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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
Two Hundred Dollar Kick.

"A
The experience Of Hon. Mr.. Elmore
in lawsuits was given in speech con
the abolition of laws for the collection
of debts" before the Wisconsin Legis-
lature:
He had but little experience in the
law, and that was rich. Laughter. +
He would give a history of it. The
speaker then related how he had pur-
chased yoke of oxen about fifty years
ago-paid fifty dollars for them. A few
days after, the son of the man of whom
he bought the oxen, came to him and
said the oxen were his. He insisted
upon having pay over again, and com
menced suit before Justice. The
jury didn't agree. Finally, through the
blunders of the Bushwood Justice of
the Peace, the case went against him
He appealed to the Circuit Court of
Milwaukee. There lost again, and
sai1 to my lawyer: ''I will give you
ten dollars to quote Pennsylvania law
to Judge Miller, and have, new trial
ordered" Forest laug liter. J He took
the ten dollars and performed the duty.
A new trial was then granted, and venue
changed to Walworth county. Judge
Irwin was then Judge. Any man VINO
wanted to gain case in his Court, had
either to go hunting with him, and ict
the Judge claim all the game that was
shot, or else pat his dog. Well, ]
patted the dog. Laughter. l fed
that dog with crackers. Renewed
laughter. The case was decided in my
favor. When l heard the decision, |
thought to myself the dog had followed
me about long enough turned round
and gave him kick. Laughter. =
The yelp of the dog had hardly subsi-
ded ere I heard the Judge say, "Mr.
Clerk, this Judgment is set aside and a
new trial granted Great laughter. ]
Mr.. Speaker, that kick cost me taoo hun
dred dollarsi [Convulsive laughter
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06

Gentlemen, you who are inclined to
take drop for the 'stomach's sake,
did you ever stop and think what you
were drinking, and whence its origin?
Did you ever, for one moment, imagine
that your pure Cognac was made of Gin
cinnati whisky and that common whisky,
by chemical apparatus, can be changed
into any kind Of liquor desired? Happy
idea!-thc bar keeper can, by a very eco
nomical method, keep his essences in a
small bottle, and pour Il few drops into
glass, drawing from "that barrel, any
kind Of liquor that may be desired by
Y oung America. 1t is generally sup
posed that persons of common sense, and
small share ofintelligence, would know
the effect of deadly poisons. but it does
seem as though such was not the case.
Keep on, ye drinkers till your bodies
/ become mass Of disease and corruption;
by and by the time will come when you
too, will die; then your bodies will be
buried in paupers graves.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
DIR. Robert j. breckenridge on the Nal
In Kentucky.

Dr. Robert j. Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, wrote letter on the 25th of Oc-
tober respecting the war in his State
The letter was directed to a gentleman
in Baltimore, and has been published by
the American of that city The follow
ing is an extract:
We shall have bloody work and a
good deal of it; but Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois (remember that
one-third of the people Of the three last
named States are the children of Ken
tuckians) will put out their whole mill
tary strength to repel this invasion and
follow the routed rebels to their utmost
den. If the whole OF the balance of the
| loyal States can regain Virginia and
hold Maryland and Missouri, the foul
States l have named above are full
match for the remaining ten Secession
States, and if you will compare the fact:
concerning the four States now rallyine
against this atrocious invasion witt
those of the ten most Southerly Seces
sion States, you will see that | speal
soberly. This invasion of kentuck
was pure madness. 1t opens along fou
hundred miles the route for armies int,
| the South, and it makes the secession
of Kentucky from the Union surely ant
eternally Impossible. One-third par
of our population were dlsloyal; tn
other two-thirds are as loyal as any peo
pie that live. This is what | have sal
continually, and through they hav
been tearfully tried, they have continu
ally vlnGicaled my Judgment OF ther
and they will DO it to the end. / thin
God wtH gtsr rs the eictory and that III
: National life Of oHr country loiU be n
stored
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
Care Of Russell NJ. Larped. Prov

Care of Russell NJ. Larned, Provi-
dence, R. I.
Care of DR.. W. H. Mussey, Cincin,
natl.
Office of Soldiers Aid Society, 9s
Bank street, Cleveland.
Care of DR.. c. D. Griswold, Wheel
ing, Virginia.
Care of Dr. j. V. Y. Blaney, Medical
Purveyor, Chicago.
Care of T. l.. Olmstead, 211 i street
Washington, d. c. :.
Acknowledgment will be made to al
those who forward parcels, and a fnal
report to the Secretary of War will be
published, recording the names of al
contributors, so far as they shall be known
to the Commission.
HENRY w. BELLOWS, D. D., Pres t
PROF. A. d. RAcHE, l.. L. D.
GEORGE T. STRONG
FRED. LAW OLMsTED.
GEORGE w. CULLUM, U. s. A.
ALEXANDER L. SHIRAs, U. s. A
ROBERT G. WooD, NJ. D., U. S. A
WILLIAM II. VAN BUREN, NJ. D.
PROF. WoLcoTT GIBBS, N. D.
ELISHA HARRIS, NJ. D.
SAMUEL G. HOWE, NJ D.
CORNELIUS R. AGNEw. NJ. D.
j. S. NEwBERRY, NJ. D.
HORACE BINNEY, JR.
Rt. Rev. THos NJ CLARK, D. D.
GoDpna' rs atyder uxthority of the Sec'y of Wor
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
Haytian Bureau of Emigration.
INVITATION.

Hayti will soon regain her ancient
splendor. This marvellous soil that our
fathers, blessed by God. conquered for
US. will soon yield to as the wealth now
hidden in its bosom: Let our black
and yellow brethren, scattered through
the Antilles, and North and, South
America, hasten to cooperate With us in
restoring the glory of the Republic
Hayti is the common country of the
black race. Our ancestors, in taking
possession of it, were careful to announce
in the Constitution that they published,
that all the descendants of Africans, and
of the inhabitants of the West Indies,
belong by right to the Haytian family.
The idea was grand and generous.
Listen, then, all ye negroes and mu-
lattos who, in the vast Continent of
America, suffer from the prejudices of
caste. The Republic calls you; she in
vites you to bring to her your arms an d
your minds The regenerating work
that she undertakes interests all colored
people and their descendants, no matter
what their origin or where their place of
birth
Hayti, regaining her former position,
retasing her ancient sceptre' as Queen of
the Antilles, will be formal denial
most eloquent and perenrptory, against
those detraetors of our race who contest
our desire and ability to attain high
degree Of civilization.
GEFFRARD.
Geffrard is the President of the Re-
public of Hayti. The abovesis his in
vitation to the colored people of the
United States, and, in short, all other
countries, to find their homes in the
beautiful Island over which he presides,
and to aid in building up nationality
which shall place the African race
proudly among the Powers Of the earth.
In our last issue we published the
proceedings of meeting of colored
people held in this place, in reference
to this subject; and we then stated that
the movement was assuming an impor
tance of which very few, comparatively,
had any knowledge; and promised to de-
vote some attention to the subject in fu-
ture. With that view, we have conclu-
ded to devote column or two, on the
first page of the Telegraph, especially to
this subject, and will thank any one in
terested, and especially any of the
colored people, for contributions appro >
pirate to this department.
Our source Of information will be
chiefly the Pine and the Palm, beauti-
full and very ably conducted paper, pub
lished in Boston, by the "Haytian
Bureau of Emigration, of which James
Redpath is the General Agent. This
paper is devoted wholly to this subject,
and should be in the hands of every
colored man in the county.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
NOTES OF THE MOVEMENT.
HAYTIAS BUREAU OF EMIGRATION, !
RnStnn Nov q l2H1

Boston, Nov. 9, 1861.
misunderstanding the past week,
nearly four hundred souls, from differ
ent sections Of the United States and
British America, have left this port to
join the numbers which have preceded
them, for the purpose of endeav oring,
in the rich and fertile island Of Hayti,
by enterprise and agricultural industry,
to reopen the channels whereby that ia
NOUS cradle Of the black mans freedom
may regain its ancient prosperity and be-
come the assured possession Of our race
forevcr-thc centre Of wide extending
empire.
In their departure, many have
wished them Godspeed, and hundreds
are preparing to follow their example;
proving their hatred of oppression by
sacrificing old associations in order to
escape it, and their appreciation of lib
erty by seeking new homes in a strange
land, where they may enjoy life and
pursue happiness.
This movement, in view of the great
results destined to flow from its success
full prosecution, may be termed an An
tt Slavery one par excellence: the hered-
itary victim Of an unholy caste himself
attempts the decd which shall efface
the stigma from his blood and lift his
race up out Of the debasement into which
centuries of oppression have plunged it.
| As an effort on the part of the black
man TO rid himself of the disabilities
which American prejudice imposes upon
| him here and an attempt to establish his
| independence elsewhere, it brings Us
! into closer relation to the more advanced
portions Of the human family, and es-
tablishes claim on our part, to the re-
spect of the civilized world, Every
step thus taken tends to bsighten that
respect, to excite the dormant energies
of those among Us, who feel their bur
den, but know not how to gain relief
and to give an impetus to our activities
which only need proper direction, tc
accomplish great results.
/! The world knows what we have suf
fered, for the recital of our wrongs ha:
long panied the human heart and ex
cited its deepest sympathy; but it mus
be shown what, rising above the mere
promptings of instructive attributes, W.
can do to command its recognition o
our unqualified brotherhood
The way is open-two hundred year.
and more ago, the Puritans of Englan,
explored the road, establishing glori
Gus precedent of all who, chated by
tyranny which they cannot crush, year,
for fuller share Of freedom. Will
comparatively less cause for selfexile
they made larger sacrifices and suffered
greater hardships in occupying thei
new homes and in laying the foundation
of New England's greatness and the ba
sis Of her undying fame, than We ca
ever experience in emulating their e2
ample amid the luxuriant plains an
fertile slopes Of the Queen OF the Al
titles.
, But while the idea appears SO grant
SO elevating, as almost to preclude dls
: sent, yet We are not surprised that th
: movement excites certain amount an
: kind Of opposition. This is to be ca
= pected-must be endured by all who Ell
) tleavor to initiate reforms involving IL
uprooting Of cherished errors, and Il
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
Praying to the Points

Chaplain Cressey of the second Min
nesota Regiment, adopted the custom,
while at Fort Smelling, of offering up a
prayer at the close of dress parade. He
always made special mention Of our gem
erals, with frequent illusions to the stars
and stripes, and usually wound up with
a kind remembrance of the rebels in some
thing like the following style:
'Oh, Lord God, in thy great mercy
bring these rebeliious people of the Sc
ceded States to realizing sense of their
great wickedn ness, bring them back to a
christian love Of their God and country
by revealing to their minds the enormity
of their sins and the fearful breadth of
their transgressions; but, oh, God, if in
their stubbornness of heart, they will
remain welded to their false idol, seces-
sion; if they will persist with arms in
their hands in making war upon their
beloved land-oh Lord pour upon these
traitors to their God and country, leaden
and iron hail without stint and without
mixture, until they lay down their arms,
or are stricken from the face of the
earth!''
AS the deacon is now in Kentucky he
will probably see some of the fruits OF
his prayers.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
What the War VIII do.

l. 1t will establish the supremacy of
Free Labor upon this continent, by
showing the slave drivers of the South
that the real strength, the actual wealth,
the moral life of the nation, is in the
North, where Free Labor predominates.
2. 1t will crush, exterminate and do
away with race Of politicians, who.
owning men and women themselves,
fattered themselves that they had the
ownership of all who were not possessed
of the same style of property.
3. 1t will dethrone Slavery, and show
the worshipers of the beast that, in
stead of controlling and ruling in the
Government, it exists only upon suffer
ance.
4. It will disabuse the minds Of many
Northern men of the slightly erroneous
idea that the Southern man is his supe-
rior, and fitted by nature to rule.
5. 1t will ensure to the Northern men
in the South all the rights and privileges
belonging to an American citizen.
| 6. Having our institutions once in
Jeopardy, | we will hereafter appreciate
them better, and love them more; ano
whereas, we have been in the habit o.
considering the Fourth Of July a joke
and patriotism generally a very stupic
thing, we shall now look at both O
them as very desirable.
7. And better than all, the peace tina
will follow will be a permanent one
The agitators, the disturbers, will all b'
hung or killed-the South, heretofore
so full of fight, SO ready to appeal t.
arms when matters and things did no
exactly suit her, will be combed down
cooled down, and taught her prope
place in the Union, and We shall neve
again hear of secession as remedy fo
political evils.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06

The Sanitary Commission is doing a
work of great humanity, and of direct
practical value to the nation, in this
time of its trial 1t is entitled to the
gratitude and the confidence of the peo-
pie, and | trust it will be generously
supported. There is no agency through
Which voluntary offerings of patriotism
can be more effectively made.
A. LINCOLN.
WINFIELD ScoTT.
WASHINGTON, September 80, 1861.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
A Thrilling Scene.

A tale of the sea entitled "The Fair
Inez," by Artemus Ward, is given to
the patrons Of VANITY Fair in weekly
chapters. We copy from late issue
the following account of an interview
between the heroine and the corsair
chief. It is true picture according to
all sensation stories:
When Inez awoke the storm had
ceased, the wild night had passed, and
| the morning was bright and beautiful.
The maiden looked around her. The
scene was passing strange.
She was lying upon fine twelve dol
lar lounge, In an apartment Of sumptu-
GUS elegance.
"Whers am I2' she murm mured.
'Safe, dear lady?" said soft, flute
like voice. "Safe from all harmr'
Inez looked up. A chiyalrous look
ing young man, arrayed in garments of
red silk velvet thick studded with dia
monds Of incalculable value, stood over
her, a gentle smile erradiating his fasci-
mating, though swarthy features,
Safe, lady!' he repeated. You will
| be the corsair brlde!'
"I don't see it?'' said the gentle Inez.
"Ha!' cried the pirate, longest thou,
then, for the laughing h!lIock and bel
lowing bullocks of thine own chilly
clime?"
II have no hesitancy in assertip g
that do, she replied.
eff gold be your DESIRE said the pi-
rate chief, taking out his pocket book
and brandishing ten dollar bill on the
Chatfeld bank of Minnesota, "here il
ISL
"Miscreant, 1 spurn the vile dross!-
Besides, there's twenty per cent. dis
count on it" Thus spoke the noble
Inez.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
szsz. R;sbnn Simnson nf the Moth

ssg Bishop Simpson, Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, recently de-
liyered a sermon on our National crisis
in Chicago, in the course of which the
following noble sentiment was uttered:
ave will take our glorious Aas-the
flag of our country-and nail it Just be-
loo the cross! That is high enough
There let it wave, as it waved Of old
Around it let us gather. FIRST Christ's
and tx en- our countrys.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
OHIO.
PIQCA, Ohio, Sent. 16

IioCA, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1861.
Dear Sir:-We have formed Hay
tian club consisting Of twenty -one mem-
bers. A club has been formed in Nor
Ger, and considerable interest is mani,
tested in Shelby, and adjoining counties.
The ball seems to be rolling finely. TIE
Pine and Puln is considered invaluable.
and, by the way, hone tosend you
few subscribers soon. l distribated all
the papers you sent me with the Guides.
They are like travelling agents, going
from house to house, informing the peo-
pie on the subject of emigration. Rev.
Alex. Proctor, whose letter you have
published, is an old acquaintance in this
part of Ohio, and we are particularly in
terested in anything he may write Of
Hayti. Many Of our best men will en-
igrate as soon as they can dispose of
their property. There are some here,
who are entertaining hope of some
thing like equal ights resulting with
the termination Of this war, but I fear
they will be sorely disappointed. be-
lieve the minds Of the whites will be
more estranged toward us at the end of
this war than ever before. More anon.
Yours, GEO. W. WILSON.
There are several columns of similar
letters in The Pine and Palm. Wegiye
them as specimen, merely.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
s~The New York Times thus de

scribcs the situation of a>hington:
Washington has no strategical impor.
tance whatever, apart from its political
character. As military camp it is an
OUT ost merely. The real base of the
National Army Of the Potomac, is thi.
side OF the soil Of Maryland. We com
municate with it, or have been oommu-
aicating with it, by tue Potomac River
and one railEaad having single track.
The navigation of the Potomac is now
anniL;lated, and the single track rail.
road is the sole plank that bridges tho
gulf totwecn the people and thar CAPT.
tal.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
WOOL CARDiNG,

AT TIE
RACINE WOOLEN FACTORY.
HAVING put i'll 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, 1SG0-26-tf THCiS. EGAN.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
APPRENTICES.

fiNHOSE wishing 10 take boys or gir!s at any
i age from infancy to II years. TO live with
them till Of legal age, would be doing public
benefit by making known their wishes TO AIr.
Scott, Superintendent of the Infrmary, neal
Chester, or 10 either OF the Infrmary Directors.
Feb. 7, '6o.--tf. n. ROSWORTH.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
es,ns to help Uncl. Sam First.

G0tnS to help Uncle Sam f1rst.
sin one of the Companies of the Eight
Wisconsin Regiment was young man
under age, who enlisted without his
fathers consent, and contrary 10 his
wishes. The father, farmer residing
in the north h-western part of the Stats,
wrote several letters to his soB, while
the Regiment were in quarters at Fort
Randall, for the purpose of persuadins
him to return. At last he wrote him
that he must ceme-that lie had large
amount of threshing to do-that he
could not affard to hire help, if it were
to be had, which was hardly possible,
owing to the number of enlis .mants---
and that he must return home and help
him, even ii he enlisted again after
wards. The young man replied:
"DEAR FATHER: | can't cun,e home
at present. | should be very glad t~
help you, but Uncle Sam has got ID
sight bigger job of thrcshins on hand
than you have, and I'm bound to zee
him out of the woods irst!'
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
JOHN EISELSTIN,
JOHN P. GILLILAN
RICHD. STEWARD.

sIcuD sTEWARD JOHN P. GILLIAN.
STEWARD 81 GILLIAN.
This firm have located in the old stand of B. F..
Stivers, on Front Street, a few doors below
Nye's -Saw-Mill Horse-shoeing Ironing
Wagons and Buggies, and all kinds of jobbing
work done in satisfactory manner, at moder-
ate rates. [3-31-1y.]
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
PRESIDENT GEFFRARD ON THE
TIMES.

In his speech to the Legislative bod
les. the statesman-soldier of H,yti thus
referred to the signs of the times:
"Have confidence in the future. The
liberty to which our race aspires in diff.
ferent countries of the earth, will, We
firmly believe, be shortly proclaimed By
the irresistible progress Of the age, al
though serious events still retard its tri-
umph. The black race has not been
disinherited by the Almighty. ITS
cause advances, year by year. Let us
have patience, then; let us interest the
powerful nations in our national exist
Ience, by the increase of our productions
and our commerce.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
,<a The Governor of Bermuda has il

nss- The Governor of Bermuda has is
sued proclamation strictly forbidding
the entrance of Confeder privateers,
and positively prohibiting all persons
from selling to such vessels, if they dc
enter the ports, supplies of any kind
either coal, water or provisions.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06

@A pleasant jest in time of misfor-
tune is courage to the heart, strength
to the arm, aud disesting to the stom-
ach.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
NUMBER "a,

remodelling or relinquishment Of 'famil-
lar theories and favored notiens. In
the world of mind, as in that of matter,
vis sinertie has constantly to be overcome
in furthering the expansion of ideas
and the progress of mankind; whether it
take the form of unwilIingness to aban-
don error, or inability to, appreciate
truth, it is constantly operating to re-
tard the march of intellect and neutral
ize progressive effort. Vixen, too, legit-
innate and honorable means of attack
fail, stones are to be found in evers
thoroughfare, and fifth in every kennel
and where rage usurps the seat of rea-
son, these weapons lie ever ready al
hand. So the readiest modes of oppe-
sitlon to any movement which presenR
themselves to those who are dishonora-
BILE enough to use the one, OF sufficiently
base to employ the other, are falsifca-
ton of the aims and aspersion of thsr
motives of those engaged in It's further
ance. AS for ourselves, although aware
of the desperate shifts to which the OPP
ponents of migration resort, we shall
neither be betrayed into bandyin2;
Billingsgate nor provoked to exchange
|ePithets. "Every one to his trade"
says the proxerb, and leaving those
whose tastes and requirements 6t them
for the unenviable distinction to pillory
themselves in the sight of all whose.
good opinion is desirable, we shall con-
tinue to- hope for the success of our
movement, and to labor for its accom-.
plishment. J..
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
A. KOHL,

Dealer in and Manufacturer of Umbrel- @~
,as> He holds himself in readiness torSTI
make Umbrellas to order, or repair old %T
ones in the most substantial manner. He will
also buy worn-out Umbrellas at liberal prices.
Shop on Linn street, north of Smiths Shoe
Store.
He would also inform the public that he pre-
pares SALVE, which he will warrant equal
to any in use, for the efre 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. Jan. 3, 1S60.-3-1tf-