by
W. from which Is per cent. viii be deducted for
advance payment.
Casual or transient advertisements must be paid
for in advance.
Advertisements not having the number of inser-
tons marked copy, will be continued until for
bid, and charged accordingly.
THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary, considered wishing to continue
their subscriptions.
?. If subscribers order the dscontnuance of their
pers, the publishers can continue to send them
til all arrearages are paid
g. If subscribers neglect refuse to take their pa
pers from the office to which they directed, they
held responsible till they settle their bill and
der the paper discontinued.
4. If any subscriber removes to another place
without informing the publisher, and their paper is
sent to the former direction the subscriber is held
sponsible.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspaper from the Office, removing and leaving
it uncaed for, prma facie evidence Of intentional
fraud.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
ExAM1NAr1oN OF TEACHERS.

EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
The following questions were pro.
pounded for written answers at the Ex-
animation of Teachers held in Pomeroy
on the 5th inst:
GEOGRAPHY.
!. What are the tropics, and why are
they so called?
2. What are circles of the Earth, and
their use?
3. In what zones is South America?
a. How may you experience all the
varieties of climate without changing
your latitude?
5. Name the three forms of govern
ment, and define them.
g. IF you were 1on the island of St
Helena, to-day, in what direction would
your shadow fall? Why? .as..
Z. Name the most northern, southern
and western capes of Europe.
8. What divisions of Africa border
on the Red Sea. .s4
9. Bound Asia and name the largest
river and city.
10. Name the political divisions of
the Earth, and define each
ARITHMETIC,
l. Define Arithmetic.
2. Why does dividing the denomina-
tor multiply the fraction?
3. Find the sum, remainder, product,
and quotient of twenty-five units, seven
thousand six hundred and thirty four
ten thousandths, and one hundred and
thirteen units, eight hundred and seven
teen thousandths.
4. Hamburg is 10 degrees east lon.
gitude: Baltimore is 76 degrees 81 min
utes west longitude; when it is 9 A. NJ. al
Hamburg, what Is the time at Ralti
more?
5. A boy lost I of all his money,
his father then gave him ! as much as
he lost, after which he had 80 cts; how
much had he at hrst2 Solution by An
alysis.
6. If 5 bus, pks, qts. of oats are
worth = bus. corn, how many bushels
of oats are 81 bus. of corn worth? So
luton 0y proportion.
7. What is the interest of fiyo dollars,
five cents and five mills, for ten years,
ten months and ten days, at one-halt
per cent?
s. Sold coffee at 20 cts. per h., by
which l lost 20 per cent. What did
the coffee cost?
8. A cubical block contains 970, ,299
cubic inches, required the superficial
contents of one of its sides.
TO- How many bushels of wheat will
box 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet
high contain?
GRAMMAR.
1. What is simple sentence? Give
an example.
g Write a sentence containing the
relative pronoun "what," and parse it
3. Each of the following nouns has
two plurals: Name them, and explain
how the different plurals are used
penny, genius, index, die, fish and pea
4. What verbs have voice? Define
the passive voice.
5. The witnesses deposition will be
received. Correct the sentence if neces.
sary, and parse the verb. -..,.
6. The books were left at Mr.. Scott
the printers, and the caps at Mr.. Ford's
the merchants store. What are the
errors? Why?
7. Write the following sentence in
full, and tell what it is an example of
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph; by I. A
Plants; Pomeroy; A. E. Mclaughlin
& Co. -#-
s. Oh! Sailor boy, woe to thy dream
of delight. Analyze and parse each
word.
9. What do you toUow for liveli
hood? Parse the words in italics.
TO- A mothers influence makes men
tchat they are. Parse in full the words
in italics
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
WOOL CARDING,

AT THE
RACINE WOOLEN FACTORY.
TAVING put in new machinery, we are
Il prepared to do Wool Carding at cents
per pound.
All work warranted where the wool is clean.
Wool or Lard taken in pay for work.
July 3, 1S6O-26-tf THrS. EGAN.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
A Revolutionary Relic.

A gold watch of the olden time is on
exhibition at Louisville, KY. The
watch was present from Genfarai Wash
inston TO Gen. Lafayette, aud bears the
following inscription on the inner case:
&c. Washington to Giibart Mottier de
Lafayette. Lord Cornwallis' capitula-
ton, yorktown, December II, ISL
The watch was made in London, id
l7G9.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11

Ha-A Virginia paper says free ne
gro, descendant Of Gen. Washington s
slaves, who was manumitted by him,
owning and occupying farm of about
one hundred aud fifty acres, near Mount
Vernon, Virginia, rendered twenty ight
acres Of his farm to be sold, and the
proceeds to be used in defense Of the
State against Lincolu's Administration.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11

~ gsa{so r. e. HUMPHREY,
Blacksmith, back of the Bank Building, z@e5
Pomeroy, o. Farming Tools, Shovel TX
plows, Mattocks, Hoes, sc, on hand and ~
made to order. Horse Shoeing and all kinds
ST Job Work done to order Jan. 3.-5-1
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
FRANK COOPER,

Stone Mason s. Bricklayer Residence in
John Lance Building, near the Catholic Church.
Dressed and Bubble stone work executed in
the best manner: also, Bricklayiug Cementing,
&ca done at reasonable prices. Work war;
ranted. E3-24-1y]
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
ISAAC FALLER,
p. LYMAy.
JOHN EIsRLsTIN,
NJ. BLAETNER,

Carriage & Wagon Manufacturer, c"k
Front street. first corner below the 9&sse--
Rolling Mill, Pomeroy, o. All articles in his
line of business manufactured at reasonable
rates, and they are especially recommended for
durability. - 2-5-ly
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11

Wives I'M India.
A missionary lady, writing to friends
in England, mentions many sad things
about the state Of woman and wives in
India. Among other things, she says:
"a wife is not thought worthy evea to
take the name Of her husband into her
lips. She may call him lord, master,
or the father of her son, but his name
she must never mention. One day one
of nay mothers servants, an Ayah, was
taken i'll. She was very pretty young
woman, and as much loved by her hus-
band as Bengalee wives usually ale; yet
he refused to get doctor for her, say
ing to the poor dying girl, The money
| should now waste on you will pay Tor
my marriage feast when [ marry your
successor Three months after that his,
new wife was brought home"
Class In Geography.
What is the lowest Ridge in Ken
tucky?' 1859
Small Boy.-ttBreckinridge." @
What is the crookedest, meanest
lane in America?' .--.-
Small Boy.-"Jo. Lane. Please
mayn't go out nox?'' 5'',T7
Yes, my little Gazelle.'
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
DR.. JOHN .ELBEN,

Homeopathic & Hydropathic Physician,
POMEHOY, o.,
ID ESIDENCE in C. Grants House. near the
LII Catholic Church, where he keeps office
hours as follows Mornings till o'clock; after
noon, from l to 8 o'clock; evenings from to 7
o'clock. Office prescriptions must positively
be paid for at the time of prescribing.
Word being left at P. Lambreeht's Jewelry
Store, upon slate will receive prompt attention.
June 2, '57.-tf JOHN ELBEN.
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sf9 GOLDEN s. TOWNSEND.
Attorneys at Law W. R. Goldens Office In
Athens, O., and L. S. Townsend's in Pageville,
Meigs Co., O. Prompt attention given to the
collection of claims, and other business en-
trnsted to them. 2-46-1y
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11

-t'@S e. HUTTON,
County Surveyor, and Attorney at Law Of-
fee in the Court House, Pomeroy Ohio. 4-5
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11

PONIEROY SALT COMPANY.
Salt twenty-five cents per bushel. II
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"Nellie!' ....
"Here, Horace, here!'
Nellie, the guns! hark! must go. :"
mo, you can stay; you can, l say!-
Would l counsel you to dishonorable
act?'
Nellie, don leave me-"
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Business Cards.

=, ,s,,,peor e G. p. SIMPSON.
n s,Ar' N. & G. p. SIMPSON.
Attorneys and Ceunselors at Law, Pomeroy,
Ohio Office, in Swallows Building, one door
below o. Branch & Co.'S. 4-21-1yl
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11

Attorney and Counselor at Law, Kygerville,
@Gaiiia County, Ohio. Prompt attention given
to the collection of claims. 4-12-1yl
Daily national Democrat., 1861-07-19

the war power in defense Of the Government
forced upon him. He could but perform this
duty or surrender the existence of the Gov
eminent To compromise the public service
would in this case be a crime. Not that cCm-
promises are not often proper, but that no
popular Government can long survive
marked precedent that those who carry an
election can only save the Government from
immediate destruction 10y giving mp the main
point upon which the people gave the cleo
don The people Themselves and not their
servants. can safely reverse their own DELHI
crate decisions. As private citizen the
Executive could not have consented that
these institutions should perish, Much less
could he act n'Jetrayal Of SO vast and so sa-
reed a trpst as these free people had cont1ded
to him. lie felt that he had no moral right
to shrink, nor even to count the chances OF
his own life in what might follow. In iuil
view of his great res possibility, he has so far
done hat he has deemed his duty. \ GU
will now, according to your own judgment,
perform yours lie sincerely hopes that your
views and your actions may SO accord with
his, as TO assure all faithful citizens who have
been disturbed in their rights. Of certain
and speedy restoration ofthe law. And hay-
ing thus chosen our course with pure pur-
pose, let rs renew our trust ia God, and go
forward without fearand with manly hearts.
July +, 1861. ABRAHAM LIScoLN.
Daily national Democrat., 1861-07-19
Arrivals at the st. Nicholas Hotel.
UNION COUNTY, TICKET.

II
FOR SHERIFF.,
HERNDON BARRETT
For Clerk,
Z. NJ Raglan.
For District Attorney,
GEORGE ROWE.
For Recorder,
l.. T. CRANE.
For Tax Collector,
HORACE BEACH.
For Assessor,
7. J. SHERWOOD.
For Treasurer,
j. p. BROWN.
For Surveyor,
Y. ID. HUBBARD.
For Superintendent Public instruction,
i. b. WALSWORTH.
For Public Administrator.
A. j. HEWITT.
For Coroner,
Z. HAMILTON.
For the Assembly,
T. TEEGARDEN,
J. G. SARG ENT,
d. Il. SAMPLE.
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