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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-11
Wasbinston News and Gossip.
WASHINGTON, February 4.
rup rATu surpnfteu
THE LATE sKIRMIsH

II appears that at four o'clock, Colonel
Friedmans Cavalry, the Cameron Dragons,
numbering eight hundred men, went out IN
the direction Of Fairfax Court house, for the
purpose of capturing the Secession pickets.
They swept the country from Fairfax Court
house to Hunters Mills perhaps five miles,
going within half a mile OF Germanto o,
which is several miles beyond the Court.
hou'e They drove in all the Secession pick.
etc, thirteen excepted, who belonged to the
First North Carolina and the First Virginia
Cavalry. These they captured, and this
evening they were brought to Washington.
They we're found in log house, and on be-
ing surprised fred upon our scouts. Que
rebel was killed Captain Wilson, of the
Cameron Dragons, was wounded iu the
neck. A sergeant was also wounded. The
command was under Major Moss, of the
Cameron Dragons. A tran sportation wagon
belonging to the rebels was captured, TO-
gether with the horses and rifles mentioned
in the preceding dispatch,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-11
THE U. s. CONSUL AT MARANHAM.

News has been received here of the resie
nation of VIM. H. McGrath United States
Consul at Maranham, Brazil The prompt
action OF this gentleman on the recent visit
OF the rebel privateer Sumter at that point
was warmly commended by the Government.
and his resignation will be rejected.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-11

Abram Fielder has been officially recog
nized as Vice-Consul of Switzerland for the
States of Missouri, Illinois, Kansas aud the
Territory of Nebraska, to reside at Highland
Illinois.
COMMAND FOR MAJOR. GENERAL FREMONT
The rumors concerning General Fremont
assume definite shape, aud it is now as
serted that by the 18th instant he will be
assigned command.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
Surrender of Harper's Ferry.

We have the report Of the Commits
sion appointed to inquire into the dis
graceful and disastrous surrender of
lIarper's Ferry. 1t is 700 long to give
in full, and for the honor Of our coun-
try. we could wish the necessity for its
revelations had never arisen We give
an extract or two that our readers may
see the kind of patriots who have been
in command of our armies Of the do
ings of Col Miles, who was in command,
and who was shot after the surrender, the
Commission, among other things, says:
''Immediately previous to and spend-
ing the surrender of Harpers Ferry, he
paroles rebel prisoners and permits, in
deed sends them, to the enemy's head
quarters. This, too, when he should
have known that the lack of ammuni-
ton, the bad conduct Of some Of our
troops, the entire absence of fortifca-
tions, and the abandonment of Mary land
Heights, were important facts they could,
and undoubtedly Gid, communicate to
the enemy. Sixteen of these prisoners
were paroled on the 18th, and pass
given them in the handwriting of Col.
Miles, while rebel officer by the name
Of Rouse, after an escape is retaken, and
subsequently had a private interview
with Col. Miles, is paroled, and after the
surrender appears at the head of his me n,
among the first to enter Harper = Ferry.
Here is man in command of the most
important position imrnaginable, parol-
ing rebel prisoners, and in fact sending
them to the rebel headquarters, with
full knowledge OF his position, as if to
invite the attack, and make it possible
for him to surrender his army! The
evidence is perfectly sickcning. But
Col. Miles was only subordinate, and
the Commission was compelled. from the
force of the testimony before them, to
pass in review the conduct of his supe-
riors. After giving full detail of the
movements of Gen. Mcclellan, the Com
mission sums up as follows:
"The Commission has remarked freely
upon Col. l.eMiles, and it cannot, from
any motive of delicacy, refrain from CEN
suring these in high command, when it
thinks such censure deserved. The
General -in- Chief (Halleck) has testified
that Gen Mcclellan, after having re-
ceived orders to repel the enemy invad-
ing the State of Maryland marched only
SIC miles per day, an an acreage, a0hen
parsuing the iurading enemy. The Gen
ral-in Chief also testifcs that in hs
opinion General Nc Cleltan could and
should haze relieved and protected Har
per,s Ferry, and IN the opn1ion the Com
mission fully coacur." .
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
LOYALTY in the South.

Our posterlty will stand amazed at the
utter stupidity Of the present time,
caused by an insane prejudice against
the negro, engendered by Slavery
This 'snegrophobia" has caused the sac
=rifce of more lives than all other asen-
cies combined, since this internal rebel
lion commenced. They have every
where in the South been our best and
only friends; ready to risk their lives to
serve the cause OF the Union, and yet
have been repulsed aud nsulted by most
of our commanders as Il purposely to
drive them into the ranks Of our enc
mics. This state Of things is, happily
changing for the better. Butitis is unfor
tuately too true that we have yet vast
numb bers in the uniforms Of q. S. officers,
who have no other idea of showing their
manhood than by cursing aud abusing
the negro. +.
Among the daily instances Of imPor-
taut services rendered by the negro to
our armies, the following, found in the
report of the recent successful ozpedi
ton Of our forces to the St J oh IS River,
will be read with interest:
at was a negro, who saved the 3ez-
pedition from uttar failure, and the
troops from probable ruin. On reach
ing the mouth of the st. Johns River,
it appears that there was no way for the
troops to get in rear of the battery on
the bluff except by marching for forty
miles around the head of Pablo and Mt.
Pleasant Creeks. They must carry
their rations, and the sick and weary
must be LEFT by the road side to be mur-
dered by the gGerrillas of the enemy
The troops would reach the scene ofac-
tion utterly exhausted, and if defeated,
would be likely to be annihilated. Yet
there was no alternative, and the order
for the desperate march was given.
"But, about, midnight a, negro came
from shore and told the General of a
point Of land where the troops might
land with ease and safety, and by a
march of eight or ten miles would reach
spot where they could cover the land
ing of cavalry and artillery, and from
thence by march of four miles could
reach the battery from the rear. He
described the roads and gave all needful
information as to the topography OF the
region with perfect clearness and abso-
lutte accuracy. His advice was adopted;
the enemy found themselves assailed
from side where they had not dreamed
of attack, and fed precipita tely..s We
owe the bloodless victoryof St. Johns
Bluff, and the opening of st. John S
River, to the bravery and intelligence Of
negro, (no longer, thank God, a slave
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
Notice.
STATE OF ONO, prob.to e,,, -.

Ne asiss iss1o County, ot oi0' sa Probate Court.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the follow
IN ing accounts have been filed in said Court
and that the same will be heard and settled at
the times following, TO viii:
The final account Of Rebecca Mccormack
late Adminstratrix of the estate of \. J Giles
decd, the Sth day of December, A. d. 1862
at II clock, Al NJ.
The final account of john kirkendall, Adj
ministrator Of the estate Of Miles kirkendall,
decd. on the 8th day Of December, a. D. 1862,
at II O'Clock, AN.
The second account Of Josiah Simpson, guar
Gian Of Amanda "ilbarger, on the 9Th of De-
cember, 1862, at 0 clock. y. NJ.
And the first report of George L. Joy, as
signee Of Jacob Shafer on the 9th December,
1862, at IL O'clock A. NJ.
". Il. LAsLEY Judge.
Nov. q, lS62-3w.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05

agemeDt into the hands of Mr.. Plants, [
feel assured that sit will receive no detri
ment. =, His bold and fearless enuncia-
tlon of principle, whether entirely in
consonsnce with your views or not, has
not failed to receive your sanction, as
manifested in the support Of the paper.
You are sufficiently we'll acquainted with
him to know that, as long as he remains
at its helm, the Telegraph will be con-
Quoted in the same manner; and | sim
cerely hope and believe you will extend
to 1T the support such course merits. r
To the business men Of the county,
especially, the Telegraph owes debt of
gratitude. Without the support of the
business community, newspaper is des-
tined to fail. Consequently, itrests with
them to say what shall he the future Of
the paper. Still, the relation is mutual,
and they can as little afford to be with
out the publication Of good paper as
the publisher himself .......
Hoping tose many OF you before the
time | shall retire. and hold sweet con-
verse" over past shortcomings, I shall
be pleased to hand you, as a keepsake,
our autograph, in full Of ali Arrears
Trusting our intercourse in the future
may be as pleasant as in the past,
!. | am, very respectfully, yours,
Il A. +. MoLA UGHLFN.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
Robert Dale Owen.

This gentleman SO we'll knoEn as a
ripe scholar and deep philosophical
thinker, has just written a long and very
able letter to Secretary Chase on the con-
dition of the country, the progress Of
the war, and the prospects of the future =,
He, too, like Holt and hundreds of other
Democrats, has been brought to the ir-
resistible conyietion that the only hope
for the salvation Of the country is in the
complete and permanent abolition Of
Slavery-not the emancipation of the
slaves of the rebels merely, nor Of the
rebel States, but Of the professedly loyal
men of the South, as well.
His letter is too long for our columns,
but his arguments are conclusive to our
mind, and we do notsee how any unpre-
iudiced mind can resist his conclusions.
And the experience Of the past confirms
the logic OF the letter If peace were
proclaimed o-morrov, and with Slavery
abolished IN every state bu5 one, the
Shareholders of that one State would
oiamor for more gaurantees-for more
constitutional safeguards = for more
bred Scott decisions-for more fugi-
tive slave laws, aud for a more perfect
subserviency of the Government, the
people, the churches, the press, and the
politicians, to it's behests. "There Is
no way to peace and prosperity but
through the abolition of Slavery" And
the sooner this truth is accepted as the
starting point of all efforts for the main
tenanee of the unity Of the Government
on basis ofRepublican institutions, the
sooner will we have peace.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
New York Election.

The official returns of the late cleo
ton in New York give Seymour, the
Democratic candidate for Governor, 10,-
613 majority over Gen. Wads worth, the
Republican candidate. The Republican
vote was $4,000 less than at the Presi-
dental election, while the Democratic
vote was only 5000 less than then
The diminished vote very fairly repre-
sents the voters in the service Of their
country. Out of the whole number of
volunteers from that State, there would
be just about the 10000 who would be
legal voters, and of these, the vote shows
that in politics they stood $4,000 Re
publicans, to 5000 Democrats One
party went away to fight, the other re-
mained at home to vote, and hence the
result.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
Progress.

Hon. Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, has
becomeaa full convert to the faith that
there is no way out of the horrors of the
rebellion and disunion but through
emancipation. 1t is wonderful that it
should take so clear head and sound
a heart as his, so long to reach this con-
clusion. But it should be remembered
that it is the greatest Of all human
achievements to overcome ones habits of
thought, and early prejudices. Judge
Holt is Southern man, a slave holder
and Democrat, but with it all, thor
oughly loyal and patriotic citizen. Step
by step he has been able to give up all
but his country, and in his love for tina t
he at last sees, what his education, his
habits, his political associations, and his
personal interests in Slavery had SO long
Veiled from his otherwise clear precep-
ton, that slavery and a free Government
are forever incompatible. This veil
removed, he stands forth the champion
of the right, and sustains the Presidents s
emancipation proclamation with a hearty
earnest tness. ---
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
A Live Democratic Family.

eThat live, whole-souled Democrat, An
drew Vance, Esq, Of Clay Township,
has FIVE sons who have arrived at man 5
estate, all OF whom voted the clean
Union Democratic ticket, on Tuesday
last! Six Democratic votes in one fam
lily! That's the way to put down Abo-
litionism. Huzza for the Union as 1t
vas The white men now rule. lit.
Vernon Banner.
Certainly. That's the way to put
down "Abolitionists." According to
the Banner, every man who sustains the
Government against the conspirators,
either by bullets or by ballots, is an cab
olitionist.' ~ And while seventy five
thousand patriotic voters from Ohio are
risking their lives in the service OF their
country, the Banner goes into eestacls at
the prospect of quitting them down by
such "Democratic families as that g To-
rifed above. No glorying in view Of a
victory over the rebels ever finds place
in the Banner. No rejoicing at the
alacrity with which loyal hearts respond
ed to the call of their imperiled coun-
try. Bus "hallelujah" shout is sent
up over the fact that a whole family,
shjrking their duty to their country,
"stayed at home to vote down the Abo-
lltionists." Well, We rather like to see
the trle co!ors hoisted, even over Il pi-
ratical craft 1t gives Il warning that
will be useful in the future.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05

ng~ Congress met, pursuant to the
Constitution, on Monday last, and the
Presidents Missage was probably deliv
cred on that day; but we have not yet
received it. We will have it. without
doubt, in time for our next issue. Let
er-writers from Washington. are giving
out all kinds of rumors as to its probable
contents, and recommendations But, as
these are mere conjectures, colored by
the wishes of the writers, we simply let
them pass, prefering to wait for the
document itself. 1t cannot fail to be
of deep interest, whatever the recommen-
dations may be.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
The Wonder of the Mic

The Wonder of the Microscope.
We understand it is through the agency Of
this marvel viewing instrument that Dr.. Aver
has at length succeeded in finding the PALUDAL
M1AsM and determining its character Of its
effects we in this section have abundant evil
dence in the FEVER AND AGUE which it alone
produces when absorbed through the lungs
into the blood. 1t has long been held to he
vapor of water from decayed and decaying
vegetation. Under great magnifying power,
the Doctor has found this vapor to contain dis
tinct organisms or living bodies, correspond
ing precisely with these found in the blood of
Ague subjects. They are $4,000 times less
than visible to the naked eye, but have dis
tnct character and form. He thinks they are
reproductive in decaying matter or in the
blood, and hence their long continued life or
the effects Of them in the system. He main
tains that they resemble in character the other
Preventative poisons, or such as the virus of
rabies or OF a dead body, &c, all of which are
known to reproduce themselves with great ra-
pidity like yeast in moistened flour, so that
the slightest quantity impregnates the whole
mass Yeast through powerful magnitier is
seen to be forest of vegetation which grows,
blossoms, and goes to seed IN q short time
Miasm is not SO distinctly vegetable, but has
more the appearance of animal life, although
its motions cannot be perfectly distinguished.
What the Doctor claims to have settled is that
it is an organic substance and he has further
found and embodied in his ''Ague Cure what
will destroy it Leader, St. Louis, Mo.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
The Rebels Disconnected.

! Tie heavy ia ms in Eastern Va have
delayed the movements Of Burnside
upon Richmond, and may, possibly,
compel him to relinquish the expcdi-
tion until spring. The rebels, however,
are in a panic, and well may, they be-
1t is now ascertained that all their plans
have been disconnected by the removal
Of Mcclellan and Buell..
With the understanding, that these
] two Generals were to control the arm les
Of the East and the West. the Southern
chiefs, fearing no attack from either du-
ring the winter, had formed their pro =
gramme. for a concentration of their
forces in the South, in such strength as
would enable them, with perfect case to
recapture New Orleans and all the other
points held by the United States. With
these points recovered, and the Union
forces expelled from all the Gulf States
during the winter, they were again to
concentrate their whole force in the
spring for an invasion Of the Free States,
if the uprising Of the Demo ocracy, ar the
intervention Of the Empcrors, Kings
and Aristocrlcy of Europe, in the mean
time, did not make the destruction Of
the Union final. The programme was
promising one, and would, we believe,
have been successful For, with our
Eastern and Western armies snugly in
winter quarters, there would have been
no difficulty in crushing the few Union
troops in the South by the concentrated
armies of the consprators. And, With
,Je1.sDavis i'll full possession of all the
Southern States, by conquest, after two
years Of war, the cause of fthe Union would,
indeed, have been hopeless, and the disso-
luton consummated. a--@.
But the renewal of Buell. and Nc
Clellan spoiled all this we'll -matured
scheme of the rebels, and it is no Won
der that their wrathSknows no bounds.
Burnside is too near to Richmond to al
low the rebels to withdraw their forces
from Virginia. Our Western army is
moving in several great columns to the
South, while Gen Banks is just ready
to start by far the greatest expedition
Of the war. Oar navy, increased by
the addition Of the new Monitors, and
iron plated steamers, is nearl y ready to
strike. And the shock will not be
single one, but the blows will fall stimuli
taneousiy on many important points
And the rebels begin to see this, and
all accounts prove that the panic among
them is intense.
Although, therefore, the season was
lost before the change in our command
ers was effected, yet, we believe that the
winter will not pass without giving the
death blow to the rebellion. ,
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
Mediation.

1t seems, after all that has been said
about the powers of Europe intervening
in favor of the rebels. that France, or
rather Louis Napoleon, has been the
primeinstigator Of the m movement. Rus
sia declines to aid sin the matter, and
even England thinks it will not pay at
present. So, as yet, the usurper of the
French Government, and the destroyer
of the Constitution. of his own country,
stands alone in his threats to aid the trait
ors in their diabolical efforts to over
throw ours. Ard it must be confessed
that there is propriety in his inter
ference.
Louis Napoleon vas elected President
of France by the people. His term Of
service was about to expire, and he was
not willing to give up his power. He
tampered with the army, and by its
means, at one blow struck down the
EConstitution aud the liberties Of his
country, and made himself the despotic
master Of the French people. The world
has known no despotism SO absolute as
that which he has builtupon the pros :
trated and crushed liberties of his coun-
try. About the oaly difference between
him and our rebels is, that be did not
wait for the people to vote him out of
power, not choosing to run the risk
Our rebels having held the power of the
Government, did allow the people to
vote; but when they voted them out,
they undertook to play the Napoleon
game, by force. Is it any onder there
should be a sympathy between them?
Every day that this Republic lives, it is
a standing rebuke to Napoleon. And
everyday that that periured tyrant
wears the imperial purple, it acts as a
stimulant to other erjured wretches, who
would be tyrants, to strike at the liber-
ties Of the people in all countries for the
sake Of power and plunder.
The sympathy between the Despots of
Europe, and especially Napoleon, and
our rebels must he complete. And the
only wonder is, that they have not in
terfered, even more actively than they
have. Undoubtedly one great reason
tina they have not, is the desire to see
us SO exhausted, first, as to make US the
prey of their rapacity with as little cost
to themselves as possible.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05
Old Hannah's Hospitality.

S'When was in Jefferson City last
fall, found the hospitals in the most
fearful condition you can imagine [
cannot stop to tell you of the scenes I
saw; it is enough to say that one poor
fellow had lain there sick on the hard
board and some five men carried away
dead, one after another from his side
He was worn to a skeleton worn
through so that great sores were all over
his back, and filthy beyond telling
One day little before my visit, old
Hannah, a black woman, who had some
washing to do for doctor. went down
to the ward to hunt him up. She saw this
dying man, and had compassion on him,
and said: oh, doctor, let me bring
this man to my bed, to keep him off the
floor The doctor said: The man is
dying; he will be dead Tomorrow
'sTo-morrow came and old Hannah
could not rest. She went to see the man,
and he,was still alive. Then she got
some help, took her bed, put the man on
it, and carrie him bodily to the other
shanty; then she washed him all over as
a woman washes BABY, and fed him
with spoon, and fought death hand to
hand day and night, and beat him back
and saved the soldiers life The day
gone ON a furlough to his home in In
diana. He besought Hannah TO so with
him; but she could not spare time-there
was all that washing to do. She went
with him to the steamboat, got him fixed
just to her mind, and then kissed him,
and the man lifted up his voice. as she
left him, and wept like child. | say
we have grown noble in our suffering
ROBERT CoLYER."
Poor old Hannahl If God had not
given her black skin He would, un-
doubtedly, take her to heaven when her
works of mercy are finished on earth.
But, being black, He will not dare to ad
NIT her. Democracy would raise row
at once if she were admitted, accept as a
sIace: that is, il there are Democrats
enough there to get up spree. De-
mocracy once fourished up there; but
some time ago, the leaders, Lucifer,
Mammon, Diabolis, and several others,
like Davis, Toombs, Wise and their as
sociates, got up rebellion and civil
war, which is fully reported in Milton S
Paradise lost. But the result of the
war was, we believe, complete "disso
luton of the Union,'' and the formation
Of Southern Confederacy, into which
most, if not all the synpathizers went,
and we have not heard of the reorgani-
cation Of the party up there since.
IF all the sympathizers went off with
the rebels, there was no material left
out Of which to reorganize the party,
and in that case, Gold Hannah may be
admitted with safety.
The historian does not give US any
account Of the existence Of Fugitive
slave lay up there at any time. But
if there ever was one. the 'sdissolution
of that Union" and the formation Of
the new ''Empiro Of the Tropics dlsan.
nuled it, and we believe no treaty has
ever been made between the heads Of
the two Governments, by which such as
"Old Hannah" escaping into Heaven,
can be sent back to her master in the
other country.