Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-02-14

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Gen. HuutsrF sLane,ss however, was
[stip-ascogdsd,thae privilege { afoSeyag the
ssrSses of Cen Hantss. i-Ths,. matter
has esgsed: i great. ddsE 81 ofsNezsitsment, N
aad the, ,prpbabsaitysis shat ians1sill 70
sfgn :esaaas ii return - g thee Senate,
which .hs left 10: take sehsss:s Of. tie
sxpeditssh.5y; " e 2 :" : ~ !
Thes Capture of Fort Hsnyy. ssE
An account ct the capture of Fort;
Henry, viii" be Found Id ANOTHER selsma.,
In speafiese ef shs-s#sctssof sahis splea-
did achievement, tie Gfncinnssff ;qaszsas
says: "a =
This victory. takes sSsair ssria into
Tennessee ID i point MIiSh thTsatens
she ehemy's COMMUNICATING. with. Co:
lumbus, and. between Middle Tsnpsasee
aud the, Mississippilriver, andsthreatens
the rear Of ALI the.::.rsbeE posi- 10
Kentucky. It is the entering wedggat
a point where an advance. will cut. The
rebellion-'id. t8a IN. seanssses The
other rehel positions, are sil pierced by
other diyisians Of our. arm y Sand Skis =
feat.is like ..the;fall the frst .briGk IN
a row: alI.therest nnst So down. Other
importan Mt movements Of TROOPS. are going
forward, and cthsr rYiet TORIES: jill fblhW
in. rapid succession We .thinE but q
short time-wiit-elapse before our: army
Will have full possessfoR ..off : Tenn eases,
A .@EEeoa Rasttton. GAINED. -. -.
7Fhe.railroaa bridge which The vieto-3:
rious TennesssssExpe has taken
possession of, on the Tennessee river, is
of the railroad which beunects the Lou
Fisville & Nashville i' Railroad, 81 way of
Bowling Green aud. .Russeltvilla, Ky
and .Clartsville, and Paris. Tenn with
the Memphis l. Ohio Railroad, 4, Hum
boldt, Tennessee. 1t is -enes Of the ost
impprtahy lines Of. rebel comm unieation
in the West : Our occupation cuts of
Etheiif.. railroad eommunication between
| all their positions in Kentucky Middle
and Eastern Tennessee, and the Missis:
sippi, except by way of the Nashville 4
Chatssnooga Railroad. south eass to
Northern Alabama, and then west on
the Memphis L. Charleston Railroad to
the Mobile & Ohio RAILROADS. very
roundabout way.
In a Quandary.,-- =
The Rev d. w. Conway. formerly Of
Washington City, and lately of CTncin.
natl, in recent lecture il Boston. ,..de
scribed aninteryiew he had had withPres
ident lincoln, in which the President ex,
! pressed an earnest. desire to hsye Sod or
his side, but. that. he must Lave Ken:
tucky. Of course, he would not like
to give up either, but, in the last ex.
tremity, he would be compelled to rely
upon Kentucky.
:';This is very much like the pious lady
relating her feelings on a certain criti
cal occasion when her horse ran away
with her in the carriage. She said sh'
"put her trust cafuriy in Providence uati
the breechtng broke and then she gav'
|; up! :.
Gen: Lander at Fsolnney.
f. Gen. Lander, with eight thousane
men, marched upon Romney a few day.
since, which has: been held; for, SOM
time by the rebels. Although sth'
"secesh": had larger force, and :weri
,E.well posted, yet on the approach .
Lander, they fed without a shot, cross
ing: the river toward Winchester. and
i, true to the incendiary instincts of thei
y class, they burned the fine wire bridg
behind them. =:
; Capture OF Rebels near Fairfax
On the 7th inst, the Camero'
: EDrsgoons, 800 strong, had severe skir
j mish with the rebels near Fairfak, Va
} They captured thirteen Of the febe
: cavalry, killing one and woundin
? ANOTHER. One of our Captains wa
Il killed, and a Sergeant wounded. Th
!, rebels ran away as usual. =
rtGen.'s g. Lane and Hunter
81 We publish in another column, "a
: article on theLane and Hunter difficulty
! tsksn from the Philadelphiae Enquire,
: It partially explains why: Lane is not t
3 be permitted: to take charge of the arm
q that rallied to his call, and why Ger
f Hunter Is to take charge. Lane pr
! posed, with ten thousand men, 70 muv
1 lat once, to crush out the rebels in NH
s souri and Arkansas, ands open the wa
: to New Orleans. He offered to find h
+ tewn transportation, if the Departme1
t Fcould, not. but wanted permission
8 strike his blows quick and elective
t Hunter proposes to accomplish q part {
s Lanes programme, but he wants thar
:. thousand men with anadvance Of three mi
lions of dollars to prepare for moveme,
n next Summer! Hunters plan being
t accordance with our blished polio.
' land Lanes being irregular, we have tt
e "muss."
8 The Carnival at Washington.
:. Many of the earnest Union papers al
: exceedingly severe in their commen
j. upon the brilliant and costly ball r
n Gently got-up by Mrs. Lincoln. The b
n taste Of the thing was mortifying, to