Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-01-10
News of the Week.

---- Fifty of the notorious gang of
bridge burners and bandits under the
lead of the outlaw, jeff. Owen, have been
captured in Missouri, and several other
similar bands of desperadoes dispersed.
The health of Gen. Mcclellan,
who has been dangerously i'll for some
time, is improving, and it is hoped he
will soon be restored to perfect health.
49,. Mason, Slidell, aud their Secre-
taries left Providence, on the ID inst, in
the British steam gun boat Rinald, for
England The wind blew hurricane
all night.
----A An attempt was made one night
last week to burn the Government sta
bles at Washington. The fire was dis
covered and arrested before the fendish
purpose was accomplished. 1t is only
about week or two since stable with
several hundred horses and a large
amount of stores was burnt there, by the
rebel incendiaries, who still infest that
city.
- It is said that the Government
has expended twenty millions of fdollars
for arms since the rebellion commercial
Col. Schuyler bought, IN Europe, three
hundred thousand stand, at five millions
of dollars. Most of them have arrived.
Carl Schurz, our minister to
Spain, has asked, and obtained leave to
return home that he may take an active
part in the suppression Of the rebellion.
80 Daniel s. Dickinson, the great
Democratic leader of New York, in a
lecture delivered in Washington, last
week, declared himself unequivocally in
favor of the absolute, Immediate contisca-
tion Of rebels property, aud the entraa-
chisenaentof a.eir s1avcsby act Of Congress.
To this complexion they will come at
last
Brigadier Gen. Reynolds is as
signed to the command of the forces at
Romney-Gen. Kelly, having asked,
and obtained release on account of in
disposition, resulting from his severe in
juries at the battle of Phillippi, from
which he has never fully recovered.
- Nothing of special interest has
transpired in Congress-the members
having generally been home during the
holidays. Now, however, they will, no
doubt, apply themselves earnestly to the
| important matter, that must be attended
| to, to carry the war to a speedy and sue
cessful termination.
THE Spanish expedition to Mex
leo has taken possession of San Juan
D'Ulloa. The Mexican troops evacua-
ted Vera Cruz without striking blow.
Poor Mexico has SO long been plundered
and robbed by her Floyds, and Masons,
and Jeff. Davises, and Beauregards, that
she is an easy prey to the plunderers of
other nations. Ii our rebellion is not
| speedily suppressed, we will, like her,
become the plunder-g ground of the free
hooters of all lands. Englands it seems
can hardly wait for the wreck by the
madness of our crew, before she pounces
upon the damaged cargo.
1.-The rebels are still planting new
| and heavier batteries upon the Potomac.
1t begins to look as if they intended to
starve our grand army of the Potomac
into surrender. If they could only
stop the rations of Gen Mcclellan s
hosts day or two, we think there would
be a forward movement Hungry men,
it is said, aoiN fight, and the cry OF
ssblood or bread would not be half so
terrible under such circumstances, to
| loyal citizens, as to hear it from the
throats of famishing men in our great
cities.
| >---The Republican Convention OF
| N. Il. has nominated Gov. Berry for
another term, and for Railroad Commits
sioner, the same Convention nominated
DR.. Crosby, prominent Democrat. They
will be elected. But we wonder when
Democratic Convention, where they
have large majority, will have the
magnanimity to do like noble acti oni
- Terrible freshets have recently
occurred in California, destroying pub
lie and private property to a very large
amount.
80 1t is ascertained that Stephen D.
Axtell, chief clerk in the collectors Of
fee at St. Louis, has embezzled thirty
thousand dollars of the public funds
The frauds have been going on for many
years, and the villainy has only just
| been detected.
----All the Foreign Legations al
Washington were in attendance at the
Presidents, on New Years day, and a
special cordiality seemed to prevail
This would seem to promise a blowing
over of the war spirit, and the contin.
uance of peace with foreign powers.
Russell, the correspondent of the
London Times, in his last letter, pre-
diets a civil war in the North. We
have no doubt there are tories among us
who would be glad to strike blow al