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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-06-10

TYR USTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE PRO
4 PERTI IN THE CITY OF ALEAAN-
DRIA, VIRGINIA.-By Y: Tue Of deed of
trust bearing date on the Goth day Of October,
1859, and by consent Of parties the Undersigned,
substituted trustee, viii, on S-iTURD1 ~, the
l4tA day OF Ju;2c 1852, at II O clock d., in front
of the Mayors office, in the city Of Alexandria:
- scllat public auction. the thrcc-story BRICK
:iiE$i D DWELLING HOUSE, No. Is North Roy
al street. in the city Of Alexandria, and the lot on
which it stands, fronting on Royal street 81 feet
inch and l23 feet 5 inches deep, lately occu-
pied by James $. FRENCH. This is one of the
most complete and comfortable dwellings III the
city OF Alexandria, situated ina central location,
near to the Market and in pleasant neighbour
hood.
TERMS Five per cent. of the purchase mo-
new and the sum Of 500, in cash, and the residue
in three equal payments at three, six, and twelve
months from the day Of sale, the deferred pay
ments to bear interest and to be secured by the
notes Of the purchaser and a deed Of trust on the
premises ALEXANDER HAY,
my l3-ts substituted trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-06-10

The Memphis Avalanche Of the 9Th says that
the locomotives recently run Oft by the railroad
employees have been recovered. The same
paper says that all the bridge, between Mem
nhis and Humboldt have been DESTROYED
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-06-10

TEVO THE CITIZENS OF ALEXANDRIA.
L We beg leave to call the attention Of the
citizens Of Alexandria to our large and well Sc
lected stock of GROCERIES,, comprising every
article usually kept in well regulated grocery
house All goods delivered on board the boat
free Of charge.
GEO. & THOS. PARKER s. co.
Washington, my 2l-lm
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
Wool Carding.
To tl,e Farrners ot nzci.s caunt,

To the Farmers of HEcigs County:
NTE again call your attention to the fact
w that we are prepared to execute all or
ders for CARDfNG or GRINDING, at our Mill,
near the Courthouse in Pomeroy.
The reports we have from our work of last
year fully confirms us in the belief that it has
given general satisfaction in quantity and
quality of rolls, proportioned to the cleanli-
ness, quantity and quality of Wool This fact,
together with the necessity of the most rigid
economy in view of the great and pressing
wants of our Government, which must be sus-
tanned in this her hour of greatest peril, at any
and all sacrifices; and also the scarcity and
high price of cotton, and the uncertainty of fu-
ture supplies, induces US to believe that large
amount of Wool will be worked up the coming
| season; and have therefore prepared ourselves
accordingly, by putting our machines in the
best of order, and securing the services of Mr..
DAVID JENKINS, a former owner of the mill,
and the best Carder in the county.
While we thank you for past favors, permit
us to admonish every one who can procure o
pound of Wool, to bring it to US, well cleansed,
(using as little soap as possible,) with one
pound of clean grease to every Tbs of Wool, so
that we con grease it ourselves, just before
working, and we will insure good work.
| Terms, CASH, or CORN and OATS, at cash
prices. when delivered. H. B. SMITH,
March 20. '62,-1I-3m JOSEPH RIGG
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
Herschel Y. Johnson,

This gentlemas, for whose election
to the Vice Presidency, SO many of our
citizens labored and voted at the last
Presidential election, has been rewarded,
at last, by place in the cabinet of JEFF
Davis. He has just been appointed
Attorney. General of the rebel Govern
ment. We have no dcabt most of those
who voted for him year ago, and felt
so deeply disappointed in his defeat, are
now profoundly grateful that they failed
in their choice He can do the couu-
try less damage as an open rebel than
he could in any other position. Sup
pose he had been elected. The death
of Douglas, on whose ticket he ean,
would have placed him in the Presiden-
tial chair. What loyal man does not
shudder at the thought That he was
then as much of an enemy to the Con
stitution and the Union as he is now,
was we'll known. But thousands in the
Free States who voted for him did moi
then believe il, and consequently Ia
bored and voted for his election. We
do not reproach them for the mistake
But in view Of the past, they ought se
learn a lesson, never to be forgotten il
the future II
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
Abolitionism and the Union.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, of the 18th
irst,, has an article under the above
caption, in which it indorses a resalu
ton which it says was adopted by a
committee Of the Democracy Of Ne1
York, as follows:
"Resolred, As the sense Of tie Ma.
tionuk Democracy Of Ne,o York, thu
Rlock republicans Of this city and STATE
are traitors 10 the Government and the
Coastitutim, dnd the sooner the strong
hand Of President Liacesn is laid upon
them the better for all concerned
As these "Black Repsbliesns" of the
State of New York constitute an over
whelming majority over all the com
bined factions in the State, and, without
an exception, are, and ever have been
true to the Constitution and the Union
the people may see from it what tile
Democracy mean by "traitors.'
1t may be that it is only the madness
of partisan fanasicism, but the coinci-
dence is remarkable, that the Enquirer
finds "traitor" in every man whom
JEFF. Davis denounces, and treason" in
every measure that has a tendency to
put down the rebellion and save the
Constitution.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21

now is, under the command of the noto-
rious Hollins. They won't stay there
long, we predict, if Com. Foote goes at
them with his Mortars, as it is said he
has. Look out for a capture or big
"skedaddle.'
Who Took Manassas.
a dispatch to the Gin. Gazette says:
tits ascertaiued that citizen Of Mas
saehusetts made the first advance on the
rebel strong hold On Sunday morn
ing, roFing beyond the lines, he grad
ualiy neared Centeryille, and seeing no
enemy, marched within the intrench-
ments, and contemplated with surprise
the wooden guns with black mouths
mounted there. He pushed on to
Manassas and occupied both places till
Monday, when he turned them over to
the four corps d arn,ee His testimony
has been taken by the conduct of the
| War Committee.
Would She, Thought
| Garrett Davis, of KY, made ranting,
crazy, pro-slavery, and very nearly a
traitorous speech in the Senate the
other day, in which he declared, that
Kentucky will never consent to the abo-
lition of slavery in the District Of Co.
lumbia, South Carolina, or any place
else that she would see ruin and eter.
nal desolation come upon her before she
would submit to have slavery touched
even in the Cotton States, by any means
constitutional Or unconstitutional
BAIL The time was when such ran,
brought Northern dough faces to theil
knees, and there are few of the same
sort left. But if Mr.. Garrett Davis had
not before thoroughly won the con.
tempt of the country and the Senate as
now constituted, he has it now
WHAT'S there in the atmosphere of a
Slave State which breeds such senti
ments in men, with an average sizec
brain? The investigation would be Gu
rious, if not profitable.
John Bell.
The Nashville Banner of Friday say.
that John Bell, the man some of us triec
to make President, is in fine health
We learn that, on the approach of the
Federal troops, he fed with the promi
nent rebels to Murfreesboro, but las
Wednesday, General Buell. sent ,oord t,
him to return home, telling him he hac
nothing to fear.-Louisrille Jour. 10Th
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
Conditional Loyalty.

! cuiated and influential journal, Harper s
Weekly, in the following article, so con
cisely and perfectly expresses our SEN
! timents, that ne adopt it iu preference
TO any thing We could say on the sub
jcct. 1t says;
I'VE are not Of those enthusiasts who
suppose that the rebellion is to disap-
pear in night. Its roots are in all
the strongest human passions-pride,
ignorance, prejudice, interest, and ha-
tired, The rebels are practically united;
for there is doubtless much less Union
feeling in the Cotton States than there
was Toryisin in the old colonies at the
Revolution. There may not be much
practical Terrorism in the rebel section,
for there is no need of it. Indeed, the
Union feeling, Of Tennessee Ind Ken
lucky is probably half conditional 10y
atty. In other words, it is not an un-
reserved acceptance of the Constitution,
with the candid intention Of abiding by
it-but it is conditional intention of
abiding by it if it works agrceab.y to
their wishes.
Now, one thing is clearly essential in
the final settlement of this war-and
that is, that the principle of armed re-
bellion against the result of constitu-
tional election must be utterly annihi-
lated. Anything less than that is the
absolute triumph of the revolution. If,
while they are still in arms, the rebels
should say that they will lay them down
upon condition that they can have GER
tain guarantees, and those guarantees
are giyen-then, of course, they con-
quer, and the precedent will be estab-
lished that a defeated party has only to
appear in arms to secure what they
want. Any other terms to rebellion
than those offered by General Foster at
Roanoke, and General Grant at Fort
Donelsou-;'im Immediate and uneondi-
tional surrender betrayal of the
Government and the end of civil society.
If, when that surrender is made, and
the leaders of the bloody and causeless
revolt have been dealt with as the ma
tional justice may decide, and the ordi-
nary, peaceful operations of life are re-
sumed, a convention should be consti-
tntionally called, and changes in the
Fundamental law should be constitution
ally made, there might be regret, but
there could be no complaint Of foul
play. IF no changes should be made,
and the convention dissolving, the peo-
pie should acquiesce in the result, it
would be clear that peace had been ac-
tually secured.
To say to the rebels that if they will
lay down their arms there shall be a
convention, and to add that at that con-
vention certain results shall be achieved,
! is to show to all mankind that cur Gov
ernment is an imbecile sham, aad our
apparent love of country lie. Who
ever advises such a course. if he under
Glands himself, is the worst of traitors;
if he does not unde, stand himself, he is
a zahy.
! Conditions loyalty is ''rretty good
egg
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
An Ordinance
For grading and paving sidewalks in the in
corporated village OF Middleport, in Meigs
County, Ohio.
March 20, '62.-11-3m

For grading and paving sidewalks in the in
corporated village OF Middleport, in Meigs
County, Ohio.
SECTION l. Be it Ordained By the Toun Council
efths Incorporrted Village Of Middteport That all
owners of town lots, real estate, located on the
streets hereinafter namcd are hereby required
to construct good side walks, of brick stone or
plank. If constructed of plank, to be built in
the following manner: the plank to be II inches
thick and six inches wide, tayed crossways of
the walk, and layed on three substantial oak
timbers, and well spiked at each end; the
width and grade of said walks to conform to
the ordinances fixing the slrne in said corpo-
ration aforesaid upon the parts of said streets
adjoining their respective property on or be-
fore the first day of September, A. D, 1862.
SEC. I'd. Commencing on First Street. on the
south side of Rutland Street, in Jones Addi-
tion to Middleport, and extending south on
both sides of said street, to intersect Third
Street, in Sheffield, (now Middleport; thence
south on Third Street, on both sides, to the
southeast corner of let owned by L. D..
Moore, in Behan's Addition to Sheffield, (now
Middleport;) thence easterly one square to Sec
ond Street, on both sides; thence commencing
at Short Street and running northerly on both
sides of Second Street to l.. c. Donnalys north
west corner; thence westerly one square on
the north side to Third Street in Sheffield, (now
(now Aiiddleport) on both sides, from Second
Street to Third Street; also from Mr. Fox's
northeast corner up Mill Street on the south
side to Henry Dixons northwest corner; also
| from fIugg & Goes corner down Coal Street. on
both sides of said street to Water Street; thence
up Water Street, west side, to Main Street;
thence up Main Street. on both Sides to First
Street; thence on the north side of Main Street
| to scheol-house; then commencing at Behan' s
southeast corner, and running down Rutland
Street, on both sides, to Water Street; thence
up Water Street, west side, to Coopers old
store; thence west, both sides of street, to R.
R. Hudson's northwest corner.
SEC. 8. And in case the property holders
aforesaid refuse or fail to have said walks
made within the time specified, the Mayor
shall cause the same to be made, and levy a
tax upon their property sufficient to meet the
expense thereby incurred.
Attest ]. H. RICE, Mayor.
R. DowSISG, Recorder.
| Middleport, March IA, ls62.-11-1t
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
A Brilliant Idea.

The Cincinnati Enquirer is engaged
in the laudable effort of convincing the
farmers that for every bushcl Of corn
which they sell for niRc cents. which it
says is all they can get for it, especially
iny Illinois and Iowa, they must pay a
tax to the Government Of sirty ceais,'-
And this result is the consequence, OF
course, of the refusal Of the "Black
Republican Abolition" majority in the
Free States to continue the "Deuloo
racy in power.
Tho Enquirer arrives at its figures in
this way Among other sources of rev.
enue, the bill before Congress proposes
sstux Of fifteen ceuts per gallon upon
rh1ky And this philosophical dis
penzer Of Democracy says that Some
bushel Of corn will make four gallons
ofIwhisky, and that fifteen cents gal
Ion is a tax of sixty cents bushel on
tho farmers corn, and which the former
must pay, and still sell his corn for
m6ee cents. oAnd to convert all turner's
to othe Dcmeefatic faith, the idea is fur
ther elaborated thus. "Reckoning the
prodnct of corn at forty bushels to the
acre, this would be an indirect tax of
frenlyJou dollars Ter acrer
What an estimate these men must
rut upon the intelligence of the farm
ers! No doubt the Enquirer chuck keled
over the vision of the crowds of farmers
rushing into the embrace of the "party"
on reading such an appeal! To put
down, the rebellion, and save the Gov
ernment from the treason aimed at its life
by those with whom the Enquirer has
always affiliated, requires money. To
get this money, with the least possible
pressure upon the people, Congress pro-
poses. among other things: to levy an
excise tax upon schisky IF not laid
upon whisky, an equal amount aust be
levied upon land or something else
But no matter. The Enquirer, assum-
ing that the farmers are too stupid to
detect the transparent cheat, appeals to
their supposed ignorance, and tells them
that, a tax of. fifteen cents on whisky is
tax of si.rty cents bushel on their corn,
and fren.y. fonr dollars an acre on
their land! And this is said with the
purpose Of rcstoring'to power, by these
shameless tricks, the miserable party
hacks who have, already brought the
country to the very brink of ruinl
1sitany wonder that The rebels still
entertain ashope of-success, when such
mopstrous propositions pass current in
the Free State Of 0hio2 The leaders in
the South have looked upon our peo-
pie, and spoken Of them as mere ''mud-
sills'-as "wLite niggers "greasy
mechanics, &c. And the publication
Of such papers in our midst, must 60
far TO confirm them in their opinion
They will very naturally argue that a
people 50 far lost to common sense and
maalysentiment as to support the lead
ersiwhocan thus coolly ignore tieir in
telligenee in their appeals to an unrea
soning prejudics, may get be made the
rerfs Of the conspirators. This is un-
doubtedly the last hope of jeff. Dayi.
and his crew. Of course, the hope is q
vain one. But it will cause the struggle
to be protracted, and many additional
lives to be sacrificed, for which such
sheets and their conductors are, in the
court of reason and conscience, respous
ible.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
Netu advertisements.
READ THIS.

"Investmsnts in Real Estate are the safest at all
times, and pay the best in the end"
7 HAVE many thousand acres of Land in
J. Meigs and adjoining Counties, which be-
longed to the late Nahum Ward, for sale at
reasonable prices, and give long time for pay
being paid down. Address,
WM. S. WARD,
Marietta, 0.
n. B.--Cash down in full, not objected to-
March 90, '62.-11-6t
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
Aew advertisements.
D E n 7 ] S T r Y.
DR.. .. c. pVHHL Er .

HAVfNG removed from Middieport, and 10
III Gated in Pomeroy, is prepared TO answer
all calls in he line OF his profession. His Of
fee is on Court ST, where he will be found mt
all times, when not absent on professional
business. From ten years successful practice,
he is confident hat he can give entire satisfac-
ton to all needing his services. All work
warranted. He will visit patients in town or
country, and hopes, by fidelity, and strict at
tention, TO merit the patronage Of the commu
nifty.
DR.. WHALEY uses, in all cases wh;n de-
sired, galvanism, as a parria. allayer of pain
in the extraction of teeth, and other painful
operations. March 5, 1s62.-9-1m.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
No Army or Navy Ofhcers to Return Fu-
gitive Slaves,

gitive Slaves.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-President
Lincoln on Thursday approved of the
additional article of war, which goes
into immediate operation, namely: All
officers and persons in the military or
naval service of the United States are
prohibited from employing any Of the
forces under their respective commands
for the purpose of returning fugitives
from service or labor who may have es-
capped from any persons to whom such
service or labor is claimed to be due, and
any officer who shall be found guilty by
court martial of violating this article
of war shall be dismissed from the SER
rics,
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
King Cotton Dethroned.

That the days Of cotton, as king, is
numbered, is an absolute certainty, at
Least upon his dusky throne. If cotton
is to clothe the world hereafter, it will le
as the product of free, aud not slave la
Dor. But there is prospect that fax
will take its place, as sorghum is super
seding the slave-grown sugar of the
South. Many experiments have been
made within the last few years to pre-
pare the fiber of fax as substitute
for cotton. These experiments have
only been partially successful But
scientific men have been confident that
other discoveries and further expert
ments would ultimately be crowned with
success. The Washing ton correspondent
of the Journal announces that that sue
cess has been achieved But, whether
it has or not, we believe it will be. The
writer says:
"But if human law fails to Danish
slavery from our soil, Gods laws will
not. Cotton, the greatest support of
that system, ,1as King; but as Monarchs
have their Gay, SO does the reign of this
king give way to the onward march of
| improvement. / have before me, as l
write, Cotton's King, in the shape of
fax-wool, about which l will tell you
some things. By new process, the
fibre of the common fax can be reduced
to beautiful srool, as white and fine as
any upland cotton The sample l have
was raised ia Ohio, and the process is a
discovery of an Ohio man. One ton OF
"6ax straw will produce one bale OF
four hundred and ffty pounds of the
"wool," and one acre will produce two
tons of the straw, ee two bales of wool.
A little calculation will show what i'm
mense results will Gov from the discov-
cry of this new semancipator." The
former, after realizing on an average ten
dollars an acre for his fax seed, sells his
} fax straw at minimum price Of 1--WE
dollars ton, or ten dollars the acre
giving him gross product of twenty
dollars. and under an increased demand
and favorable circumstances, thirty dol.
lars the acre. This wool can be sepa
rated from the straw, cleaned, bleaehet
and baled ready for market at Jice cents {
pound, and give the fax mill splendid
profit. No cotton will ever compete with
it in quality or cheapness. Two men
with the present aids to labor by ma
,chinery, can cultivate Forty acres of fax
or bring cut a result Of eighty bales ;
season. 1t requires the labor oftwenty
slaves to produce the same amount o
cotton. The climate of the Northerr
and Western States is peculiarly adapted
to fax culture, and car five the worie
, enough Of this stapte to elothe it in fnt
linen, "if not in purple" and yet no
interfere with the prodaction of the
other great staples. Who knows bu
that the 'great west may yet be th'
clothier as we'll as feeder of the world
and that this little plant, SO modest il
its proportions, shall work out the grea
problem of OUT national difficulties.
j More Rebels Captured.
A dispatch from St. Louis, says:
: GAN expedition seat out from Sedali;
by Brigadier-General NcKean, int
Bates county, has just returned will
forty prisoners of war, recruits TO
Prices army, and quantity Of arms INK
ammunition.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
SOLDIERS Slams.
n. ID . W NJ c.

IA. ID q W NJ Z NJ G.,
attorney for Claimants.
A RREARS of pay, and bounty money due
N friends of deceased soldiers, and invalid
pensions for those wounded or disabled in the
present war, procured. Land Warrants for
sale, and Warrants procured for those entitled.
Prompt attention given to NIL requests Ad-
dress r. Downing, ATfddleport, o.
Feb 6. '62.-5-Sm
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21

Notice.
TIME undersigned has been duly appointed
i Administration de bonis non, of the estate
of Benjamin Holt, late of Meigs County, ONO
deceased. All persons indebted to the estate
are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims against the same,
will, without delay, present them to the under
signed for allowance. J. F. BROWN,
Administrator de bonis non.
M,rci, Z 1890 AIT
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
DIR. Roback's scandinavian Blood Pills
and Blood Purifier.

sTne blood is the life,'' says scripturei so says
Science Expel corruption from the blood and
no disease can exist in the system. My Blood Pills
and Purifier perform their task efectualy. They
are powerful vegetable dstergents, and cure all
forms of disease, which arise from impure blood
simply because they remove the common causes Of
disease from the life sustaining fluid. Hence their
apparently miraculous of scrofula, eruptions
trmers, dyspepsia, livef complaints, rheumatism !,
swelling of the joints, and all affections Of the in
ternal organs, which do not proceed from malfo r
n ation, See advertisement. Q-3w.l =
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21

Leather, Fad SKINS, &c, ke-
Also, Lasts, Pegs, Shoe Thread, Kit of every
description, Shoe Nails, and everything in the
Finding line to which we invite the attention
of the public.
Call and examine for yourselves. Highest
Cash Price paid for Hides Sheep Pelts and
Furs. March 5, '62-9-y
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-21
G. o A l.!

TIME subscriber would respectfully inform
i his old customers, and all others interest
ed, that the price of Coal is as follows:
Best Black Coal ......-...........6c. per pushel.
Red ....................-...5c.
for CASH. on delivery.
Apply at the bank, on Mulberry Street, q
short distance from the Court House, to the
subscriber. JOSEPH BLACKBURN.
Feb. II, l862-6--2m lsa