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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-22

WASHINGTON, Nov 15.-Tbe volun-
teer service now numbers 4S0, goo men,
leaving; but 10000 more enlistments to
reach the number authorized by Con
greSs
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-22
A. Couple Of Pictures-Look at
Them.
Picture No. =

From the N. Sterling. KY, Wing. Of Nov. is,.l
THE OHIO TROo"S AND THE SLAVES
IN KENTUCKY.
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H. e. Mcguire VS.. J. G. Mcguire.
DY virtue of an execution to me directed
ID from the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs
County, will offer for sale in Court Street, in
Psmeroy, at l o'clock 2. NJ,
On the ! lth day Of December, 1861,
the following property, to-wit: One bay mare;
taken as the property of J. G. Mcguire at the
suit of H. e. Mcguire.
j. WHITE, s. NJ. C.
Nov. l9, '6l.-47-zt LOO
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1--WE or six good Tight-Barrel COOPERs
IL wanted at Woods Cooper-Shop Long Bot
tom, Ohio. Wages paid weekly. Pittsburgh
prices, with the privilege of working dressed,
or out of the rough. A. WOOD,
Nov. ~, 6l.-47-3t* Long Bottom.
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Sherin,s Sale.

Shertn'S Sale.
F. c. Russell VS.. John S. Giles.
DY virtue of an execution to me directed
- from the Conrt of Common Pleas of Megs
County, will offer for sale at the residence of
John S. Giles, in Rutland Township, at II
o'clock A. n,
On the 10Th day Of December, 1861,
the following described property, to-wit 2 yoke
OF work oxen; to be sold as the property of
John S. Giles at the suit of F. G. Russell
J. j. WHITE S. N. C.
Nov. 10, '6i.-47-2t Loo
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Home Testimony.

NAll especially young men, should re ad the
advertisement of the new 'National Dispensary, al
Cincinnati, in another column.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

IT FLar. ngitisi is speedily cured BY HoeAand,s
Balsamic Cordial. Read the advertiseinent In
another column.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-22
IiSI of l.RfIRrS.

D EMAlNING in the Postoftice, at Pomeroy,
1O'Or Nov.2O, 1861, which will be sent to the
General Postotice as dead letters if not called
for.
Corkren James Mackley David
Davis Even Neff L W
Dickson John Napper Miss Emily
Davis Miss Asinith2 Peck Buri
Davis Richard Ran Rob't
Evens Thomas W Ransom Eliza Jane
Grimm Robson Matilda
Harris Alfred 2 Rees John Davis
Jones Emma Shindle s
in care OF David JonesSinclare William
knight Melvina NJ Williams Mary
Knight Lewis Watkins Horace L
Lawson Miss Ann
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say advertised" GEO. LEE, T. NJ
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G. o A L!
AT WAR P1ICE8!

AT WAR PRICES.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform
his old customers and all others interest
ed, that he has reduced the price OF Coal to the
following figures:
Best Black Coal ........ ..........5c. per pushed
Red Coal. ..........................4c.
for CASH. on delivery.
He is determined to meet all competition, and
will sell as low as any other person, whatever
may be the price.
Apply at the bank, on Mulberry Street, a
short distance from the Court House. to the
subscriber. JOSEPH BLACKBURN.
Oct. 8, ls61-41-tf .|
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Beaufort Fortified.
Special dispatches state that the Gov
ernment has advices that the Federal
troops occupy Beaufort, South Carolina,
and are engaged in-fortifying it.
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contraband Relief Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ia public
meeting will be held in this city to take
into consideration the relief Of contra
bands constantly arriving here.
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5000 Men nt Annapolis.

There are $4,000 men now at Annap-
oils, ready to embark. The current ru-
NOR IS that they are to reinforce Gen.
Sherman.
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THE health AND LIPE OF WOMAN
Is continually In peril II she is mad enoagh to neg
lect maireat those sexual to whick
two-thirds of her sex more o: less subject.
same formula which the inventor, CORNELIUS l..
CHEESEMAN, M. D.. of New York, has for twenty
years used successfully in extended private prae-
ice-imme ediately relieve without PAIN all disturb
ances of the periodical discharge. whether arising
from relaxation or suppression. They act like =
charm N removing the pains that accompany dim
cult or immoderate menstruation, and are the only
safe and reliable remedy for Flushes, Sick Headache
pains in the Loins Back and Sides, Pal ptation OF the
Heart, Nervous Tremors mysteries, SpasmS, Broken
of unnatural condition OF the sexual functions.
In the worst cases of Fuor Alsus or Whites, they
effect speedy cure.
TO WIVES AND NATIONS,
Dr. Cheeseman's Pills are invaluable. as they will
bring on the monthly period with regularity. Ladies'
who have been disappointed in the use Of other pills
place the utmost confd ence In DR.. Cheessmaa'a
Pills doing all that they represent to do.
Ladies Must Bear 1M Mind
There is condition of the female system in which
the Pills cannot be taken without producing Pr
CULlAR RESULT. The condition referred 50 is
PREGNANCY-the result, MISCARRIAGE. Such is the ir
resistible tendency of the medicine 10 restore the
seXui functions to normal condition. that even the
reproductive power of nature cannot resist it.
Explicit directions, stating when, and when they
should not be used, with each Box-the price One
Dollar each Box, containing from 20 &c so pills.
A valuable pamphlet. te be had free, Of the
price to any Agent Sold b, Drsggiats generally.
IL. u. HUTCHINGS. PrOp'r.
20 Cedar ST., New York.
BIZ HIM: Middlsport, by HUGG & coE.
Dec. Z, lS60.-iS-y
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The Capture of Mason and sIidem--FuII
Particulars---They are Sent to Fort
Warren.
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COOPERS WANTED
CAPT. II. 8. WELTON,
D... I'M.

Pomeroy, Nov. %, '61.-47-tf
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From the Louisville Journal.l
The following proclamation from
Gen. Nelson is in the right spirit, and
shows that the advance of the armies of
the Union restores the civil authorities
to their functions:
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04

after tasting ofthe cup of happiness, have
i, dashed fIe,1|year lipsY Did you feel
the deep gricl tile down heavily, crush
ingly on yoaE cart, and cover it, over
whclin it like pail, crushing out all the
jpy, ali the ~ hiuc, almest I'll the life
Oh, it were Her Gar if it did destroy the
life that ,nll,d Scr, endure. aud die by
slow and tar1 5orfure
III i saw II ;'ss rsslz eflar thu
h.ter came, aii aecount of the loss CT the
steamer Newcastle. bound for India. and
among the list of lost was the name of
Walter Meredith, Of Georgia"
1t lid not shock De--I did not f,int-I
could lot die--my heart was already dead
and broken-notbing could wound it now
They were weary days that followed:
days of sorrow and nights that seemed to
have 40 end. | am waiting now for the
summons from on high, waiting for the
dark robed messenger 20 call me away
from earth. AIN quict-I am calm.
There is plain ring upon my left hand;
the simple inscription within it is. II
trust thee" | look upon it often
in my hours of grief and loneliness, and |
am faithful. lie dill not rus. in vain
lie is waiting for me in the regions Of
bliss. 1t will not be long ere l meet him.
my lost, my loved, my Walter Hcttmy,
wcarly, sadly, patiently wa:iing.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04
Sidncy's Death-Ded

Leicester described Sidney's wound as
Every dangerous. the bone being. broken
in pieces" but said that the surgeons were
in good hore. Il pray God TO save his
lift," sal | the earl, ..;ind | care not how
lan,e he be-" Sir Philip was carried to
-Arnheini. where the best surgeons were
sislsn,sGiately IN attendance upon him. He
Submitted TO fIicir c..sainii:,attsor as,aa as,a The
pain which they inflicted with great cheer
fulress, although himself p'f,u 'el that
his wound was mortal, Fer many days
the result was doubtful, and messages were
sent day ty day to England that he was
convalcsccnt-intclligD Ace which was hailed
by the queen and people as matter not
or private hut of public rejoicing. He
soon began TO fail, however Count llo-
henio was badly wounded few days later
before the great fort of Zutphen. y
nlu: ket ball entered his mouth and passed
throngh his cheek, ca.ryi,,g off a jewel
whlcii hung in his ear Notwithstanding
his own critical condition, however, Ho-
hcllo sent his surgeon, Adrian van del
Srlcsc!, Il man of great skill to wait upon
Sir Philip. but Adrian soon felt that the
case was hopeless Meantime fever and
Qansrcnc attacked the count himself: and
those in attendance upon him, fearing for
his life, sent Tor his surgeon Leicester
refused to aaow Adrian to depart, and,
Hohenio very generously acqnicscing in
the decree, but, also requiring the sur
geons personal care. caused himself to be
transported i'll a litter to Arnhcinl. Sid
ncy WAS first to recognize the symptoms Of
modification, which made a fatal result
inevitable. His dcneanor, during his
sickness and upon his death bed, was
as beautiful us his life. He discoursed
with his friends concerning the immortali-
ty OF the soul comparing the doctrines
OF Plato and of other arcicnt philosophers,
whose writings were So familiar to him,
with the revolutions Of Scripture, and with
the dictates of natural religion. He made
h:s Will with minute and elaborate provi-
>l"nS, leaving bc1ucsts, remcmbranccs
alsd rings. to AL his friends Then he
inIU. god himself with music. and listened
particularly to strange song which be
ha'. himself composed during his illness,
and which he had entitled '.Lu Cuixxc
r"nY~~.' He took leave Of the friends
around hi" with pcrfec, c'lnncss, saying
to his brother Robert, love my meme
ry. Cherish my friends above ali, gov
eln your will and ali;ection> BY the vii!
amd wnrd Of your Creator; in me behold
ing the end Of thK world with all her
niany yanities.- -Nt'eJ< initcd .A'dLcr-
haris.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04
W.4ITIA'G.

Twas balmy evening in the month OF
June when promised to be the wife ot
Walter Meredith How well | remember
it, sitting here i'll my lonely little room.
looking out into the dim twilight. Walter
and had been children together: We had
gone to the same school and rccited the
same lessuns When the ground was Gov
cred with snow, l always rode to school in
Waters sled. | was always his compan-
ion in the play ground, and when the
spring flowers blo>somed We always went
together TO gather the violets aud COW
slips.
Very dear friends we're Walter and | in
our youth. and when he went to college
il was only separation for short time.
We correspondent regularly /; every week
his letter came and was answered would
as SOM -Npcel the sun to fall from heaven
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04
THE LOBBY SLANG.

The following are given by Harris
burg paper as the phrases most iu use du-
ring session Of the Pennsylvania Lcgis-
lature. and which it is necessary .tr know
the meaning of before any Legislative
favor is asked:
4 ''Divvy." in the. language of the
Solons, means the proceeds OF the sale Of
a vote ''Gctting ones books in" which
is understood to he aIite rccen, aequi.i-
tian, Indicates that an individual one has
been so fortunate as to become a partici-
pant in scheme 1.-The Ring is all
unhnly alliance, which is common, and of
course vulgar. report says is instituted
for blaek u.ail purposes. 4 member who
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04
NO. ii

"a
Is fixed" on any measure is understood
to have had influences brough, to be,r to
such an extent that he has finally decisled
ho'c to vote. When project is set up,"
it is known that q plan has been ar
ranged by which success will probably
follow. Every one understands Whist !.
Legislative snake is. and how iiable
the little Williams" G. Q. .buls) are. TO
soniain. gtaa aforesaid !. .serasp!s To
satisfy the brethren" is TO make all ar
raugements for thepasssge of an act. IA
Striker" is one who remains in the eity
and hunts up the game to be slaughtered
at Harrisburg. His is the province to
suggest to. parties interested in corpora
tons the advantage of little supple
ment. or an act explanatory of an act in
cooperating the company. "A stake" is
deposit made in advance of the pas
sage of an act for the purpose of paying
supposed expenses. "A Contingent" i,
an indefinite form of a promise made tn
keep outsiders quiet, and mystfy the cor
respondent OF some newspaper. IAN Out
siJer' is any one who is not ready or
able to assi>: liz some scheme for plum
der. The Twenty ward" is .hr
entire State, exclusive of the city Of
Philadelphia. Merit is synonymous
with money. ITO knock" bill is to
defeat it, New words are coined almost
every session to meet cxigcncies. PARTIES
interested further will please make appli-
cation to member of the Legislature.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04
CARELESS PEOPLE.

The world is full Of careless people and
consequently the newspapers are full OF
'',ircaitul accidents " and shocking casu-
alities.' Children are expected to be rat
tle-braincd and Careless but for their
fathers and mothers there j.. 40 excuse?
Only the other day our nerves were
worked up to explosion point by an ac-
count of Il pcriious surgical operation. by
which a woman's trachea was opened to
remove silver dime which had lodged
there. Aud how on earth did a silver
dime ever get into Il won'an'> wind pipe:
Simply lecausc she Was careless. and
la4Ghyd with her mouth full Of little CONS
Was there no other place where She cou!
keep her three-cent pieces?
We % feel sorry for creeping BABY,
when it gets hold Of the bars of the
crate by mistake, or cuts its fingers. or
hn"ps its head, but for grown people
w10 suffer from their own recklcszneSs,
We have very little patience.
What * the use OF i woman's convert
ing her mouth into pincushion aud
tlci. expecting bur sympathy. when a
sudden snc"ze or Ill unexpected cough
imp'rils her life:
What is the use Of mans balauc:ns
himself Oh an nsciIla;;ns chair, instead
Of sitting up straight ike Christian ::
Are trc expected to tind vinegar and
brr wn paper for the confusion upon the
back Of lis head, when tii.ally lac comes
do"ll viii. Il cra>h {1nI serve, hu. right }:
u ha! is the Use OF wonan iickiuy
her :aro with Il long knitting ncc,tIe, ii.
half the women do when !, rhliI ruI.-
uing against her would Sci.d the ii.Stru-
s.I"l< three inches into her blui4, if she
h.ta s,'t ANY!
" hat is the use of mans handling
loaded gun as though il wcrea broom han
die, ana then accu iag Providence because
the charge goes into his hand or foot, as
he rslght have known it would
hat Is the use of Il woirans buying
arsenic to poison rats and putting it Just
"hrrc the children will bc sure to get Il,
it: Whist does she suppose her reasoua-
bic faculties were given her for!
What is the use OF leaving children to
play by themselves in a room where tIcrc
is fir, Or of postponing the sweeping of
that dangerous chl!4l,cy until ''to-mor-
rov
What is the use of endangerinc life by
the use Of the fiend camphrne, as long as
anytf'ing else viii give light: ThoseNho
persist IN this practice must have grea-
ter fancy for being burned to death than
the rest of the world.
In short. what is the use of careless
people Airs. HWys.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04

Az INTERESTING pAryR-M. Bous-
<ingault recently real to the Frenci,
academy Of Sciences an extremely inter
osting historic account of the discovery cf
the nitrogcnous guanos of Chill an [
Peru, and those of the islands of the P,.
cific- He enters into great detail rrano,.
ing the origin Of the guanes of Peru,
forIued of the excrencnts of sea birds. de-
signated by the generic name Of gnann-
ches. TO explain the enornous accumu-
lations of gnAno on the islands, it suffic.
to admit that they were frcqucn.cd evcry
night for six thousand years by tw,
hundred and sixty thousand birrls-num-
bers that are not exorbitani. considering
The cnormuu> number of those fowl. In
conclusion, VI. Boussingault takes occa
sion to- mention the services which Dur:
-cIence renders to humanity, recalling tha.
it was the observations of geologis,, Nj.
auckland, Ind the anal lysis of chemist.
NJ. BerthlSr. which first called att. n,in !.
to these extremely valuable deposits.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04
SAINT. MARY'S BEACON
~ PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY ny
J.F. KING. & JAMES s. DOWNS.

TEnvs OF SUBSCRIPTION so per an
mum. to he paid within six months. Nc
subscription will be received for a5'shortcr
period then six months. and no paper be
discontinued Hnfilaall -arrearages are paid
except at the option of the publishers
>. TEEMs OF ApyEETIsIxG.-Sl per square
for the first Insertion. anl % cts. fol
every subsequent insertion. Twelve line.
or l-ss constitute square If the number
of Insertions be- not mar',l on the aivcr
tiscment. it will l." published until forbid
and charged accordingly. A liberal IL"
i. ductisal made to those who advertise b,
De- the year
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04
''ssS Me-,
Here il an cXquisitel. suggestive rros,

Here is an exluislttl. suggestive. rrosc
poem:
Passing neat little martin box of a
honsc last evening We happened 10 see 4
'nan waiting at the door l"r admi:,ancc. -
Vt the instant i green blind above just
opened a little way. and by the gas liyh,
"" caught til. glimpse of il pair Of bril-
liam; eyes and fiut;cr ns something white.
and a bird toned voice softly said, Who's
thcre?' ITS me-" VII. the bricfresponse.
The eyes and the huttrr Disappeared from
the window. like stars in a cloud. and we
almost tincied. IS We passed "n, VIC could
hear Tie p.ttcilng OF two little feet upon
the stairs, Win"o ! with welcome
It Was ;lIiic; it Happened all to be in
an instant, but i, haunted Us fur an hour.
It's me. Amid the jar Of the great city
those words FIJI upon the quick car aloft,
and met Il ela'! response.
h's alc! And who vas me- The
pride of a heart life. no doult the tree,
a vine was clInging to the "Defcnler OF
'hc Faithful" is the best sense in the
world
'fS m" :! Many there are who would
give hali their hearts, and more than halt
the hope in them. for one such recogni-
tion in this wide. wide world" On
Change, in the Directory, at the Post Of
fec he was known as a. 6. s., Esq.
but Oh the threshold, and within those
walls rs me and nothing more: what more
is there one would love tn be!
Few Of all the hearts that beat so wildly,
warmly, sadly, slowly can recognize true
soul amid the din and darkness of the
world, in that simple but eloquent is ms.
AS if he had said,
Now. | AIN ,"tlins tr all the word,
For | AIN all the world to thee.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04

STATISTICS OF MoEMox PorrLArloy.-
The Valley Tan copies the following sta
tistics of Mormon population The pnpu-
lation Of Mormons in the United States
and British 1oninions, in 1856, WAS not
less than 10 eco, of which 32. GOO were
residents in Utah, 5000 in New Yorl:
State. 1000 iii California 1900 in Nnv:.
Scotia and in the Canaas, aud 5000
in South America II Europe there were
81. 600. of which b 800 were in Great
Britain and IRELAND, 1900 in Scan,iua-
VIA, 200 i'll Germany, Switzerland anil
France. and the rest Of Europe 1000.
in Australia and Polynesia, 2.iJ0; in
Africa. 80, and on travel $500. T.
thcse, if We add the different branches,
including Sarengitics. kigLonitcs, Whit
ties, the whole sect WAS not less than
l2j, ,0C0. In 1857 there appears to have
been a decrease in the population of
Utah, the number being only 81 ,Go22, Of
which 5000 were children about | ] GOO
women, and ii ,00O men capable of bear
ing arms. There are 2,3SS men with
eight or more wives: of these Il have
more than pine wives: $50 men with
five wires, loo with four wives, and
=. j0S with more than one wife. Recapi-
tula ,Gl1 men with about III, 300
"Ivcs.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04

IRIvArExR1NG AND Hrsp.-Th; Rich
inond Di~Yrt.h remarks: As to TIL,
threat Of hanging, now so common j.,
cocTcive circles, let it never be f)rsDttel,
that hemp grows in the South more abun-
iantly than ia the North, and that hang
ing is a game at which two can play
For every Southern privatrcrsman hun,
without Judge or jury. two SOUS OF tho
Pilgrims will be swung up ike dr:cl
couhah at the first convenient lamp-post,
oak tr1c, or yard arm. Lc, them inau-
gurate their Ilockalc is soon as ,lny
like, and initiate at oncc the brutslitcs
with which they threaten any .ltte.npt ut
resistance and .reprisal. We venture to
predict that if they dare to mctc ont any
mcarurc III Southern priva,cers which they
would themselves consider unjust and III {.
human If inflicted by European mcn-ot-
war upon th"ir own private armed ma
rine. the prisoners Of tn" South will
be made to pay an eye for an eye. i
tooth for 10th and life for life.
till they arc Aick to the soul of hang
ing S""'heIn privateers without judgo
or jury"
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04
: Maiden lady IN R,.,or ., ro,l;,,

y Maiden lady in B,ston, on reading
an account of Tho marriage of Miss Gcor-
giana Ives, at Chicago, to young bentley.
who saved her from drowning at The siuk-
ing Of the steamer Loeiy Eiytn, said -
''lts u very romantic affair; no doubt; but
| would rather be drowned, any tiu.c,
than to sit half the night with a young
man, on piece of wreck, in my nighl-
gown.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04

:. L4s- The speech of Vice Presid. mt St.-
phcns vt the Southern Contsderacv is rc-
produced i'll almost all the Rel ublican
Journals. They all say, the position which
he takes precludes all possibility OF ,s-
union. e'-'3 s-' f'
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04

WANTED. TIE Presidents SiGxA-rnE.
The Washington correspondent of til"
Portland idce,tiser tells the following:
The reception of the President on
Saturday was very fully attended He
treats his visitors with great aflabili'y,
and hsars their business with apparent
patience Yesterday, one of his visitors,
who was an applicant for clerkship in
one OF The Departments. after being refer
red to the Secretary as the proper person
to whom to make his application, very
cooiIy requested the President II sign A<
Pff'i'"n. The President, it is said. re-
marked. Why my friend. you woald
place me IN the position of the Justice
Of the Peace. who. after deciding the
matter before him, said lie was very glad
the case went is i. did"
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04

Did you ever build castle in the air :
Did you see it fall to the earth and crush
beneath its ruins the love and hopes of
years? Did you ever love. place your
whnl. trust anl confidence in man, and