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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-06-06
id that our Regiments had never been

said that our Regiments had never been
in battle before, and didn't know their
dangers, but ran right into them so that
they couldn't do anything, or else they
would have whipped us. The rebel
forces, as given by themselves, were over
two thousand; ours were less than four
teen hundred.
From the time both forces engaged
till the flight Of the rebels was general,
was eleven minutes.
But enough this time. Two compa-
nies, \. and L. vent to Somerville yes
terday, to stay, no one knows how long.
More anon. FRANK.
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The Homestead Law.

We we're about towrite an article On
the homestead law, i;@st passed BY Con-
gress; but the following, from the Gin
'einnati Cazess, expresses our views SO
welsthat Wesailept il; ~ sa sa. i.
''The enactment of,a complete home
stead law by the present Congress is a
Inca sure not exceeded in IMP ortance by
any Legislature act since the formation
Of the Government. By.itsthe Repub-
lican party has redeemed one of its
promises to the people, being one of the
rare instances,in oul politics in which
the glittering principles of a party plat
form have been carried out, by the en-
actment Of a measure bene6cent to the
people. Perhaps it is the only in
stance, At.present We do not think o.
any other; and party platforms have
come to be popularity regarded as tricks
of words. This is redeeming feature
in that literature.
This, measure has long been before
the people, Ten years ago the frs,
homestead bill passed the House. II
has repeatedly been promised by Dem
s>ratio platforms, aud always defeated
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SARAH ". PoMERoY, Sec'y.


Forthe Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph.
RUTLAND June 2d, 1862
Mr.. EDITOR: AS all are interested in the
fate of Uncle Sans boys---'tour cousins i
volunteer this sketch of JoHS H. Lynch, who
died at the residence OF Patrick Cline, on the
-,,rty7 6r JtTyrazc Isssssss. ss---------
The deceased was born in Lawrence County,
Of this State; but while he was very. small his
parents removed to Gilmer County, Vas where
they now reside. John, however, left there,
and arrived here in March, 1860, where he
has made his home, until he inscribed his
name upon the roll, ard became 8 r.ss1,rber of
Co. II, of the SD Reg't, 0. V. VI.
When in health, he was physically large,
portly man. Indeed if am not uninformed,
he was the tallest man of the Company to
which he belonged; but in consequence of ex-
posture in camp, lie was afflicted by disease
which gradually reduced him, until he was
compelled to go to the Camp Hospital, where
he was at the time of the great battle of Pitts
burg Landing Upon the approach Of the
leaving everything behind, except the clothes
he was wearing. The night after the first day
of the battle, he was compelled to lay on the
ground, without over-coat or. blanket, and
without food. He however, endured it all
without murmar, and after the battle he was
granted permission to return home, where he
has received the care and attention of his
friends, until his death.
Thus has passed from earth another of
Liberty's noble sons whe was engaged in de-
tending our rights against the usurpations of
the great rebellion, gotten up by slaEery-
The brother of the deceased, Samsel Lynch,
who came to Ohio with him, was in the same
Regiment and Company of the Union army,
while his father and two other brothers were
arrayed against them in the rebel army
suel, is civil war. Father against son, and
brother against brother. ..--
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TPeaSflry Notes.

Itis incohlprehensible to the rebels,
and to some " ho are not rebels at heart
how the credit of the Government is
sustainedeas it is. Itis but. very short
time since it. was confidently believed
that not a dollar in specie ceuld be OBJ
| tanned; and that the Treasury notes
would depreciater to half their nominal
value. s,. s.sess .% ..gzsasiaf -s.9
Such was the confident prediction Of
therebels-re-eehoed by all Europe, and
feared even by some of our own people.
The legal tender clause was opposed on
the, ground that these notes, as COM
pared with specie, would be- cempara-
tiuel y worthless, and that it would be
unjast to compel people to take them
for debts due, &c. We have no doubt
these opinions were honestly entertained
lby men who really desired the success
sf the Government. We confess we
meyer had any sympathy with these
fears. We Geliered then, as everybody
kaaops now, that the opposition was got
imp by stock .brok ers, and men who, had
money to invest. They sawvery clearly
that it they could defeat the legal ten
ter selasse, they would have the people,
as well as the Government, at their rmerey.
They knew then, as we'll as they do now,
that every dollar of these notes would
be pdid--was in fact as good as gold,
and better, too, for they would draw in
iterest, which gold would not, as long as
they boarded it. And ie they could de-
preciate the notes, so as to shave them,
they coald pocket untold millions by
! the operation. az--
But, thanks te the unrigaled financial
ability of our noble Secretary, Chase,
and the unpurchasable integrity OF Con-
/ gress, the legal tender clause passed, cut
ting off the possibility Of reaping the
! hopedfor harvest, and now these same
men are buying ahese very notes at a
premium OF from two to five per cent,
for the purpose of investing them in
twenty year bends, ,.of the U. S.!
+ Our financial success is without par
allel in the history Of any country!
With the most gigantic, rebellion ever
organized, and debt already, that it
would have startled the nation a year
ago to have named as possible, the Coy
.ernnsent can borrow to-day any amoun;
of money at a less rate of interest than
at any other period of our past history
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CAMP GAULEY BRIDGE, WEST FAy !
N May 2Sth, 1862.
Dear IeJcgraph:-I have thought of
writing,
the "Bleody Ninth Virginia has been
engaged all spring IA guarding from en-
croachmant the rubbish and rains Of dis
loyal and MOTTO be pitied Guyandotte,
Va, nothing herewith connected seemed
worthy OF the pen ca press.
Nov, that we are on that portian of
"the sacred sile' rendered classic, not by
The great fight between Generals Cox
and Floyd, laat summer, but by the glo-
.rioas skedaddl1ng of the arch traitor
from his chosen and excellent position,
just yonder on Cotton Hill, it seems a
good place to dip the pen in the bottle,
and offer you some jottings, which may
be regarded as a sort Of clog book" of
our .doings and wanderings.
Speaking of this place, it would not
be strange, if the war continue till fall,
should opposing forces meet here again.
Here is the upper key to the kanawha
Valley, as also to the great roads leading
up the Gauley and White rivers, whose
junction is here. The Valley is just
now rich with Government stores of all
kinds, the value Of which no one could
guess. The rebels know these things as
we'll as We do, and also our present
available means for the defese of the
stores and the Valley. An old rebel, a
relative of an officer in the Regiment,
living here, predicts the. occupation of
the Valley by rebel forces within sixty
days. You may smile, bat when an in
telhgent rebel ventures to express him
self, in our midst, SO strongly, it may be
regarded as one index, among others, as
to the hopes Of the rebels, if not their de-
signs. 49,.
Then again their movements against
General Cox at -------, and against
General Greok at Lewisburg, reeeatsJ,
are offensive, if not successful.
Meanwhile, We will "bidc cur time
and finish our Regiments first stage of
military prowess, which, in the case of
Virginia Regiments, consists in keeping
sleepless vigils for months over Govern
ment stores, or roads, or something else
that will tamely submit to be guarded.
| We are Informed that all the older Reg
iments of our State have reached q
! higher grade of excellence and efficiency
through this channel, and so We are coa-
! tent.
! G4ard daty!-The company with
which the writer is connected performed
the most agreeable duty Of this ind on
the night Of the 9th inst, that has yet
fallen to them-the custody of one hun
dred and two prisoners taken in the late
battle at Lewisburg between the forces
of Generals Crook and Heath. OF the
prisoners, eight were ofioers-oae Lieu
tenant Colonel, two Captains, four Lieu
tenants and an Adjutant; and ninety
four non commissioned officers and pri-
Yates.
/. They were of the Twenty-second and
Fiftieth rebel Virginia Regiments, and
boasted Of having been in nine fgats be,
fore this one, and that their Regiments
never run before. They were taken du-
ring vigorous charge by the Seth, 44th
and 47.h Ohio Regiments. One of them
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NOTICE

SheriT's Sale.
Slothower, Mathews & Co., Jonathan Riore, Jr.,
and Jas. Gregory, Jr.
DY VIRTUE of an order of sale to me di-
ID rectcd from the Court of Common Pleas
of Meiss County, will offer for sale, at the
door of the Courthouse, in Poaleroy, at 10
o'clock ). N,
On the 14th day Of JuIy, 1862,
the following ng-described lands and teuements,
to-wit: Situate in the County of AIeigs, and
State of Ohio, and bounded and described as
follows: The southwest quarter of the south
east quarter, and the southeast quarter of the
Southwest quarter Of Section No. 80, town No.
and range No. Is, of the Ohio Company's s
purchase. o be sold as the property Of Jona-
than Blore, Jr., at,the suit of Slothower, Math-
cws s Co. Appraised at $4,000. Terms sf
sale, cash.
J. ]. WHITE, s. NJ. C.
June G. 1SG2-22-5t 800
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From Washington.
WASHINGTON. June |.

WASHINGTON, June !
For more than week Secretary STAN
ton has stayed night and day in the
War Office.
The Richmond news is regarded as
favorable. 1t is said some of the soldiers
who fought at Williamsburg won laurels
yesterday and day.
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We publish in another column of to-day's paper,
an article cepied from the Cincinnati .sTimes,p de-
scrptive of DR.. Roback's extensive medical estab-
lishment in that city. By the way, DR.. Roback's
Remedies have obtained great and deserved pop
ularty with all classes. 1t has been but q. short
time since these Remedies were ntroduced into our
section of country; yet DR.. Brennan, DR.. Roback's
agent in this place, informs that his sales the
Blood Pills and Blood Purifier now far exceed those
of all other medicines for which he is agent, com
bned The reason for this, is, that they have stood
the test of practical experience. We know this no
only from the mouths of others, but,we have used
them in own family with the very best results.
For all diseases of the blood, general debility,
whether proceeding from sickness or from natural
weakness, indigestion, and all kindred ailments,
ecommend the Scandina vian RI edies as the VERY
BEST medicines extant. They destined to achieve
not ephe me raj success, but permanent and de-
served reputation, " hich will render them ne
cessity in every family.-tNapoleon, o., North
West, March Q.
See advertisement. [22-3tl
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WAsHINcToN, June 2.

w NASHINCTON, June =.
1t is understood dispatches have been
received by the War Department from
Gen. Mcclellan which indicate the
speedy occupation of Richmond. All
the news received to-day is favorable,
and the latest adviccs in regard to the
fight before Richmond on Saturday
represent the battle as Of great impor-
tanoe, and the Union successes are un-
doubted.
Information has been received at the
War Department tonight that Fremont
has encountered and beaten, near Stras-
burg, yesterday morning and this morn
ing, part of Jackson's army, which is
in full retreat.
Adyices from the Army Of the Po-
tomac dated this afternoon, show no
fighting to-day. Our advance is con-
siderably in front of the position occu-
pied before Saturdays battle.
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Communicated.
For the Pomeroy Weekly TeIegra ri
Letter From the Camp.

CAapsEo. !, MISSISSIPPI
May 23d, 1862,
Editor 7elyraph DEAR SlR:-W WISH
ing to do no injustice to those Of my
company who were actually sick and
were sent home by me, I feel it duty
[ owe to those noble boys of Gallla and
Meigs counties who are with us endu-
ring the hardships to which this army is
exposed. and ready, if need be, to sacri-
fee life, as we'll sthe comforts and
sweets Of the peaceful homes already left
by many of them, to say q few words
through your columns.
On the 30th Of April the different
regiments composing this army, com
taenccd moving in the direction Of Cor
inth. Al that were unable to march
that day, whether it we're because of a
blister, diarrhea, or more serious disa-
bi1ity-whether likely to be well in day
or two, or not, had to be left behind
We understand they have taken adYan-
tage of this to get home. Now. While
soiae of these men were actually sick s.Ns
wish it distinctly understood by our
friends at home that there are to day,
serving in the ranks, and Compelled ta
endure the more severe hardships and
toll because their comrades have aban-
doncd then, those who are just as sick as
any of those whe were not sent home by
me, personally
I, therefore, order all those who left
without frst reporting their case to their
commanders, and who have not
since reported, to join their company
Immediately, or they will be reported as
deserters. If any of them have received
furfoughs, they will SO report, immedi-
ately, and join their company at the ez
piration Of the same.
d. II. LAsLgy, Capt,
CO. H, SD Rcg't, 0. V, I.
! ] hereby certify that Of the members
of Co. "H.'' ef the SD Reg't, left at
Camp Shiloh when the army advanced
upon Corihth, and who are now at home,
in Ohio, it is my honest opinion that
there is not more than two or three VIII o
do not forfeit their claims to manhood,
in being to-day absent from the Regi-
iment. And that it was only through
the loose and ruinous policy pursued at
the General Hospital, at Hamburg, that
they obtained leave Of absence. They
could rot have obtained certificates of
me. .. -es.-
We have, to day, sicker men in the
ranks, who, whenever the ''long roll
beats, are always at their post Of duty.
| In the field before Corinth.
... W. N. CAKE,
Surgeon sd Reg't, 0. Y. l., So
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DIR. Roback,s Renedles.

TPHooFLANp's GERMAN BITTERs are pre-
scri5ed by our most eminent physicians. Read the
advertisement in another column
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I7All, especially young men, should re ad the
advertisement of the new National Dispensary''
Cincinnati in another column.
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U7sssnisSei in Norfolk.

Us.senisz,l in Norfolk.
FORTRESS Monroe, June I.
The projected new Union paper will
be started this week. There was e
Union meeting at Portsmouth last night
attended by 1900 persons. Patriotic
speeches were made, and much enthu-
siasm was manifested.
According to the statement of prison.
ers brought down this afternoon, the
object of the enemy's attack on our left
wing yesterday was to reach the river
and thus cut off our line Of communism
ton.
This was the purport of the address
to the troops before leaving Richmond
yesterday morning,
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DVA short time ago -four was re-
markably cheap IN New Orleans. 1t
sold for twenty five dollars in Southern
currency-equal, say, to twenty-five
cent
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NOTICE.

FEIHE undersigned has been duly appointed ex-
L ecutor ofthe last will and testament of John
Pickens, late of Meigs County, Ohio, deceased.
All persons indebted to the estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment, and those
having claims against the same will, without
delay, present them to the undersigned for al
lowance.
JOHN GAREN.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Ill o. IL -Ln-Miaeral Lodge No. 2i2 7. o. o.
day evening. at Odd Fellows Hall. Ies-z- NJ
Sd stery corner of Front and Court - - sE e
Streets. Pomeroy. IN
Sicily w. l.. DQWNIE, p. S.
1PMASONIC.-Pomer Lodge No. l64-Rcg-
uiar Meetings MONDAY EVENINGS pre- q
eeding the Full Moon in each MONTH If IN
the Moon full on Monday, then the " ~
evening of that day. w
H. B. SMITH, Sec'y.
Regular communication of Pomeroy Chapter
No. SO, the Thursday evening preceding,
each Full Moon. If the Moon full on Thursday then
on the evening of that day
5-la-ly H. H. SWALLOW, sec'y.
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= Err MIN .

These preparations, iunlike all stherss are
fsFree from Poisens.n
'Not dangerous to the Human Family"
tRats do not die the premises"
HThey come out of their holes to die"
a!They are the only infallible remedies
known" .-. F.. ,=.5
'I2 years and more established in n. 7. City,
Used by-the City Post Office.
Used by-the City prisons and station houses.
Used dy--the City Steamers, Ships, Sc.
Used by the City Hospitals, Alms-houses, sc
Used by----the City Hstels-tAstor,' iSt Mich
olas,' SC.
Used ky--the boarding Houses Sc, sc. :.
Used by---more than $4,000 private families
Da" See one or t,oo Specimens of aul,at is erery-
tphere said By the People, Editors, Dealers, &C.:
HoUsEkEEPERs-tou oubled with vermin need be
longer, if they use .sCosTAR's'' Exterminators
We have usee it to our satisfaction and if box cost
SIS would have it. We had tried poisons, but
they effected nothing; but "CosTAR's" article
knocks The breath out of Rats, Mice, Roaches, and
great demand all over the country.-Mediua to.l
Gazette. E
MORE GRAIN and provisions destroyed an
nuaily in Grant County by vermin, than would pay
for tons of this Rat and Insect kilIer.-Lancastei
WIS., Herald.
HENRY r. COSTAR-We are selling your prepa
ratons rapidly. Wherever they have been used
Rats, Mice, Reaches and Vermin disappear rapidly
ECKER & STouFFER, Druggists, Windsor, Nd
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THE HEALTH AND LIFE OF WOMAN
Is continually in peril she is mad enoagh to neg-
iecor maltreat those sexual irrsgua rites to which
two-thrds of her less subject.
DIR. CHEES EMAN'St PILLS, prepared from the
same formula which the inventor, CORNELIUS l..
CHEESEMAN, NJ. D., of New Ysrk, has for twenty
used successfully in eNtende private Drac-
ticeimm ediately relieve without pain, all disturb
ances of the periodical discharge, whether arising
from .rela Xation suppression. They act like q
charm IN removing the pains that accompany difi-
cut or INN o3erate nenstruation and are the only
safe and reliable remedy for Flushes. Sick Headache
pains in the Lons, Back and Sides, Paptaton of the
Heart, Nervous fremorss Mysteries, Spaslns, Broken
of an unnatural condition of tho sexual functions
in the worst cases of Fiuor Albus or Whites,they
eject speedy cure.
TO WIVES AND WATRONS,
Dr. Cheeseman's Pills are Invaluable as they will
bring on the monthly period With regularity. Ladies
who have been disappointed in the Sc OF other nils
can paceEhe utmost confidence in DR.. Cheeseman's
Pills doing all that they represent to do.
ladies EERst Scar 1li Mind
There is one condition ofthe female system in which
the Pills cannot be taken without producing PE.-
CULiaR RESULT. The condition referred to Is
HASCY-the result. MISCARRIAGE. Such is The ir
resistble tendency of the medicine 10 restore the
sexui functions to normal condition. that even the
reproductive power of natu cannot resist it,
Explicit directions, stating when. and when they
shouId rot be ilsed, with each BeN-the price One
Dollar each Box, continuing rom 40 TO 5o plifs:
A valuable pamphlet, to be had free, of the
Agents. Pills sent by mail promptly, by enclosing
price to any Agent. Sold by Druggists generally.
IL. B. EsUTGEzFNGs, Prop'r,
20 Cedar ST., New York.
For sale in Poeueroy by ID. REED ana A. SEE
BONN; MiddIerart, by HUGG & CoE. -grs-
Dec. 7, lt60.-is-y
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For the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph,
Letter from the Camp.

CAMP GAULET BRIDGE, WEST VA, J
E May 2Sth, 1862.
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Democratic Convention.


!, The Vallandig CHAM Democracy have
called State Convention to meet at Co.
lumbus on 'tte fourth of July, fer the
nomination of State officers and other
purposes. The organs of the party are
assuring their Southern friends that they
will carry the State this fail. t' .z-
z With eighty thousand Of the Union
citizens of Ohio in the field, fighting for
the cause of the country, the leaders
hope to carry through partisan ticket,
which shall paralyze the arm of the Gov
ernment, and reinstate the conspirators
in their old places. We do not believe
they can succeed. But desperate ef-
fort will be made, and every true friend
of his country should be prepared to
meet the issue. aag- -- z.s,zz.
Later from Gen. HaIIeck. b"
|. WASHINGTON. June 2.-The follow
/ ing dispatch has been received at the
War Department, in reply to an inquiry
of Gen. Meigs:
CoRINTH, June ?.
IL. G. Neigs, Quarteraaeaster General:
!. HsBeauregard has been to Richmond,
others have forged his signature, as /
have received letters from him, about
the exchange of prisoners, nearly every
day for the last fortnight. The evacua-
ton of Corinth commenced on Wednes
day and was completed ON Thursday
night, but in great haste, as an immense
amount Of property was destroyed and
abandoned. No troops have gone from
here to Richmond, unless within the
past two days. (Signed)
II. w. HALLEcK,
Maj u General Comma nling,