Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-11-07


e not done anything else, and the rebe
are engaged in removing the machine,
:. and foundry works as fast. as they can |
got away, and, that nothing Of Walt
Q viii be left. s.
a. General Lew. Wallace is assigne
> to the command .ofa corps in the Depar
ment of Tennessee-GeneraI Graut's.-
lie has not yet received official notifc;
J ton, but is highly pleased with th
prospect Of active service.
: ---- The Texas slave holders ar
smuggling their slaves into Cuba fo
sale. This is new branch of trade, an
will doubtless be carried on with 'vico,
Slaves In Cuba are bringing fine price
and In view d the probable future, j
the blockade is not stringent, many vii
:: be so shipped and sold. &
! ----Gen. Saxton issued orders on tn
/ 18th inst. for the immediate erganiza
/ tlon ofs'the First Regiment of Soutl
Carolina Volunteers, directing superin
tendents of plantations to use every ex
ertion to induce young and able bodied
men to enroll themselves at once. All
who enlist will receive thirteen dollars
per month, pay. .t'' "
IA Beaufort (N. c correspondent,
of the New York Herald says the block
ade of Wilmington is wretchedly inper-
feet. There are six vessels there on
each side Of Cape Fear. The first three
have about 20 miles to guard and the
last three about the same distance. The
rebel fortfcations have recently been
greatly strengthened, and are vary for
midable.
a----A, dispatch from Lexington, KY,
October Both, says: ,5 a..r -, .-..
Between 300 and 400 destitute East
Iennesseeans arrived here to- day, who
have made their way hence to join the
Federal army. From their butternut
color, the people generally regarded them
at hrst sight "A part of the thieves, lately
here, but are pleased to learn that they
are of a better, breed. They will go to
Cincinnati Tomorrow, to be clothed
----The N. Y. Glmnscrciaz says the
Army of the Potomac will hereafter con-
sist Of three grand armies, nine corps,
thirty divisions, seventy brigades. The
FIRST grand army will consist of the corps
of Generals Reynols, Porter and Frank
lin, under Gen. Hooker; the second army
will consist of the corps of Generals
Couch, Wilcox and Slocum, under Gen.
Burnside; and the third army will con-
slst of Gen. Cox's and two other. CORPS
to whom permanent commanders have
not get, been assigned, under General
---- Latest news from Washington.
strongl J indleateat that there is a deter !
minatlon to move tae army with effect. |
fhe number Of surgeons, and the |
amount of hospital stores, and number
Of hospitals preparing, looks very much
as if battles were expected. .~..-r,
---- Richmond papers state that the
rebel Gen. Bragg and staff had arrived |
in that city. This seems to be con-
irmation of the report that Bragg's
Army has gone to join the rebels in front
of Mcclellan. The failure. of Buell. to
capture Bragg in Kentucky, will prob
sbiy add seventy five thousand TO the
'orce that Mcclellan and Burnside will
lave to meet -s,-rss..
----An'fnportant letter from secre
ary Chase, will Be found in anotherl
'olumn, showing that the National debt
5 but some six hundred millions of dol
ars, instead Of two or three thousand
Millions as has been represented. 1t
vas written in response to the ranting of
he "conservatives" of Boston.
---Another slave trader has Just
'een convicted in New York. 1t is but
few weeks since Gordon was convicted
nd hung in the same city, for. stealing
nd bringing argo of negroes from
Afrlca. And now another is convicted
t fitting out IA vessel in that port, for ,
he same Internal mission. While our
avs, like those of other civilized coun-
ries, have made slave trading pirucy, ;
0 be punished with death, yet, such has :,
cen the corrupting influence Of slavery
yer our, Government heretofore, that
ur flag has been the only real protect
IN Of these pirates. The tables have
lrned, however, and the incarnate
ends will stretch hereafter. But it
auld not be supposed that while slave t
reeders. and slave traders controlled e
he Government, that the laws or treat Il
e against the trade would be enforced. .
hat day has gone by, for the present,
nd these pirates had better wait until t
se Democracy regain their power, be-
re they venture any more. Let them Il
ct the control of the Government, and "
feet compromise with the rebels, and b
| Africa will be turned into hunting s
'ound for negroes, by the very men
no profess to go Into convulsions at "
Ie thought Of one coming voluntarily S
to Ohio How lano will men consent Il