Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-06-29
nEropr OF THE sEchErAnY OF WAR.

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Secretary Stanton's report Of the operatlons
OF his Department for the last yearof the war
is published, from whichit appears that there
were forwarded to the field 4S9,626 s5ldlEfs,
aud mustered out and discharged 26oi AZ
Over 200 flags were captured from the rebels'
TAerewere 10l 800 colored troops in the Ser
The paymaster Generals report is up to.
June 30, 1864, mud shows disbursements Up
10 that period amounting to S3l3, ,4S496o ".
Ex-sEcRErARY TRENHOLM.
Trenholm the rebel Secretary of the Treas.
urv, went to Columbia and reported to our
He was ready to deliver him.
self up at any time, He then led off with zeal
to carry into effect the military emancipation
orders, and was the first to contract satlsiac-
torily with his freedmen, several hundred in
NUMBER notone of whom left him. Trenholm
before the war, was gradual emanclpation'st,
and his ready adoption of the Government
views, and his example in Columbia, had a
most salutary effect in thar section; and UNI
der Colonel Houghton, who is praised by-all
parties, the trial will be n fair one. Subse-
uuently an order was resolved from General
Hatch for his6arrest. 9gft 80
The order was promptly obeyed, and Tren-
holm drove under parole to Orangeburg IN
his own carriage, and proceeded thence by
railroad to Charleston, where he was logged IN
Jail. In conversation with Trenholm son-ln-
law he told me Mr. Trenholm was forced to
take the position of Secretary of the Treasury
under jeff Davis. He declined twice, and
was at last peremptorily ordered to report at
Richmond by jeff. Davis, in the following
dispatch: Your seryices are needed Re-
port here Immediately
FROM THE WEST INDIES AND SOUTH AMERICA
BREoKlNRIbGE AT HAVANA. -
New York, June 21.E-The. steamer Eagle
brings Havana dates to the II. i.-.s
The rebel Gen. Slaughter was driven out Of
Brownsville by his own soldiers, and had
reached Havana. - ,..s,
Jno. G.. Breckrinridge, Col. Wood Taylor,
Captain Wilson, A. D. c. to JEFF. Davis, two
soldiers and negro, arrived at Cardinas, in
an open boat, on the lth, probably from the
Florida coast ...a..
Breckenridge was accompanied from Cardi-
mas by spanish officer, charged by the Gov
ernor of Cardinas to present him to the Cap
tain General, and is now in Havana. n
The Hayten war continued, but President
Geffrard's troops were victorious in all the
engagements. The forces of the rebels were
decreasing s.. ..,o.
London, June TO- Evening Times
to-day has an editorial in which it deprecates
harsh measures on the part of the American
Government against the fallen and conquered
rebels 1t contends that both justice and ex
pediencv should dictate generous policy
1t says, I've have always regarded the Ameri
cans as generous and placable people, i'm
patient indeed at opposition, and ready to ell
ter into quarrels on slight grounds, but read.
also to forgive those who can struggle agalns
them no longer"
Chattanooga, June lS-Gen. Wilson tele
graphs the Government that he has issued tt
the poor in Atlanta, during the last sever
DAYS, over one hundred thousand pounds o
meat and flour. He represents that the pee
pie in ten counties adjacent to Atlanta are IL
q starving condition, and says relief in tn
shape of corn and meat must be extended t
thirty thousand people at the very least wit
such efficiency as to save life. Gen. Ihoma
has ordered hve thousand bushels of corn t
be distributed for the relief of the indigen
peOplc - the northern counties of Georgia.
The Records Of the Confederate State
Treasury Department and the secret lourns
of the Provisional Congress are now in Ger
Wilson's possession, and will be sent to Wasi
ington
ABMy-REDucTIoN.
, 1t is confidently expected that the army wi
be reduced to 100000 men by New Year
President johnson is known sfavor rctrenc
ment as means of returning to specie pa
mcnts which he will recommend to Congress
A. H. STEPHENS.
c Boston, June 20.-A soldier acting as or
n of the guards over Alex. II, Stephens at +
n Warren, informs the Traveller that the la
j. Vice President of the Confederate Stat
r spends much of his time in writing, and HI
r. already prepared rolls of MS. enough to gl
a complete history of the rebellion. He al
y, reads considerable, and each morning spen
A. some time in singing hymns, which he do
H. with good voice and much feeling and sp
it. He maintaihs proud and naughty {
IS and stands upon his dignity, manifesting
r. desire whatever to converse with any o
as while taking his daily walks upon the ra
r. parts. He, however, does not fail to EXPIRE
* occasionally his dislike for Jefferson Davis
,g and for that matter so does Postmaster Gt
eral Regan, who is kept in an adjoining ce
n. MORE ABOUT DREcKINRIDGEs s ESCAPE.
he New York, June 22.-The Herald's Ha'
he ma correspondent says of the escape of Bre'
a, inridge and party:
he These worthless were all near jeff. Da
nd when he was captured, but managed to eu
", the national troops, and travelled across
le. States Of Georgia and Florida to the cos
les where they secured a small boat and put
its sea, arriving at Cardenas on the llth, at
for three DAYS and nights passed almost entir
ms without eating or sleeping At Cardel
on they were serenaded, and received marked
ed tention from the Spanish Government
ad people. They expected to remain in Hav'
ng for some time .
GENERAL SHERIDAN
Washington, June 22-Gen. Sheridan
Ied relieved from the command of the Middle
his vision, and assigned to the command west
f, 1t the Mississippi river south of the Arkan
at, river He is ordered to report to Gen. Gr
mo for instructions ..'',A
Mt: ,,,n,,u ,co,y oN Nrcpo surrR ,Gy
no. M A most important expression of Presid
The Lincoln's on the question Of negro sutir'
to has Just been given to the public, in lie
,er which he wrote to Governor Hahn, of Lo
ntly lana: ,aai qs .,51 :,
cal GEz Executive mansioh'
Washington, March ID, 1865.