Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-28

damned at three o CLOCK.
ses After thesbattle Of Mill Springs,
when our fegimentaI bands played
.sHail Columbia the aStar Spangled
Banner, and other rational airs, tears
started to the eyes Of many Of the rebel
prisoners Sats these weil-remembered
strains, and theyydeelared with. choking
uttera nee, that though they were, many
Of them, Compelled. to fight against. the
Union, they loved tile ofd flag still, and
wereaproud ofits past g'oriesz and assot
ciationss-iHu 70 segse xse sssi' 81
An aInsatiatfe soSailsraaer. = oss S2s1its
meath ragged Palmetto, South-
ernerssat, a-twisting athetband@of his
Panama hat, and trying. to Tighten his
mind of load, by humming the words
Of the following ode:4Oh! for a ,darkey,
ehl'for whip, oili FOR d cocktail, and
ohhforaa inip;sehl fora shot at old Cree
ley and Beeeher, OH for q; cracklat.a
Yankee school teacher, oh! for "a Cap
tain, and, oh! for q ship OIL for cargo
Of darkeys each trip. And SO. he kept
on ohing for what he had not, not ooni
tent with owing foraall fhathe dFgot
wit at the white House.
sOura Washington Reliable sends as
the following flush of Federaig fun,sby
telegraph ss.a ssess sy.sssssssssis gi
.'.At the late levee the White HOUSE,
the, President asked the Russian AM
bassador whether he would have taken
him for an American if he'll had met him
anywhere else than in this eountry.if}
assNo,'"' said the distinguished Musco7
Eyite, who, like Old Abe, is bit Of q wag,
EaI should have taken you for a Pole"
saSo am, exclaimed the President,
Strengthening himself up teshis full atti-
tude, land a liberty Pole at that. nsssssl
Tall talking, wasn't it, Family Faif.s
ST can Die now, and Don't c.re.r.. ..ss4saIs
The following scene took place ON
board the gun boat Essex, when the
rebel flag on Fort Henry was lowered in
token of surrender:
The last ball took effect in the Essex
about fifteen minutes before the rebel
flag came down, and, consequently she
failed to be in at the death. One of the
scalded men, being told by the physi-
clan, as they were drifting down, that
he could not live, asked how the fight
went. ''Taey have surrendered" was
the reply. ''Glory to God!'' said helm
feeble voice, and at the same time
trying to wave his hand "Glory to
Godp' he repeated; II can die now, and
don't care!." In a few minutes he was
dead. @st ssEs y#
DaT In small city Of Massachusetts,
the colored population held meeting TO
discuss the propriety7of celebrating tho
anniversary Of the West India emanci-
patton. At one of these meetings very,
conservative gentleman was exceedingly
surprised to see some of the 'fair sex
rising and taking part in the discussion
/ After two or. three9of the. sisters had
freed dar minds, on the matters under
1 debate, he sprang up In a greatly excl:
ted state, and addressed the audience:
@Feller- citizens! Ef I'd spose dat de
ladies would be mitted to take part in
dis yere- e-discussion-(se (sensation)-efI'd
none dat de ladies cud jine in yer de-
bate-(all eyes turned enIthe sIeaker)
EFF I'd bleebe for one moment feller
citizens, dat de female sect would dare
to rase dar voices in dis yer meetin, I'd
/ =l-feller- citizens .-Ay ~ k''S
= 'sWot--wot would you've a did,. eff
you'd none it?'' shouted two or three
of the sisters, and the whites of their
eyes flashed on the speaker.
4 s'I-(scratching his wooD-Pd a
4 brung my wife along wild me-. .si5 -
b Here the diseomhtedsorater dropped
in. his seat comparatively exhausted.