Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-01-17
fly, and nearly starved. They were,

1ty, anu H"aFly StarVeu. 1Hey were,
also, nearly naked, having been, many
of them, for more than six months
without single change of clothing.-
The Government, to relieve their suffer
ings, made arrangements with the rebel
authorities for permission to send cloth
ing. to these suffering prisoners, Under
these arrangements, with the pledged
honor of the high officials of the South,
and under the sacred pro lection of flags
of truce, large quantities of clothing
were sent to these naked prisoners
But, to the disgrace of human nature
the rebels actually took them, and like
thieves, as they are, divided them out
among. themselves, and left the poor,
robbed prisoners to suffer on in rags and
vermin! This world has been the thea
tre.. of some very mean actions. But
these rebels have given the unanswera-
BILE demonstration to the truth of the
doctrine of s'total depravity."
Rebels .Dispafrins. -s.r...--
MIR. Faulkner, of Virginia, just re-
leased by our Government, and Gov.
Letcher, made speeches in Richmond the
other day, and admitted that without
the aid of foreign nations the overthrow
of the U. s. was impossible. They both =,
however, professed to believe that Eu-
ropean nations would yet help them in
the work. And such is the general
conviction of the Southern leaders,
And the course England is pursuing
looks very much as if the conspiracy
had been consummated between the
s'Lords of, the lash in the South and
the English Aristocraey to crush out
of the world the only example of peo-
pie in the enjoyment of self govern
ment. -
Railroad Accident. ~ -@E-
A terrible railroad accident occurred
on the NJ. & G. r. R. one day last week,
by which Judge VIM. T. Banen was in
stantlY killed. and one or two others in
jured. The locomotive of one train ran
into the hindmost car of another, smash
ing it to pieces. The Judges head was
cut off and thrown some distance from
the car. .'.s@er4 a1 r. -.'i--
Important Distinction.
The United States District Court for
the District of Kentucky, has made a
characteristic decision. One Larimore
was indicted for treason in giving "aid
and comfort to the enemies of the
Government. The Court decided that
| s.rebels' are not ''enemies, in the mean
ing Of the Constitution, and, therefore
giving them aid and comfort is not trea-
son. Yet the Judge is "Union'' man
in the conservative Kentucky sense
of that term. ~ 5:l t4Hf >.a# asr
From Port Royal Ferry.
The latest news from Port Royal, S
| c., Informs US of skirmish, ia which
the rebels were worsted. Our troops
were making their way towards the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad
Commodore Dupont has severely cen.
sured Gen. Sherman for his want Of
activity in conducting the campaign.-
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The negroes are busy gathering cotton
They would collect immense amounts
of it if properly encouraged. But the
lazy rascals want pay for their work
1t is true, any thing, 50 it is called pay
satisfies them. But it amt exactly il
the style of genuine chiValry to pay a
all. a.a 5se Er F"
Coed For Col. Garfield.
Col Garfield, who has been for some
time advancing toward the rebel army
on the Big Sandy, under Humphrey
Marshall, came within six miles of the
great Kentucky General. Marshall
found himself in tight place. He SEN
flag of truce to Col. Garfield, and pro
posed "compromise.' Garfield re-
piled that the only compromise he would
make of the coming fight, was the un.
conditional surrender of the rebel army
| Marshall did not dare to fight, and could
not retreat. He therefore ordered his
camp and all his stores burnt, disbanded
his army, and every fellow sought safety
in an ignominious fight. This is the
most disgraceful stampede Of the war
and will do more than defeat in bat.
tie to demoralize the other ferces of the
rebels. 3rs7 ni i, -.a est. , ss,tj ..'
A Splendid victory. .-...... .,...
The darkies about Washington, ad
| miring the 'blue' of the soldiers
"togery," dressed themselves in clothes
Of the same patriotic color. This, OF
course, was an 'sinsult" to our great
Generals, and an order was issued tc
strip every darkey, found dressed in the
aristocratic colors. The order, how
ever, not being published, the darkies,
of course, knew nothing of it until they
were seized by the patrol. And eur
National Capitol presented the proud
spectacle ofa chivalrie patrol, stripping