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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-27

allowed. Horses arc to he paid for at
the following rates: American, at from
$3.50 to S240; Spanish or mixed breeds,
800 to $3.50; Indian, $50 to 800.
+ Oxen will be paid for at prices rang
ing from 1926 to 5000 per yoke.
Hay, S25 per ton; oats, 81 30 per
bushcl; wheat, 81 SO per bushcl; flour
per barrel, on the Columbia river, Sc !;
fresh beef, on the Columbia river, 1OA
cents pcrpound: flour, on Puget Sound,
$40 per barrel; beet, Oh Puget Sound,
II cents per pound.
On clothing furnished soldiers and
employees, a deduction of S3s per cent
will be made. Hospital and medical
accounts are reduced onc-half. Misccl-
lancous accounts arc cut down from
100 to 700 per cent.
The Auditors report does not fix
the price of transporting supplies, nor
the per diem allowance Of persons who
furnished their own wagons and teams
in making transportation, but thinks
great deduction in prices charged nee
cssary, which can only he done after
further evidence is taken, or additional
legislation by Congress, then Il pro uta
system, which will be fair to Govern
mcnt and creditors or claimants, can be
applied.
Our patrons arc aware that this war
debt will be paid in Government bonds,
bearing an interest at 6 per cent. per
annum. We think they will, as circu-
lating medium, he equivalent to cash.
Creditors, merchants and traders will
be glad to get them at their face value.
When and where this debt will be
paid, we are not certain, but think it
will be paid in this Territory and in
Oregon, and that payment will not be
deferred longer than six months.
LATER ERoM VIcToRIA.- steamer
Eliza anderson, which arrived ycstcr-
day morning, brings us later dates from
Victoria:
The steamer Fort Yale while passing
Union Bar, about 2! miles above Hope,
on the Nth inst, was blown up by the
explosion of her boiler. -Four are
known to have been killed. Several
are missing, and are supposed to he lost.
Two are seriously injured and many
slightly hurt. The steamer was COM
mandcd by Capt. S. b. Jamison, one of
the victims by the disaster.
The news from the upper country
was good. Miners arc reported as
doing we'll. $4,000 came down one
day last week.
HG6~ Republican John Sherman, of
Ohio, in his place the United States
House of Representatives, on the 18th
day of February, 1861, offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
" Resolved. That neither the Congress, nor the
people, nor the governments of the no-slav chold-
ing States, have the right to lcgslatc upon, or
interfere with slavery in any Of the slave-hodins
States of the Cnion''
And every member of Congress voted
for it. Such impudcncc must be indeed
trying to the nerves of secession Dc.
mocracy hcreabouts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-27

NJ The weather has been exceed
Ngly unpleasant during the last week.
rc'Nmuch like April-a mixture Of cold,
sunshine and showers. .'s
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-27

B| Gov. McGill pardoned John
Donovan on the 18th inst, who was
convicted of manslaughter, and SELL
fenced to the penitentiary for one year,
by the first District Court of this Ter
ritory, for the murder of s. Andrews.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-27

r65" Judge Douglas startled the Senate when
he charged that there were body Of Republicans
on the floor Of the Senate doing their utmost to
break up the govcrnment.-lioneer.
Pity that the country was not startled
when Judge Douglas told the people,
from Maine to Georgia, prior to the
November election, that Breckenridge,
Lane, lis & Co. were the secession,
disunion tools of Southern Democracy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-27

Ira G. B. Baker, has been appointed
inc of the County Commissioners for
(this County.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-27

PERsoNAL.-Capt. Fauntleroy, of the
U. s. Steamer Massachusetts, took pas
sage on the last steamer from San Fran
cisco, on abricf leave of absence; leav-
ing Mr.. Barron, his first officer, in COM
mand during his stay. Capt. Woodruff,
of Co. +, 9th Infantry, returned to
duty at his post ON the same steamer,
and relieved Lieut.. d. b. McKibbin,
of the same company, who is ordered
home. Lieut.. Conner, of Go. A, 4th
Infantry, stationed at Fort Chehalis, ar
rived in town on Saturday last, on a
visit to Fort Steilacoom. Lieut.. r. N.
Scott, of Fort Townsend, left on the
steamer on Monday last, attera visit of
some ten days. DR.. Van SAINT, late at
this station, has gone to Fort Chehalis
to take the place Of DR.. Writ, who
will soon 60 to the East to pass his
second examination. DIR. Van SAINT
has been succeeded at Fort Ste;lacoom
by DR.. Hager. -Hern'a.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19

tried working for other people; but a
poor white man has no chance in q
slave country. I considered that I was
planting my young children to tread in
my own steps; and to die in poverty and
ignorance; so determined on change.
They say things are better in the Free
States, and reckon, it's true-isn't it?''
l answered, Eyes, you can get there
plenty of work, free education for your
children, and be respected among equals.
He fairly jumped for Joy at the assu-
rance, and discovering that [ was a
Northern man, he broke out into an
earnest denunciation of slavery as u
curse that is running a country, and
ended by thanks to.God that he stood
on free soil, and felt more like a man
than he ever before thought it was in
him to feel"
I am not speaking fguratively in say
ing that families escaping from the
South is daily sight in this vicinity.
Scores and hundreds have crossed the
Ohio this autumn at Louisville and ta-
ken their course hopefully northward.
The majority of them would class as the
poorest of farmers in the Eastern States.
Some are ue,y poor-the most forlorn
and begrimned set of gipsylooking wan
derers that you can imagine. They are
all sad, weary and worn-boys and girls
Is years of age without shoes, smaller
children often without hat or bonnet
and old tottering grandmothers, sickly
babies, and men with their oldest boys
carrying all their worldly effects on
their shoulders. There are big and
hard handed young men, too, with a
more hopeful look.
1t is a melancholy sight to see these
self banished people, going off from
the only home they ever knew, and to
think of their leaving behind forever,
their old fresides and grave-yards.-
May they do better in the new house
that they will make hereafter.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
little Children's Dresses.

A distinguished physician, who died
some years since in Paris, delared: II
believe that during the twenty six years
[ have practiced my profession in this
city; 20 coo children have been carried
to the cemeteries, a sacrifice to the alb
surd custom of exposing their arms and
necks."
| have often thought, if a mother
were anxious to show the soft, white
skin of her baby, and would cut a round
hole in the little things dress, just over
the heart, and then carry it about for
observation by the company, it would do
very little harm. But to expose the
baby's arms, members SO far removed
from the heart, and with such feeble cir
culation at best, is most pernicious
practice.
Put the bulb Of thermometer in a
bady's mouth; the mercury rises to so
degrees. Now carry the same bulb to
its little hand; if the arms be bare and
the evening cool, the mercury will sink
40 degrees. OF course, all the blood
that flows through these arms and hands
must fall from 20 to 40 degrees below
the temperature Of the heart. Need |
say that when these cold currents of
blood flow back into the chest, the
chih's general vitality must be more or
less compromised? And need [ add
that we ought not to be surprised at its
frequently occasioning affections of the
lungs, throat and stomach? [ have
seen more than one child with habitual
cough or hoarseness, Or choking with
mucus, entirely and permanently re-
lieved by simply keeping its arms and
hands warm. Every parent has oppor
tunities to witness the same Simple cure.
-Leuis' Ne.o Gynanastic.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
Should Parents scold.

Some folks are continually scolding
their children. There is no sense
in it, however, and we incline to the
opinion that it is wrctched practice.
1t sours the temper of children; so that
one thorough scoiding prepares the way
for TWO or three more. 1t sours your
temper provided it is sweet, which is a
question, if you are prone to scold, and
because you have become crosser, and
your children likewise. Scolding alien
ates the hearts of your children. De-
pend upon it, they cannot love you as
we'll after you have berated them as they
did before. You may approach them
with frmness and decision, you may
punish with severity adequate to the ma
ture of their offense, and they will feel
the justice of your conduct,and love you
notwithstanding all; but they hate scold-
ing. 1t stirs up the bad blood, while it
discloses your wea kness, and lowers you
in their esteem. Especially at night,
when they are about to retire, their
hearts should be melted and moulded
with voice of kindness, tina they may
go to their slumbers with thoughts of
love stealing around their souls, whis-
pering peace.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
The Difference.

When Mr.. Buchanan delivered his
Inaugural, and promised to let the peo-
pie of Kansas have a fair popular vote
upon their constitution, the Republican
people and presses unanimously respon-
ded "Good-do that we will stand by
you," and they kept their word until he
broke his
When Mr.. Lincoln, in his inaugural
promised that he would faithfully carry
out the requirements of the Constitution,
and execute the laws to the best Of his
ability, unanimous howl Of objections
arose from the Democratic presses
One had it that the document was weak;
another that it was too strong; another
that it was a declaration of war. Never
was there such a chorus Of discordant
carping. 1t reminded us Of the profan6
and terrible utterance Of Southern
Democrat many years ago: of this ad.
ministration were as pure as the angel
that stands at the right hand of the
throne ~ - we will put it down.
They would crush the country if they
could thereby restore their party
PittSburqh Guzette.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
The OIL Boring Must be stopped.

\ gentleman who has spent few days
in the region of the oil wells in Penn-.
sylvania, says that in his opinion, the
Government of the United States, the
Confederated States, or some other power,
ought TO interfere at once and put stop
to further boring and pumping for oil
on this continent. lie is quite certain
that the oil is being drawn through
these wells from the bearings of the
earth axis, and that the earth will cease
to turn when the fabrication ceases
Such suspension would beat anything
that ever agitated Wall street, and the
consequences will be too great for ordi-
nary minds. to contemplate or conipre-
klet,tll. It Aad-bottor- -hoz-atta dol
e.-Bnfalo Rep.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
A Town of Blood.

There are few villages in the country,
if any, where as many deeds of blood
have been perpetrated as at Bardstown,
KY. Within half score Of years as
many men have met violent Death
Among these we remember that Robt.
Logan Wickliffe shot Pat Grey; that
James Pottinger was killed by Geo.
Wilson; this was followed by fight be-
tween Thos. Wilson and Lud. and
Monroe Able, in which Wilson was
killed In less than a year Lud. Able
was killed by John Wilson, a brother of
the deceased. VIM. Hardin and John
Robertson had street fight, in which
Hardin was mortally stabbed, and died
in few days. He was son of Ben
Rowan Hardin, who was murdered on
the Isthmus Of Panama in 1S49--'5G,
and grandson of Hon. Ben Hardin
And last, as we have recorded, John
Talbot was slain by Thomas Kinds
Slaughter, in his own house. Truly
this is a bloody aud fearful record
Low Courier
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
Doetrg.
FATE AND HEART

1t was midnight when listened,
And heard two voices speak;
One was harsh, and stern, and cruel
And the other soft and weak;
Yet saw no vision enter
And heard no steps depart,
Of this Tyrant and his captive
Fate it might be and Heart.
Thus the stern voice spake in triumph:
81 have shut your life away
From the radiant world of nature
And the perfumed light of day.
You, who loved to steep your spirit
In the charms of earth's delight,
See no glory of the daytime,
And no sweetness of the night
But the soft voice answered calmly:
'Nay; for when the March winds bring
Just whisper to my window,
can dream the rest of spring;
And to-day l saw swallow
Fitting past my prison bars,
And my cell has just one corner
Whence at night see the stars
But, it's bitter taunts repeating,
Cried the harsh voice: "Where are they
All the friends of former years,
Who forget your name to-day?
And the links of love are shattered
Which you thought so strong before,
And your life is doubly lonely
And alone, since loved no more
But the low voice spake still lower:
'Nay; know the golden chain
Of my love is purer, stronger,
From the cruel fire of pain:
They remember me no longer,
But 1, grieving here alone,
Bind their souls to me forever,
By the love within my own.
But the voice cried: 'Once remember,
You devoted soul and mind
To the welfare of your brethren
To the service of your kind;
Now, what sorrow can you comfort,
You. who lie in helpless pain,
With an impotent compassion,
Fretting out your life in vain?'
"Nay:" and then the gentle answer
Rose more loud and full and clear,
"For the sake of all my brethren,
| thank God that am here!
Poor had been my LIES best efforts,
Now l waste no thought or breath
For the prayer Of those who suffer
Has the strength of love and DEATH
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19

BaTo TEAcHERs-The Board of School Ex-
aminers for Meigs County will meet on the
first Saturday of each month, at the Court
House, in Pomeroy, for the examination of
Teachers.
Examination to commence at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, and continue till Al P. NJ.
Bsg@No Teacher need apply at such exami-
nation who has a certificate valid for three
months from the date of said application:
By order of the Board
JAN 1860 H. c. WATERMAN Clerk
BLANK REPORTS can be procured by ap-
plying to the Board, or at the telegraph" Of
fec.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
influence of Newspapers.

Small is the sum that is required to
patronize newspaper, and amply re-
warded is its patron, care not how
humble and unpretending the gazette
which he takes. 1t is next to impossible
to fill sheet with printed matter with
out putting it into something that is
worth the subscription price. Every
paren5 whose son is away from home at
school, should supply him with news
paper. | we'll remember what mark led
difference there was between those OF
my schoolmates who had, and. those
who had not access to newspapers
Other things being equal, the first were
always superior to the last in debate,
composition, and general intelligence
Daniel Webster.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
Too sharp for Him.

Professor johnson, of Middleton
University, was one day lecturing before
the students of Mineralogy He had
before him quite a number of specimens
of various sorts to illustrate his subject.
A roguish student, for sport, slyly
slipped piece of brick among the
stones. The Professor was taking up
the stones one after another.
This, said he, is a piece of granite;
this is piece of feld-spar, etc.
Presently he came TO the brick bat
Without betraying any surprise, or even
changing his tone of voice.
This, said he, holding it up, is piece
Of impudence.
There was a shout of laughter and
the stude mt concluded that he had mado
little by that trick.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
A Good One.

n STOOd one.
The Milwaukee Sentinel relates that
the parson in one of the churches of
that city, recently became aware that a
young man of his congregation was
forming bad habits. Meeting the stray
lamb one night in the streets with some
dissolute companions, the Reverend gen
tleman attempted to dissuade him from
going further, but the rowdies IN com
pany objected, and one Of them struck
the parson. The fellow had reckoned
without his host. In moment, the
clergyman had thrown off his coat and
"sailed i'm 4 very brief space of
time suficed for him to "wax blazcs, .
out of the crowd, and having accom-
plished the feat, he quietly resumed his
coat and with it. his equanimity. He
was not molested further, we presume.
Whether he rescued the object of his
anxiety from the possession of the
party, Is not stated.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
TELEGRAPH JOB OFFICE

In connection with our Newspaper Estab-
lshment we have a complete Job Office. We
are therefore prepared to execute
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL Al JOB WORK,
Such as Posters, Programmes, Bills of Lading,
ill Heads, Business and Visiting
Cards, Blanks, &c. at
Oitv Pric 6.
We call the special attention of this commu-
nifty to the above proposition, and desire an in
vestigation of our work and prices.
T. A. PLANTS g. Co.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19

Southern Confederacy cy.................2,G csc. .4SI
being nearly 250, 900 less in amount than
that Of Pennsylvania alone, and more
than l 1,231 600 less than the population
of the State of New York.
Another fact which should be consid-
cred in juxta- position with the one We
have just stated for the purpose of more
forcib!y illustrating the serious causes
of complaint which these States have
against the Union, is that OF their being
entitled to fourteen Senators and thirty
two Representatives, to watch over their
interests, while Pennsylvania has only
TWO Senators and twenty three Congress
men with quarter of a million more of
free population; and New York, with
population exceeding that of the whole
Southern Confederaey by over a million
and quarter, has but two Senators and
thirty one Representa- ives. The pro
posed loan Of SIS, 100000 will amount,
IL will be seen; to the sum E 8 t,sfi-fat.-
every free man, woman and child of the
Confederacy; and yet thisscan only be
the "beginning of the end It needs
but slight application of arithmetic
and common sense to show that the ex-
pertinent now making by the Gulf States
is one which is too expensive to pay,
and too greatly surchanged with the ell
ements of decay to endure. albany
| Eee. Journal s5
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19

re- Here is little speech which Mr..
Prentice made a few evenings since at
Louisville
Gentlemen, let US preserve the Union
against all influences, against all treach.
cry, against all treason. I am getting
to be an old man, but i will fight for the
Union, and I will die for the Dnion.-
Kentuckians, [ will live and die in no
Northern Confederacy, in no Southern
Confederacy; but here where am now,
in Kentucky, and in the Union.'
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
Money Won by 4 Dead Man.

At koethen, Saxony, recently; gen.
tleman engaged in play at faro table,
and died in his seat. His death was
not discovered until his money, by being
left on the table all the while, had won
heavy sum. A lawsuit resulted be-
tween the banker and the dead player S
heirs, which was decided in favor of the
latter
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19

nea.The late census returns show that
the free population of the Confederate
States amounts to 2,656,481 souls, in.
Guiding men, women and children. In
order to raise the proposed loan OF
SIS, 200, 900, a tax of S5 81 per capitc
must be levied on each individual.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
ATrue Union Man.

Roger Hanson, iu letter published
recently in the Cynthiana (Ky.) Ners,
tells number of home truths, amongst
which the following is of the most gene
raj moment:
The friends of secession in Kentucky
are deceived. They have seen only the
surface of public opinion. When its
great depth is broken up, the public
heart will be found loyal to the core.
Mr.. Hanson concludes his letter in
the following language.
[ am one of those who are for the
Union unconditionally. am not one
of those who profess to be for 1t, if this
is done, or that is done. l am for it
without Ifs, and for it forever.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
A. KOHL,

Dealer in and Manufacturer of Umbrel- <1~
.as. He holds himself in readiness to T+
make Umbrellas to order, or repair old *
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 cure of Felons, Catarrhs,
Burns, Bruises, Sprains, Cuts, Salt Rheum,
Ring Worm. Rheumatism, White Swellings,
and many other diseases of the kind. Price.
% cents per Box. Jan..3 1S60-3-1tf-
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
VIM. RUST,

Tailor, Front street, few doors west of Court,
Pomeroy, o. Men and Boys clothes made to
order; also, cutting done. As 1 have No.
sewing machine, my facilities for doing work
are complete. G3-20-1y1
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
FRANK COOPMR

Stone Mason s. Bricklayer Residence in
John Lances Buildingsnear the Catholic Church.
Dressed and Rubble stone work executed in
the best manner also, Bricklaying Cementing,
&c, done at reasonable prices. Work war
ranted. [3-24-1y1
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19

s. w. ROSS,
Painter, Glazier, and Paper Hanger, Pomeroy.
Paper put on at from l29 to Is cts per bolt,
according to quality. Orders left at Telegraph
Printing officepromptly attended to. l7-2m
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19
WOOL CARDlNG,

n
RACINE WOOLEN FACTORY.
TT uAVING put in new machinery, we are
l. a prepared to do Wool Carding at 4 cents
per pound.
All work warranted, where the weoi is clean.
Wool or Lard taken in pay for work
July ,, lSG0.-2G-tf THOS. EGAN.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19

pea- The Detroit Tribune tells story
for the authenticity of which it vouches:
Twenty -four years ago woman in St.
Louis had her infant boy stolen from its
cradle. A young man, to whom she had
frequently told her loss, on moving
further west, found a boy with an old
trapper whom he suspected might be tho
abducted child. After long endeavoring
to get at the secret, the trapper not long
ago confessed that ne had stolen the
child, now young man, having lost his
own infant shortly before the theft,
The mother was sought for, and has just
been found in Buffalo, New York
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19

Hg The Alamo (Texas) Erpress says:
From the complexion of affairs in our
State, little can be CLEANED of a definite
character, Bankruptcy and ruin seem
to be following closely on the secession
movement, and like an evil genius, Sc
cession. stands ready to spread war,
famine and pestilence in our midst
But who can fathom the future? Sufi-
cient unto human wisdom are the events
of to-day. He who rules the universe
alone can dispose Of tomorrow. Things
are bad enough now; they may be better
they may be worse. God grant that
they may be better,