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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-12
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NslDDLEPOseT CEuErE;sy

NllE Middleport corporation having pur-
l. chlsed suitable grounds for y Cemetery.
and laid the same off into lois, now offer them
to the public at fair rates. The money re-
ceived from the sale of lots will be applied to
the purchase Of the ground, and the decoration
of the Cemetery. -., ,s-.-
BY this arrangement beautiful burying-
ground, which this community has so long
needed may be made, without any ene feeling
the expense of it. u. .at..-.
For further particulars apply to -. - -
Oct. II, lS62--4itf. p. HUGO.
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= THE 81, &c., = =
American Collecting Agency,
No. $40 Broea,vay. l.

1Ciaims Of all kinds last the Generai Cavern
menf State Gov erHcnt. he City. private PARTIES
prosecuted and collected ut our risk and expease.
g; INST private PARTIES possess superior faci
ties for collecting claims everywhere in the United
States and CHnhdrs. relieving merchants assicuers
bankers and others, of the and ell respo sibil
ity.
Special attention given TO old debts hard cases
divorces, wills, estates. etc.
soldiers pensions. pay. aud bounty, secured for
them or their heirs For that pdrpose and for pros
ecuting claims ag;iinst the Government, we have
branch Office ut Washington No charge made un
less claimsare collected
. Information AMI opinions given, and investiga.
be placed in our hands
ForIpartieulars, address
Ii. HUNTINGTON LEE & CO..
M 24n broadway. n. Y
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DENTISTRY.
DIR. EARLY,

Operative and Mechanical Dem <<e-
tst, Gallipolis, o., respectfully
offers his professional services to 3IITrYS
the citizens of Pomeroy and Meigs County
9 On account Of the increase Of custom p Galipo.
Is, hnd IL Impossible for to visit Pomeroy on
he first Of each inoRth. as formerly did.
DIR. E. has had great experience in the art of Dem
tistry, and we hope he may meet with Il liberal pat
ronagc. He warrants his operations in every
: spect. Teeth extracted by anew process, prac-
ticed but 10y other entist in The tate which has
= tendency to alleviate the pain in great
4-45-Iy
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-12
TELEGRAPH JOB OFFICE

-..- - ----T- r.
In connection with our. Newspaper Estab-
lishment, we have complete Job Office. We
are therefore prepared to execute
p h{h hNB ORNAMENTAL JOB WORK,
Snch> as Posters, Programmes, Bills of Lading,
= Bill Heads, Business and Visiting
Cards, Blanks, &c. at
20 itvs r1c @ -. e
We call the special attention of this commu-
nifty TO the above proposition, and desire an in
vestigation of our work and prices.
T. A. PLANTS g. Co.
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IRON STORE

EEP constantly on hand, and for sale, a
IN general as sortment of AL kinds of Iron
and Steel, Fire Brick and Fire Clay, 1T Pom
eroy Rolling Mill Warehouse
The highest price paid for Scrap Iron.
4-32-3m WM. LONG, Ag't
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Romerog 6lerklp Gele9raph.
l. PUBLIsHED BY
T. A. PLANTS & co.
Office in first story of s'EDw BuILnrNe,, near
ahe Sugar Run Stone Bridge Pomeroy Ohio

All BUSINESS of the Firm Transacted by
4. e. MCLAUGHLIN, Business Manager.
Using and Job Work should be made. at the Office.
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ISAAC FALEER,
lotiier, Grocer ana Iry Goods Dealer, first
. store above C. E. Donnally's, near the Rolling
i;AIili, pomeroy, o. Country Merchants are
s'spectfully requested to call and examine my
stock of Groceries, as am confident that
,annot be undersold. l-23
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r. LYMAN,
Painter and Glazier, back room of P.aIam
.orecht's Jeweiry Store, west side Court street,
=. omeroy, o. IL
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w. A. AICHER,
Matchmaker and Jeweier, and wholesale and
retail dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jeweiry and
Fancy Goods, Front street, below the @Reming-
ton House, Pomeroy. Particular attention
paid to repairing allarticles in my line. IL
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"All slaves who shall have epioye]
actual freedom by the chances Of th|
war, at any time before the end of .thl
rebellion, shall be forever free; but at
owners ofsuch, who shall not have bee1
disloyal, shall be compensated for then
at the same rates as is provided fol
States adopting abolishment Of Slavery:
but in such way that no slave shall 81
twice accounted for.
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8usiness Cards.

O. P SIMPSON,
N. g. G. p. SIMPSON.
Attorneys and Counselors AT Law, Pomeroy,
Ohio. Office, in Swallows Building, one door
below O. Branch & Co.'S. 4-2l-ly1
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=, =, SUGAR RUN SALT COMPANY.
Salt forty cents per bushel. Office near the
Furnace. I'LL C. GRANT, Agent. !.
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r. w. HAMPTON
Attorney and Counselor at Law, Kygerville,
Gallia County, Ohio: Prompt attention given
to the collection of claims. G412-ly] ;
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-04-26
Correspondence Of Tho Cecil Wing. L


Mr.. EDITOR II would like through The
Wig, to return many thanks to Monitorn
for his promptness in replying to the ques-
tons asked in reference to the Ladies Aid
Society at Cherry Hill, in The Hhis ofApril
18th. am happy to learn that the Society
has resumed operations, and now that we
have pleasant weather and good roads.
have no doubt that many Of the soldiers will
soon be relieved of their wants. An
Aid Society is certainly Of importance at
Cherry Hill, especially us many have joined
the army from TINT nicghborh~od, and as
the preservation of the Union is n common
cause, it is as much the duty Of the commu
nifty to attend to the wants of the soldier
who is epdeavoring to sustain the best
form of government in the word, as it
is of those bound to him by the ties
Of consanguinty. There was, however,
q slight error in the latter part of Monitors"
letter, which hope he will permit me to
correct. The Secretary is not among the
missing," and has 'been seen and heard .
OF, as much for the past three months as
at any previous time. | happen to be PR
sonally acquainted with the lady, and will
here take the liberty to say that had she
been advised in time of the first meeting that
took place after the recess" she would
doubtless have been at her post, as well as
the other officers. Hoping that the Secrc
tary will excuse me for being personal and
that success will attend the 'angesn of
Cherry Hill and Vicinity" in their labors
OF love. | remain yours respectfully.
QCAERo.
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Latest From Fortress Monroe.

Fortress Monroe, April pa small row
boat arrived here this morning, from
Norfolk, containing three men, q woman,
and two children, refugees.
They report that the Mcrrimac is still at
the Gosport navy yard. Workmcn were
engaged in placing iron shields over her
PORTFOLIOS. 1t was supposed that the
Improvements would soon be completed,
and the Merrimac be out again in two or
three days. She was aground on the last
day she came out, as was generally supposed
here.
Nothing was said in Norfolk about the
bursting of a gun on board the Merrimac,
and that supposition was undoubtly incor-
rect Captain Buchanan is thought to be
still alive, having only been wounded by a
rife shot in the thigh. 1t was only a flesh
wound.
Four new gunboats have been launched
at the navy yard, and four more are in
course of construction at Norfolk.
The previously reported engagement
between the troops of Genral Burnside and
a Georgia regiment took place on Saturday.
The Union troops are said to have number
ed only five hundred, while the Confederate
troops consisted of the Third Georgia
regiment, commanded by Colonel Wright
The engagement took place not at Elizabeth
City, but on the canal above that place.
The rebel loss killed and 80 wounded.-
They were only partly equipped, they say,
and many lacked muskets and ammunition.
They are said to have run on being attacked,
while the Union troops held their ground
until they had buried their dead, when they
retired Eleven graves of Union soldiers
were subsequently counted on the battle
field.
One Of the refugees visited Richmond last
week. He states that there are very few
troops either there or Mt Norfolk, most OF
the force having been sent to Yorktown =
Fourteen thousand troops are said to have
passed through Richmond in one day last
week, bound for Yorktown
The whole party of the refugees came
from Savannah. One of the men who
brought his, wife and children belongs in
Halifax. Another belongs in New York,
and is carpenter by trade. The third is
one Of the crew Of the steamer fingal,
which ran the blockade some time since at
Savannah. The crew of the Fingal were
sent here from Norfolk by flag of truce
some weeks since, but were Immediately
retured. The rest of the crew are still in
Norfolk. Up to last Saturday they were
supported by the British consul, but arecent
despatch from Lord Lyons has thrown them
upon their own resources. and it is sup
posed that they will be forced to enlist in
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From General Halleck's Army

PITTsBURG LANDING, April PA recon
NOTHING party, under Brigadier General A.
j. Smith, left here this morning, and attack
ed he enemy's picketts, one hundred and
fifty strong, who fed in great haste leaving
their knapsacks, blankets, and everything
else. r.I
The party then proceeded on foot to Pea
Ridge, Tenn, where they found three or
four thousand rebels drawn up in line of
battle, who at the first fire of our artillery,
also decamped, leaving their tents, camp
equipage, private baggage, and even half
written letters. and other things, indicating
the completeness ofthe surprise. Enough
tents were left to accommodate a division.
Everything was burned.
We captured twelve prisoners, none of
whom expressed regret at being captured.
They say the people South are getting sick
Of the war.
Gen. Mitchell has arrived at Tuscumbia,
Alabama, thus Selling another hundred miles
Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
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EXECUTORS SALE.

TIME subscriber, as agent for the Exocu-
tors OF Edwin j. Rnehart, deceased,
will offer at Public Sale, ut Lapidum, in
Hartford county,
ON THURSDAY, MAY STH, 1862,
at 10 O'Clock A. M the following Property
A LOT OF GROUND,
improved by a large frame Stable, adjouring
the lot on which b. +. Heath resides. Two
Horses, Lumber Wagon, Horse Cart,
Sulky, Roekaway, 2 sets Of Double Har-
ness, 2 sets of Single Harness, | set of Car
riage Harness, Saddle and Bride. . ...r
AtpreciseE y O'Clock NJ, he will offer the
LARGE STONE WAREHOUSE,
with Fixtures, and the
Lot and Wharf,
formerly occupied by b. F. Heath 4 Co.
~This Lot is under lease for 90 years,
renewable forever, and subject to an annual
Ground Rent of SIS per annnin.
JOS. B. PUGlI, Agent
Executors of E. J. Rinehart, decd.
April ~, 1869 IS. -.. ..
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Correspondence of The Cecil Wing
LETTER FROM ROWLANDSVILLE.
RowLANpsvIILE, April %, go


Mr.. EDITOR A line from this north
west end of the county may not prove
unintercstng to your readers, providing
"war news" is scarce. Well to begin at
home. The source from which most of our
creature comforts flow, the rolling mill of
Mccullough 4 Co., has again commenced
operations, after standing idle for fortnight
from the supply of coal having been exhaus-
ted. The boys in the interim have had a
fine time catching mullets, in the Octoraro,
the creek being pretty well stocked with
this species of the finny tribe, through the
breach iE the Canal dam, which will never
again be repaired
The river has been very high for several
days past, and rafting is entirely suspen,
ded.
Some two weeks since the cooper shop
of Henry Hathaway containing upwards of u
hundred barrels with all his cooper tools,
was destroyed by fire, the, flames breaking
out in the night. 10
The fields are growing green beneath the
genial rays of the vernal sun, wheat promis.
ing to produce abundantly. the wheat
fields have never seen look more promis-
ing at this season of the year notwithstand-
had Oats are generally seeded in this
neighborhood, the green blades already
showing themselves in many fields. Our
farmers have been retarded considerably in
their blowing by the wet weather but are
making all haste to get their corn ground
in order.
The white covers of fish wagons are
becoming familiar, vending their way over
our hills, to and from the different fisheries,
loaded with the scaly spoil.
Our public school at this place is under
the charge of Il. l.. Quigley, one of the
most popular teachers in the county, and |
am happy to report tavorably Of the institu-
ton.
Business in all its various branches is
gradually reviving; the contrast between
the present and this time last year is
marked. Then Secession was exultant in
its satanic glory. Now the triumph of the
Union and approaching peace smile
benignantly like the sunshine Of May. o.
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The WAY Of the TransgreSsOr.

Gen. Mackall, recently taken prisoner at
Island No. TO- and now confined in Fort
Warren, as our readers generally know, is
Lieut. Col. w. w. Mackal formerly of this
town. Last Summer he resigned his posi-
ton in the Regular Army of the United
States, thus sacrificing at one dash his
arduously won position, his chances of pro-
moton--which were very bright-his repu-
tation, his country and every thing else
which makes life valuable. Forced by the
fate of war to surrender the fort he com
manded. and to suffer a long confinement in
prison, the people for whom he sacrificed
and suffered so much cannot find words
now to express their denunciation of him,
rs witness the following from the Richmond
Dispatch
"1ie Surrender Of k'ani No. l0.-The cir
cumstances connected with the surrender of
this position, with all its guns, ammunition,
&e.: are humiliating in the extreme. The
daily bulletin from Island No. 10 for many
days represented that the enemy, af'er an
ncessant bombardment of many hours, had
inflicted no injury. We were constantly
assured that the place was impregnable, and
that the enemy never could pass it. Briga-
der General Mackall assumed command of
the post on the 9Th in a flaming order, in
which he pronounced himself Il General
made by Beauregard--a General selected by
Generals Beaurcgard and Bragg Two
days afterwards the island was surrendered,
and along with it, according to the Federal
Commodore Foote, seventy cannon, vary
ing from 81 to 100 Founders, ritled. 1t may
be that Footc desired to magnify his own
achievement by representing the place as
stronger than it really was but, then, did
not our own accounts. and the vain Boosting
of the Memphis telegraphs, make the
detenses just as strong and impregnable as
the Commodore does? They certainly did ;
and were it not that we have been so often
surprised by the surrender of forts and
Notifications that were boosted Of as impreg
nable, we should indeed be amazed at the
surrender OF the famed Island No. 10, which
has furnished so many paragraphs for tele-
graphing.
But even the surrender need not have
carried necessarily along with il the ammu
milton and the boats. Could they not have
rcen destroyed? Why add all this, and the
provisions to the new present of cannon to
the Federalists? Our gifts Of cannon have
been quite munlhcent-even to impoversh
ing ourselves-and we need not add so liber
ally of other things in our offerings to those
who are better supplied than we are"
Verify the way Of the transgressor is hard
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the Confederate navy.
One of the men, who left Savannah on
the lst of March, reports that great con-
sternation prevailed there. The steamer
Fingal and other vessels in the harbor were
ready to be burhed. The troops in the
vicinity of Snvannah lave been dying in large
nurnbcrs-mainly, OH account of the filthy
condition in which the men kept them
selves.
The city might have been easily taken Ly
orr troops at the time of their first landing
at Port Royal. An attack was then conf
IDENTITY expected, and the whole city was
IN a state of intense excitement and alarm.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY Com

fhoCEEplNdS oF IdE SOCNTY COM-
MIssIoSERs.-T agony is over. The
County Commissioners have at their late
meeting made the long and anxiously
waited for appointments of Tax Collectors
for the several districts, and ont of over
fifty applicants all but nine had unavoidably
to oe disappointed Below we publish the
proceedings
Order passed for resurvey, by County
Surveyor, Of road leading from Octoraro
Creek to Joseph Preston $, and of road
leading from latter road toward Rock
Springs, owing to alleged encroachments by
adjacent land owners. EE.a
Josheph II, Brooks appointed Constable
in End District, vice j. 3. Roberts failed to
qualify.
W. R. Giflings Bond as Constable 9TH
District filed and approved
Petition of sundry citizens of LIST District
filed, praying confirmation of Report OF
Examiners on proposed alteration in public
Road through Mrs. Ann Il. Lusby's land.
Laid over.
Arson Griffith, Esq, appointed Trustee
of Poor, vice Samuel Thompson, Esq,
declined to serve.
Commissioners were engaged most of the
time in hearing and determining applications
for changes in assessments for 1862.
Appointments Of Collectors and Fish Pot
Constable made Us per advertisement.
The Collectors of 1861 fled their returns
Of new assessments of property for 1862
which were duly confirmed.
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BLACKS
Celebrated Premium Horse,
NJ A L +. p p A.

w ILL STAND for service this Season,
w at TIE Stable or the subscriber, in
Charlestown, Cecil county, Md.
TERMS. $500 for Insurance, if paid on
or before the LIST Of April, 1863 if not,
$1,000 will be charged. 5000 for the Sea-
son, to he paid al tho end of the season; and
Si.CO for the Single Service. Cash. Persons
parting with Insured Mares before they are
ascertainrd to be with toal will be held
responsible for the amount of the Insurance
MAZEPPA was awarded the first premium
ct tlFe Agricultural Fair, held at Lancaster,
Pa, in June, 1850, as a horse Of superior
points; and one Of the handsomest horses
ON cXliib tion.
Season to commence 18th Of April, and
ending on the 18th of July, 1862.
For Particulars respecting Pedigree see
landbils. jim. BLACK,
Chat!rstown. Nd, April u, lS6or-tf
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LICEN SEES.

All persons trading must renew thei
licenses Before the 10 day of May Under
an act of the late Legislature, companies
trading must give in, each member of the
firm and name of the firm, to the Clerk
BY an act of the same Legislature no license
can be granted to a married woman or q
minor to sell spirituous or fermented
liquors, unless ordered by the Judges of the
Court.
The Clerk will receive nothing hut PAL
money for licenses, and no small notes OF
any other State than Maryland.
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CHE nlorkcts.

ELKroN MARKEr.-Red Wheat, 81 &c :;
White do. 81 "a; Corn, old, 49, do. new
As cents; Oats, 80.
BALTIMORE MARKET-White Wheat. S. Il So
al 60; Red Wheat, 81 So Corn, wiitey
6l@62 cents; Yellow, 5s@6l cents y
bushel Oats-Maryland, 35@3s cents /;
and 81 OBS cents for Pennsylvania.
WILMINGTON MARKET, Mar. 27th.-Flour,
per barrel, 37@6 so, Wheat, per bushelr
80, Corn, 81 Corn meal, per bushel, GO /;
Oats, 30; Cloverseedper pushed, O0@5 So;
Timothy Seed, 2 5U(N,3 90.
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Spring and Summer Bonnets,

Ribbons, Flowers, &c, &c, she invites her
friends to call and examine her superior stock
O.! Goods, which keeps constantly full by
fresh supplies from the city.
VA great variety always on hand of
Ladies' Spring and Summer Clocks Also a
tnll assortment Of Lndes' Needle Work, snch
- COLLARS, SLEEVES, HANDKERGHIEFs,
RrFFLIHG3, l.sERTlNos, EpGIsGs, INFANT
BODIES, and DRESSES DIMlry BANDS, MAGIC
RrFrLEs. nc &c. Also, good selection
Of LINEN, COTTON and SILK LACES.
y fun assortment Of Ladies' BUTTONS for
Dresses. of the latest styles. Various kinds
Of DRESS TRIMMINGS Of latest styles {:
CORDS and TASSELS. A splendid assort-
mcnt Of LADIES' KIDD and other Gloves.
i good assortment of Ladies' Cotton Hose !;
III colors Of Skirt Braid, and a variety of
other fancy articles for Ladies' Wear.
Cy-Ready Trimmed Bonnets always on
hand. from 81 so upwards.
All oI which will he sold at city prices. In
order TO keep up with the fashions, new sup
Plies arc received every week from the city.
Mar22, 1862.
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nea The CITY Of Alphabetical, b,s hoe

Hea- The city of Apalachicola has been
successfully occupied by our troops, thus
giving us another important point in Florida.
The capture was effected by the gunboats
Mercedita and Sycamore, but with little
opposition, on the Sd instant. A few shell
dispersed the Rebels who were in arms
there. and the non resistant portion of the
population we're found in an almost starving
| condition. The blockade had eA'ectually
cut off supplies on the seaboard, and their
resources from inland were not sufficient to
! maintain the ordinary comforts oflife.
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From the RappahannOckR River
Tisi Of The Gunboni Yankee 10 Freder,cksbur!
Seven Rebel Iessels Captured.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-The King Philip
arrived at the Navy Yard this morning,
and reports that the steamer Yankee went
up the Rappahannock river to Fredcricks
burg yesterday, having cautiously passed
through the sunken distractions seven miles
below that town. Our hotifa have captured
seven Rebel schooners -one with valuable
cargo Of dry goods, medicins and saltpctre-
and also two small steamers. 1t is further
stated that the Rebel pckets are occasion
ally seen on the south side of the river
Our troops still command the position Of
Fredericksburg, the residents of which are
entirely free in their business pursuits.