Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-06-22
INTERESTING FROM MEXICO.

states that the republican General Me]la Oc'
cupies the States Of Tamaullpns, New Leon
and Casta Liva. Michoxan is swarming with
guerrilas, The regular Republican troops
under Seguilles are IN excellent spirits.
Depia, the French commander, still holds
the wives and daughters of Generals Ortega,
Seguilles, Sailor, and others, in imprison-
ment notwithstanding Maximilian had order
ed their release in Mareli fla5
The French publicly whip the patriots.
A large force is to be sent by sea from
Vera Cruz to Matamoras, to, prevent Amcri-
cans from crossing into Mexico.
Patriots are shot daily under sentence of
court martial in the portions of the country
occupied by the imperiaists. ,fJ.,
Elvin's mission to France is to ask assis-
tance from Napoleon against the anticipated
movements of the Americans, but if this is
not granted to the fullest extent, Maximilian
will leave the country. g,f
THE LEGAL TENDER ACT.
Louisville, Jnne 17.-At Frankfort yester-
day, the majority of the Court of Appeals,
consisting of Judges Peters and Robertson,
declared the act of Congress making Treasury
notes legal tender unconstitutional. Judge
Williams dissented
Washington, June 17.-Alexander Fl. Ste
phens, in an application for pardon occupy
ing two quires of paper, reasserts the State s
Right Doctrine, and demands upon this prin-
ciple exemption from the effects of the Am
nesty Proclamation His effrontery is follow
ed by many rebel notables-Nicholson Ire
degar Anderson, General johnson, and 9th
ers-who are all unwilling to give up their
cherished heresy, They seem to consider
that their defeat by the bayonet requires no
more apology than a defeat by the ballot ;
that the war has only been grand election
and that the worsted party should be allowed
to gracefully succumb. .a r.. .0...sl
THE INDICTED REBELS
Judge Underwood is still in Washington,
but there is as yet no definite conclusion as
to what shall be done with the fifty indict-
ments for treason, found in his Court against
Gen. Lee, Ex-Governors Smith and Letcher,
and other prominent participants in the late
rebellion. 1t is understood that some inAu.
ential gentlemen here are inclined, instead of
trying them, to notify them of the indictments,
and give them an opportunity to leave the
country, never to return.
WITHDRAWAL OF DEILIGERENT RIGHTS.
As the Governments of the Netherlands
and France have been the first to withdraw
from, the Europeon league recognizing the
rebel belIigerent rights, all other foreign ma
tons will at once follow their example.
FROM NEW ORLEANS AND THE GULF.
New York, June l7.--On the 81 inst, the
rebel Generals Kirby Smith and Magruler
were received on board the United States
steamer, Fort jackson, Captain Sands, of
Galveston, when the articles for surrender lol
all the rebel trans Mississippi forces were
signed by General Kirby Smith, The next
morning the rebel officers were conveyed back
to Galveston. On the 9TH, Captain Sands
and other officers, proceeded up to the town
landed, and received its surrender from the
Mayor, and once more unGurlcd the nationa
flag over the public building, in the presence
of a large but undemonstrative and orderly
assemblage of the people,
Generals Sheridan and Candy were both il
New Orleans on the 10th inst The former
was busily engaged in the organization and
forwarding of his forces designed for the oc
cupation Of Texas
The infantry of General Weitzers corp:
had arrived at Mobile, where orders had beer
received from General Sheridan for them tt
commence moving toward Texas. Genera
Custar's cavalry were already en- route
thither, and the 18th corps, under Gen. Cor
don Granger, as well as a portion of the I'll
corps, under General Steele, were expected
to start for that region in few days
The Presidents Amnesty Proclamation
created much excitement in New Orleans
The classes excepted from pardon were moro
numerous than had been expected
Large numbers of paroled rebels-olficer
as well as soldiers have recently, arrived il
New Orleans, and settled down to the quie
routine of private life. uo.. ..
Generals Beauregard and Dick Taylor have
been for some time residing in the vicinity o
the city, awaiting the proceedings of the gov
ernment in their cases. e.,.....,...
Chief Justice Chase was still in New On
leans on the 10th inst. ,. w.. s,s.
The business of the city was rapidly revi
wing. .-... g..g l.s.... ....-L.
The Alabama States archieves which wer,
removed by the rebels to Augusta, Ca, OF
the advance of Wilson's cavalry, were recent
| ly recovered, and arrived at Mobile ON the 4tl
inst, on their way to be returned to the Capi
tai, Montgomery. The stolen archieves o
the State of Mississippi had also been secured
and were en- route to the State Capital
The late rebel Governor Moore, of Alaba
ma, has been arrested and sent North unde
guard. .sa .,.y. ..i
Union meetings are being held in differen
parts of Alabama and National Banks ar
to be Immediately established il Mobile ant
Montgomery. s ,bta4 IA,
New York, June 1.-THE following not
was picked up at sea, eight miles off Lon!
Branch: "Ship Brope fsundered at sea
March II, 1865; lat Al, long. 36. All hand
perished" The Brope was foreign vessel
500 tuns burden, and was surveyed in Liver
pool yu, ..
The Herald has communication iron
General Kinks, chief mastering officer a
Harrisburg, inclosing carefully prepare
statement, which shows that the mortalit
among the Union soldiers at Andersonville
in the rebel prisons, during the year endinl
with February last, was 1880 men. Tn
greatest monthly mortality was 2,99l, in AT
gust last s5
| EROM EUROPE.
The London Gazette contains the follow
ling.
Foreign Office, June 6.
A copy of letter from Earl Russell t
the Lords, Commissioners of Admiralty;