Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-09-12

: armed men in our streets, expecting a
t attack, as We had information of I'll
crossing of the river at Burlington L
. land, by a portion Of the rebel band
i Three hundred and fifty of the Ranger
: crossed to this side and came down t
haclne, which place they capture
about 8 O'Clock in the evening. The
shot deaf and dumb man who coul
not hear the order to halt, and it
SAID wounded one or two others. The
told the citizens that they were afte
horses and arms; that if they were nc
resisted they would not injure any on
personally, but if fired upon they woul
burn up the town. They then gathere
up all the good horses they could fin,
In town, getting twelve, we believe, an,
after some hours, crossed over to Va
again at Volts Bar, below Racine
From what we can learn, they tool
about 20 horses from this side of til,
river. Thursday and Friday they
camped few miles back from the river
and on Saturday, being reinforced te
about 1900, struck the Kanawha Al
Buffalo, from which time and place we
have no certain information of theil
movements
- While in Racine, the RANGERS
swore the most terrible vengeance on
Pt. Pleasant and Gallipolis, declaring
that they would not leave stone or
brick of either standing. But the
prompt turnout of the people of Maso n
and Gallia Counties, made the raid too
dangerous, and the band passed on for
the present. It is reported that several
large forces under Floyd and others are
making for the border. Without
large army sent into Western Virginia
Immediately, the rebels will have com
plete possession, and all the border will
be at their mercy.
---- The papers now say that we lost
only ten thousand men at the recent
battles between Cedar Mountain and
Washington. Thank God, it was not
the whole of Pope's army If McClel-
lans army had come to the scene of the
slaughter, as expected, the rebels would
have been annihilated. But through
some fatality he failed to bring up his
forces, and the defeat, retreat, the de-
struction Of train of one hundred and
fifty railroad cars, some dozen locomo-
tives, and stores of the value of many
were among the consequences.
A pretty high price to pay for the
jealousy of Generals, for that, after all,
is the sad, sickening cause of most of
our disasters.
1.-The rebel papers claim that they
have retaken the forts below n. o.
We hope this is not true, for if it is,
zen. Butler will hardly be able to hold
hat city. And yet the fact that Butler
has, by proclamation, called upon the free
,egrces of Louisiana, appealing to their
patriotism as citizens, to come to his res
cue, would seem to confirm the report.
They and THEN enslaved race are about !
he only loyal people lii the State
hitherto, the force under Gen. Butler
las been chiefly employed to keep these
people IN slavery to the rebels. 1t
must, therefore, be an all-engrossing
LANCER which could extort this sudden
all for help! If made in good faith,
nd to slaves as we'll as free negroes,
orce could be raised in twenty four
ours that would place Gen. Butler be-
ond the fear of capture by all rebeldom.
.--- Buchanan, Weston, and other
olnts in Western Va, have been cap
ured and sacked by the rebels-that is,
ur soldiers have surrendered their
osts to the guerrillas, who paroled the
'ederal troops and took the stores and
rms. This has now become so COM (
ION an occurrence that anything else t
ould seem to be out of order. {
by the very latest news from
Washington it seems that the rebels \
ave crossed the Potomac in force, not
'ss than 100000 having entered Mary
md. The Governors of Pennsylvania t
nd other loyal States are preparing to /
leet the invading host by such forces I
can be gathered up after the thou c
ands Of their citizens have left for {
lie defense of Washington. We be- i
eve the boys and old men will drive c
lie audacious invaders from their C
'll. This movement for self protection, t
e are told by the latest papers, is t
lthout the sanction, and in opposition t
the views of our military chieftains. r
neither it is intended to prevent, alb i
'lutely, the people of these States from !
ting in SO irregular" manner, is not t
ated. {
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