Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-11-07

be tmustered in" In the meantime,
by virtue of especial order," your cor
was allowed to advance with
ttHeadquarters.' Monday morning,
therefore, we took the train for Clarks-
burgh, where we arrived about IL A. NJ.
r.s This is one of the oldest towns in
Western Virginia, and would be very
pretty place, were it not for the houses
about three fourths of which are dirty,
old, dilapidatea looking structures-
sheds, barns, stables, negro novels, &c.
many of them such as Meigs county
farmer would tear down as a nuisance,
or because the ground was worth more
than the building on which it stood
Sill there is considerable trade there
mostly wfsHthes and am tpId,
.asgreat deal, of wealth. But what Of
this, minus the ego ahead Yankee
energy and Free State enterprise
There is, also, to its great credit, a Fe-
male, Seminary, where a school for
misses lis now going on. While in
town ! sauntered into the Court H ouse,
Gone of the good buildings, by the way)
and, for curiosity's sake, some
of the cold Records. From these, l
l find that the first County Court" was
held A. D., $780, A certain John
Nelson, was the Judge, appointed by
the Governor Of the Commonwealth, e
and 'con6rmed" by the s'Council of
State" The first business of the Court
was with class Of citizens charged with
unlawful gaming" and which, judging
from the remarkably long list Of indict-
ments entered, must have been extremely
large. If lawful and unlawful gaming
had about the same relative proportion
there then, that they may be supposed
to have now, gaming" of some kind
must have engaged the attention of u
majority of the Colony" in this 'sin-
fsnt State" The :srecord" does not
state whether the early settlement were
made by the First Families, or by some
others; but, as a matter of inference, We
are induced to credit them to the +. F.
VS..
The first civil case, was case Sin
case and the celebrated Philip Dod-
ridge was counsel for the defendants
The "case" was con sinued, and a jury
trial refused till the next term" We
didn't look to see whether it was had
then, or not.
On the main business street, under a
sign of Watches and Jewclry for sale, !"
we found our old friend, P. Lambrecht,
of Court street memory, evidently doing
a ''staving business. True to the in7
stinctive sagacity of the intelligent Ger
mans of our country, Peter saw that
Clark ksburg was the place 30 ''turn a
penny" and he is now making that town
of dirt and bad ,taverus contribute heav-
lily to his advantage. Industrious,
loyal and "sharp,' - long may be wave!
Wednesday last, We left Clarksburg,
and come to this place-distant about
% miles. Buckbannon is very pleas
ant litsle town, about the size Of Racine,
and the county seat, of Upshur county.
1t is situated in good country, and,
but for the rebellion, would be regarded
as thrifty, stirring county. y.seat. As it
is, in common with other portions of
the rebel States, it is reapiug the bitter
fruits of Secession. The loyal inhabi-
tants--of whom there are quite mum
ber--see and feel this, and long for the
time when the rebels shall be crushed
and the authority of the Union restored
We suppose you have seen Gen. Mil
roy, and, therefore. no personal descrip-
tion of him is necessary. 1t may not
be amiss to remark, however, that he is
one of natures noblemen, and "every
inch soldier Although stern in his
appearance, yet, at heart, he is Eind as
child; and, l am informed, by one
who was with him at the battle OF
Nc Dowell, he gave up his own horse to
wounded soldier, that he might be car.
ried where he could have better con.
veyance. The General was the last one
in leaving the field, and was exceedingly
vigilant in seeing that hone of the sicb
and wounded were left behind. Thi.
may be regarded as small matter foi
a "Brigadier,' but great or small, i,
gave the "Old Grey Eagle" such a hole
upon the affections of tho men in hi
command, as commanders seldom get
The following General Order, No. %
under date of Oct. 22d, 1862, is so per
tinent to the topic upon which an
writing, and SO perfectly ILLUSTRATIVE
of some of the noblest traits which Cal
grace brave and generous manhood
that l cannot forbear giving it in full
1t reads: ...-
The General commanding has beel
repeatedly panied to learn that fe'
bad men in some of the regiments o
his command, are in the habit Of abusing
beating and otherwise maltreating til
negro and mulatto servants and team
sters employed by officers and quarter
masters in his command. The service
of these negroes and mulattoes are ne
cessary, and cannot be disposed with