Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-07-18

TfoN5 FOR LEXINGTON.
|. A dispatch was received cn Saturday
afternoon about 4 clock by Mr.. Ernst
and Capt Shipkle OF sCoTington, from
Gen. Boyle, giving the startling intelli-
gence that Col. Jo ohn Morgan, with a
large force of rebel cavalry and artillery,
was II arching on Lexington and Frank
fort, and that he shreatehed to burn
both of those.eities. This information
was communicated at once to the an
thorities of this city, but before any
general consultation could be obtained
4 the Mayor received the following dis
patch from Gen. Boyle:
"LoUIsvILLE, KY, July IL, 1862.
ellis Honor, Mayor Hatch:
s'Send artillery and as many men as
possible to Lexington, KY, without
delay.
~. T. BOYLE, Brig. GeneEsl
The Mayor Immediately sumni5ned
his assistants, and after brief eonfer-
ence it was decided to call mass meet
ing of citizens at once in Fifth Street
Market space. Messengers were dis
patched in different directions, and at
half past nine o'clock a concourse of
several thousand persons was assembled
at the east end of the Market-house.
This meeting was held, at which pa
triotic speeches were made and COM
mittees appointed to see to the safety of
the City. The proceedings are too
long to copy in the Telegraph.
While the committee were in session
the following answers to dispatches were
| received: I-...-..-
como WHITE SULPHER SpRISGs,
| June IL.
''4Kayor Hatch: .s.cs q,
Il have ordered troops from Camp
| Dennison and Camp Chase to proceed
to your city, and report to Captain Dick
terson. Have also ordered one tn housand
stand of arms sent.
DAVID TODD, Governor"
Another dispatch was received by
Mayor Hatch from Gen. Boyle. of
which the following is the substance:
cit is believed that Morgan's force is
| $500. Heswill soon gain accessions if
the Government does not showits power.
He threatens to move as far as your city.
81. T. BOYLE, Brig. Gen.
The following dispatch was also re-
ceived by Mayor Hatch from Gen.
Boyle: a @
LOUISVILLE, July IL. ~
"MAYoR HATCH: A regiment from
Indiana will arrive here on Sunday
morning. We will have to'defend this,
city, and Cincinnati must defend hex.
ington. Morgan, with fifteen hundred.
men, has burned Perryville, and is
marching on to Danvilie
o.e j. l.. Boyle, Brig. Gen.
The Committee also agreed upon the
following call to our citizens, which was
published in the Enquirer of yesterday
morning.:
+ To THE PATRtoTic CITIZENS eefs
IGIacIsaATR-sThe andeesigaed, fes the
Committee appointed at the Citizens
Meeting held last evening at the Fifth
Street Market House, authorized by
said meeting, request that the citizens
convene at thesPublic Square on Fifth.
Street THIS MORNING, at 9 clock.
& GEORGE HATCH, Chairman.
L. j. GALLAGHER, Secretary! 4
The Com mittee then adjourned to
Sunday morning. Z
The city was astir at an early hour
yesterday morning, and by 8 o'clock a
crowd of some 5000 persons assembled
in the Fifth Street Market Space.
MASS MEETING ON SUNDAY MORNING..
The meeting was organized on motion.
of Hon.. Geo. E. Pugh, by, calling
Mayor Hatch to the chair and appoint
ing John D. Caldwell as Secretary.-
Brief speeches were madeby the Mayor
Messrs. Pugh, Gallagher and Eggleston..
On motion of BENZ. Eggleston the.
Mayor was instructed to send portion
of the police force, properly equipped,
to Lexington, by an earl y train.
The Mayor replied that the police
were willing to go. and had asked per-
mission to do SO, and that they would
depart in tho evening. The motion
was adopted. +
The Mayor here read the following.
from Judge Bnckner Of Kentucky
81, "LExINGToN, July f3.
"Can't you send us some assistance
by special train? Unless we can get as,
sistance our city must fall into the
hands OF the enemy. A special train
will leave CoVington at 10 o'clock. ~
PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL.
In consequence of intelligence re-.
ceived here that the City of Lexins ston,s
KY, is in danger Of falling into. the
hands of arebel force under Morgan,s
and in response to a call for aid from;
the authorities of that city, the City:
Council of Cincinnati convened in ex-i
.traordinary session yesterday at half
past2 o'clock Z. M, to take such aetidn3
as the exigeney seemed to demand.
On MOTION 0f .9Elionas H Weasner3
Mr.. William Glass, from the Forth