Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-06-13

llcould not be found, aud the bankers
affirmed positively that they had only
i SD, 900 In specie in the bank, and that
was in the character of private deposits
The General gave Messrs. Smith Il Go,
their choice between producing the
specie and going to Fort Jackson, and
the next morning the bankers showed
the place where the money was hidden.
1t was concealed in the air chamber,
tbetween the vault and brick wall. Fifty
| four Thousand dollars were slowed away
there very nicely.
EDEALINa WITH THE BRITISH CONSUL.
+ Gommunieation. of rather tart char
Eacter had passed between Gen Butler,
Land the Acting British Consul, Mr..
! aarga Gospel, at d sa srleaHs. II ref:
ference to number of her Majesty s
suAje sts, belonging to bedy of armed
tmen, known as the British Guard, and
attached to the European Brigade. un-
tder command of General Juge. This
Brigade was organized for the purpose
of maintaining the peace Of the city, and
two or three. days after the occupation
by the Union army it was disbanded.
Immediately after disbandiHg, Captain
Barrows' company of the British Guard
held meeting, and voted to send their
arms and uniforms to Gen. Baarre gard s
army, which they did. On hearing of
this, General Butler threatened to arrest
every member Of the company found in
the city after the lapse CT twenty four
houfs. Three of the members were so
arrested, and hence the correspondence.
| Extract from the consul'slettar.l
It is not my intantion in this COM
munioation to shield my countrymen in
| the step they have taken, for it may be
construed as breach of that neutrality
imposed by her Majesty upon all her
subjects, but if it is looked upon in that
light, feel convinced thatsthey, when
| they took such action, were ignorant of
I the importance, that might be attached
to it, and did it with no idea Of wrong
or harm. It may not, Sir, be irrelevant
for me to mention that much regret to
hear the position of British subjects, in
this city, as neutrals, should have been
QueStlOneQ ofSdoapted. w. ~ -
EXTRACT from Gen. guller,s Rep,y.J
I am content for the present to suffer
open enemies to remain in the city of
their nativity, but law-defying and
|treaeherous alien enemies shall not. /
welcome al ueutrals and foreigners who
have Kept aloof from these troubles
which have been brought upon the city.
and will, to the extent of my power,
protect them and their property. They
fskaH have the same hospitab!e and just
treatment they have always received at
the hands Of the United States Govern
ment. They will see, however, for
themselves, that it is for tie interest of
ali to have the unworthy anohs them
rooted out; because the acts of such
bring suspicion upon all. Ali the facts
above set forth can easily be substan
tiated, and, indeed, are II sTasively ad
mitted in your note By the very apology
made fer them. That apology says,
that these men when they took this ac
ton sent these arms and munitions to
Beaureg srd-'did it with no idea of
wrong or harm" | do not understand
this Can it be that such men Of age to
enrol themselves AZ a military body did
not know that it MAS wrong to supply
the enemies of the United States with
arms? IF. so, | think they should be
absent from the city long enough to
learn SO much International law; or do
you mean to say that, knowing their So
cial proeliYities and the iateness of tue
hour when the vote was taken, there
fore they were not responsibleY
Thus far YOU will do me the honor to
observe, that I have treated your COM
munication if it emanatea from no duly
authorized Consul Of Hef Majesty s
Government at this port. TIe respect
| feel fer that Government leads me to
err, if at all, upon the side of reeogni-
ton Of all its claims, and those Of its
officers; but take leave to call your at.
tention to the fact that you subscribe
yourself Her Britanic Majesty's Act
ing Consul, and that have received
no official information of any right
which you may have so TO act, except
your acts alone, and pardon me if err
which have come to my knowledge have
not been Of such character as to induce
the belief On my part that you right
fully represent that noble Government.
| | have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedieut servant,
BENZ. +. BUTLER,
Major General Commanding.
To Gro G. CoPPELL, acting as her
Majesty's Consul at the port of New
| t0rleans, La.
lCae Effect OF the War.
| We see it stated that the average cash
value of male slaves at present IN South
Carolina, as shown by the auction sales.
&c, is S3l5-female 500. Thus it
Eappears that for the first time in the
history of that State or any other State,
male slaves are much less valuable than
female. Tks reason no doubt is that
men don't ike to buy male alaves, know
ing the strong probability if not the
certainty, of their being sieSed for mil
Iitsry service. This strongly Indicates
the eoudision of things there,
The average value of male and fe-
male slaves in South Carolina has hith-
terto been a thousand dollars. So the
depreciation upon the hundred and
Ieighty Eve thousand slaves of the Stare,
allowing the number OF males and fe
males to be equal, is about two hundred
and sixty four million of dollars. What