Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-09-26

patches from Gen. Mcclellan, announc-
ing the triumphant march Of his array
from conquering to conquest-,the utter
route and complete emoralization of the
rebels-and the anuiliilatiou of the
mighty hosts of the enemy. These dis
patches looked very cheering, if they
could only be relied upon, aud, as if con-
scious that the public mind was. in
doubling mood, the President himself
lent his name and position to give his
countrymen assurance Of the fact by tel
egraphing to his friend in Illinois that
he felt safe in indorsing the truth of the
reports-that the victory was complete
On this Endorsement, we published the
dispatches and shouted, glory! with the
rest: Well, have we not won series of
unparalleled victories? Perhaps SOL
But we will wait this time before we in
dolse any of the reports. all the dis
pat, hes from the field Of battle were true,
we have killed more rebels than they
ever had in their army, and captured
more than were killed. Still, we sus-
pect there are some left who will give Us
trouble yet. But We frankly confess we
do not know the situation of the con-
tending forces.
We were assured, on the very highest
authority, that Mcclellan had the whole
rebel army surrounded in a position that
it was absolutely impossible for one of
them to oescape-that he had given them
four hours in which to surrender-
that at tie end Of the time he
opened upon them, and was piling
the battle field with the slaughtered
hosts Of rebels in uncounted thousands,
and that not a single regiment would es-
cape" ". This was cheering, indeed
"Hallelujahs" we're sung to the immor.
tai shieftain. But, was it true? We
cannot say. 1t was given as reliable.
Next We had it direct from the foun-
tain head that "McClellan had got be-
tween the rebel army and the Potomac
bad cut off their retreat, and made it
utterly impossible for them to recross
the Potomac-that after terrible battles
he had completely whipped the rebels
killed Jacksoa--captured Longstrees--
mortally wounded Lae-had taken pris-
oners by whole Brigades aud Divisions,
and was just gathering up the last Of
the stragglers, and was ready to report
the rebellion suppressed" :" Was all this
true? We do not know It came in
the most reliable form.
Then we had it from the same high
authority that Mcclellan had attacked
the whole rebel army--had won tie
greatest victory ever recorded in the
history of the wor,d-had dricee lie reJ-
els oStr Ike Potomac INFO Virginia---that
the decentralization Of the rebel army
was universal-that they had thrown
away their arms and he - tsat
Washington was safe AMI that there was
no further any danger Of an invasion of
! Pennsylvania This WAS hailed as the
rest, aud moro pselns sung. Bat was it
true? We do not know. L came from
reliable source
Next we have the account of very
shabby trick played upon US by the
rebel Generals. 1t was in substance,
that Mcclellan had granted an armis
tice that both parties might bury their
dead, and that the rebels, instead Of
burying their slaughtered hosts, took
advantage of the truce to move off, but
in what Observation-Disclosures across the
| Potomac or into the interior, could not
be ascertained-that scouts had been
outscouring the country in all directions,
| but could not find the rebel army nor
the direction in which it had gone, but
that, as soon as its trail could be dis
covered, Mcclellan would take to the
pursuit, and not one single butternut
would escape" This was exceedingly
cheering news. BIT was it true? We
don't know. 1t came from the same
source as all the rest.
Next came the announcement, as if
| by authority. 'sthat the whole rebel
army were out of ammunition and pro-
visions-that not single charge of
powder or ounce of lead was left, and
that the whole starving and helpless
| host was at the mere mercy of McClel-
lan-that they would be disarmed and
sent home Immediately, and procla-
nation issued announcing the suppress
| ion of the rebellion and the close Of the
war; Was this true? We don't pre-
tend to determine 1t came indorsed as
perfectly reliable.
Then followed the account of the
rebels, thus whipped, captured, starving,
disarmed, parolled, skedaddled and
killed, taking the strong position Of
Harper's Ferry, capturing about twelve
thousand Union troops, with all our i'm
mense parks Of artillery, small arms,
stores and supplies of various kinds,
amounting to a vast sum. This was not
quite so cheering. But was it true?-
We are sorry to say, that the fierce con-
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