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

n man sslo uIa, anti every rlnteilSeht am
honest man viii, give them the rebuke
such double dealing merits.
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The Last Hope of the Rebels
i The boldness with which the leaders
!! Of the Democratic party in Congress
and their leading papers, have recently
announced their sympathy with theil
fofmer partisaAs Of the South, has giver
the rebel chiefs fresh courage, and. is
mo doubt, the cause Of their hrotracted
struggle, So confident are the South
ern conspirators that their partisans
here are ready to strike, that Governoi
I Letcher, of Virginia, on the 5th ult.
sent in a message to the rebel Legisla-
Eture, in, which he s. Us the policy of the
war must be changed to an aggressive
one. He says that the force in the
Valley of Virginia must be increased
and ssthe tyrat,ts sgrasp upon Maryland
loosened.." He urges that the Confed-
erate troops must not be longer kept IN
the bounds Of the Gonfederacy eating
iup the substance of the paeitied
people, bat must be pushed into
Southern Illinois, Indiana and Chic.
to q people sehoSei syalpatlsies arc seitlt
the South, AND WHO WILL EXTEND AID
AND COMFORT
/ It is certainly time the loyal people
Of the Free States were looking this
danger in the face. Is it probable that
the notorious Letcher would count SO
confidently On the aid of his partisans
famong us, if he had not other assu-
frances than the pablo utterances of
the papers and politicians who spout
their treason in our midst Has he not
rather the assurance Of thesecret leagues
| ofeonspirators that their organizations
are perfected and ready to strike on the
Iapproaoh Of the rebel hordes.
+ But, can it be epossible that the Val
tlandighams, and Vorheses, and Powells,
and Dayises in Congress, and such papers
as the Statesmen, and Enquirer, Of the
| North can carry the Democratic party
into open treason.here, as the leaders in
/ the South have done? We 30 not believe
1T. The masses of the party cannot be
ready to follow, these desperate men into
civil war at home: Let the blow be,struek,
land we verify believe majority of the
party will fersake these leaders, and
strike for. their country and their homes.
Still, it is the hope and belief that the
party in the North will rise against the
Constitution and Government the mo-
ment the leaders think it safe to call
them to arms, that now sustains the
rebels in their desperation. But for
this belief they would be utterly un-
nefved.
VIII honest, patriotic men continue
ito sustain the enemies of their country
hy sustaining the leaders which give
those enemies such encouragement to
continue the rebellion?
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.sdaress of Gea..aleciellan to his Troops.
HEADQUARTERS OF GEN. McCLgLLASs1
Army, Tuesday Evening, June's.
The following address was read to
the army this evening" at dress parade,
and received with an outburst Of vocif-
erous cheering FROM every regiment:
T CAMP NEAR NEw BRIDGE, June ?.
/ jSoteli;ers of tie Anay of tie PQtomae:
T | have fulfilled at least a part Of my
promise to you, You are now face to
face with the rebels, who are held at bay
in front Of the Capital.
The final and decisive battle is. at
hand. Unless you belle your past his
tory, the result cannot be for a moment
douatful. If the troops who labored so
faithfully aud fought so CALAMITY at
York town, and who so bravely won the
hard fights at williamsburg, West
Point, Hanover. Court House, and Fair
Oaks, now prove worthy of their ante
eedents, the victory is surely ours.
The eyents of every day prove your
superiority. Wherever you have met
the enemy you have beaten him
Wherever you have used the bayonet,.
he has given way in panic and disorder.
| ask Of you now one last crowning
effort The enemy has staked his ali
on the issue Of the coming battle. Let
US meet him and crush him here in the
center of the rebellion. !,
Soldiers! ! will be with you in this
battle, aud share its dangers with you.
Our confidence in each other is now
founded upon the past. Let US strike a
blow which is to restore peace and
union to this distracted land.
Z Upon your valor, discipline, and mu-
tual confidence tie resait depends.
GEO. B. MCCLELLAN,
Major General Commanding
Cen Pope captuxes 10, 900 Prisoners and
$4,000 Stand of Arms.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE follow
ing dispatch was received this afternoon
at the War Department:
HALLEcK S HEADQUARTERS, June 4.
Hon. e. II Stanton, Secretdry Of Wur:
Gen. Pope, withz40, 600 men, is thirty
miles south of Florence, pushing the.
enemy. hard. He already reports TO-
600 prisoners and deserters from the
enemy and Il, 600 stand of arms cap
tarcl. Thousands Of the enemy are
throwing aWsy their arms,