Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-09-12
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III -Noi1ueiu Ctates Is culeHy u secure SUI
lie plies. They must supply themselvt
$ from the wealth Of the Free States, c
=. starve. While our armies were in til
RS South, the capture of our supply trair
70 served to supply the necessities of til
d rebels. And we should not wonder
y the greatest blunder they ever commi
d ted was the driving of Mcclellan frol
is the peninsula. When he was drive
y away they were compelled to folio,
II him or starve. Until our forces reache
1t their intrenchments at Washington, th
e rebels Jared sumptuously upon tn
d spoils captured. But once in their in
i trenchments, and receiving their sup
d plies from the North, the rebels had n
d alternative but to pass into the Mort
). too. Absolute necessity compelled then
= to this movement, which we confdentl,
K believe will be their utter ruin in tn
end. They may capture Baltimore, ant
possibly, Philadelphia. They may lay
waste portions Of Pennsylvania anc
other Free States, but they can never
return! We have now at WASHINGTON 6
) far larger army than the rebels car
/: possibly bring into the field. It is
the best supplied and armed army in
the world. 1t is increasing by more
than ten thousand day. It can crush
the rebels into utter humiliation. No
amount of mere stupidity OF imbecility
In our commanders-not but alb
solute treachery-can make it possible
for the invaders to escape And even
should this immense army now at
Washington, and all the new recruits
be spell bound in the trenches around
the capital, the citizens, en- masse, will
arise with or without arms and rid the land
OF the marauders. We believe, there
fore, with absolute confd dence, that the
rebel army, now in Maryland, will
never get back to the South, unless
aided by treachery in high places.
---- The latest from Kentucky still
reports the rebels moving in great force
toward the Ohio, evidently aiming to
supply their wants by the capture of
Cincinnati and invading the Western
States. They claim that there are
fifty thousand men in Southern Ohio.
Indiana and Illinois, ready to join them
the moment they cross the river. In
this, we think, they will find themselves
mistaken. That there is that number
of K. G. C.'s in the States, is probably
true. But when it comes to the dead
point, we don't believe they will dare to
attempt to carry out the plot.
80 Martial law is still inforced with
tirmness In Cincinnati, and the whole
population of the City are employed in
fortifying against the threatened inva-
sion. The people of the State have
poured into the City in multiplied
thousands, and it is believed that the
rebels will meet with warm reception
if they make an attack.
----There is report in town, as we
go to press, that the 4th Va. Regiment
met Jenkins near his farm and defeated |
him badly. We have no particulars
and can only hope it is true.
---Capt. Higley Cavalry Company
is full. Good for Meiss County. This
makes four hundred men raised in this
County under the late call for volunteers.
There are few more left.
The militia of this County are
fast perfecting their organization. We
will soon be ready to meet successfully
any raid that may be attempted upon
US. 1t is not thought advisable to pub
ish particulars.
----A fine force of mounted Home
Guards is organizing in the County.
OUR citizens are all alive, and the mill
'ary spirit is rising to the point Of earn !
'st, efficient action. Hon V. B. Horton
S at the head Of military affairs in the {
county. He will soon have in complete
order all the strength of the County.
----Upon the whole, gloomy as mat {
ers appear, we still have faith to be- :
leve that we will finally succeed. 1t .
probably required the present series of
ilsasters to arouse the nation to sense
II the untold danger which threatened
t. The loyal people are now thor
'ughly aroused. They will hardly
consent to sacrifice another hundred
thousand of their pa triotic sons, and a a
thousand millions more of their treasure. e
o the insane and inexcusable jealousy of t
lval Generals. The voice of faction v
almost hushed among the people