Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-16

tanooga. 1t is believed that at least one
thousand bodies will be recovered and iden
tilted. r 80 ..Es,a M
A REBEL GExEhAL' DAUGHTER eovERhMENT
'A's 'lCLERx. ,"
A daughter of the rebel Gen. Pettigrew has
received an appointment as clerk in the Treas,
ury Department -. tH.,
FEMALE CLERKS ~ q
Secretary Harlan has decided to dispense
with the services of female clerks in the In
terror Department The lady. clerks in the
treasury Department are becoming nervous
lest Secretary McCulloch may be induced to
follow suit.
SHARP PRACTICE OF STATE BANKS.
1t has been ascertained that some of the
State Banks, which have been converted into
National Banks, still continue to circulate
their State notes. One bank of York, Pa,
with capital of 100000 had in circulation
S000,0 600 of its old paper, and also $400,0Q0
in national currency, which its capital allowed
These banks are being gradually brought to
terms by threats of being punished for their
violation of law.
COST OF COLLECTING INTERNAL REVENUE. =
The, Commissioner of Internal Revenue es
Inmates the average cost of collecting the IN
ternal revenue for the fiscal year ending June
Both last at little less than per cent In
1864 the cost was'6A per cent, The cost of
collecting similar taxes IN Enslahd in 1868
was 8 6-l0 per cent f.
+ t- PRiAE' MONEY.
Washington, Nov, S.-The total amount of
prize money paid out by the Fourth Auditors
office since it was charged with, that duty in
1863 amounts to s9,l70r73s"T
Special dispatch to the, cipqinnati Gayotte. ..'
Columbus Ohio, ;Noy7"S. S.--In May 1864,
the I.egislatn nf Ohio. passed nct, nnt-
tied, an act to provide for, the crection of a
monument to the memory Of. General Simon
Kenton and appropriated the snm of one
thousand dollars for the said purpose. r. II.
Cheetham, of Logan coanty;Wm. A. Adams.
of Hamilton county; Battel Harrison, Of Fay
ette county; Anthony Cnsad; ;oi Logan county
and John \. CorIinf, Of Champaign, were
appointed COMMISSIONERS by said act to
remove from their place Of intermsnt in Lo-
gan county the remains Of the late Simon
kenton, and to enter the same Mt such place
us may be determined on by and with the ad-
wise and consent Of the surviving relatives of
said deceased residing in Logan, Champaign
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na,t nf tha sury;v;rn rsI,t;ves to aoreo no to
the place for the final interment of the re-
mains, and the three last named commission
crs having died, nothing was done in further.
ance of the object of the said enactment
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Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
Washington, Nov. l0--Thc execution of
Henry Wirz attracted crowds of. spectators to
the Old Capitol this morning., At nine
o clock n strong military force arrived, and
the streets in front and side building were
cleared. The owners of tcnemcnts, from the
roof or windows of which views of the gallows
could be had admitted spectators at large
prices, and quite number ofwomen avalcd
themselves Of this opportunity 10 crafty their
curiosity - ~
Holders Of tickets were admtNd into the
prison, through which they passed into the
yard 4 rough gallows had been erected in
one corner Of the ward, on the platform of
which stood four scntrics of the Veteran Re
serve Corps, while from the beam dansled the
fatal rope which was to provo dead line to
the tyrant Of Andcrsonvillc.
Wirz was in his cell, attended by. Fathers
Boyle and Wiggctt, of the Roman Catholic
Church. ...s
After the sentence was read to- him in
prison, Wirz said: "Ill be damned if tho
Yankee Eagle has not turncd out to he what
expected--a damned turkey bnzzartl." He
then asked that Rev. Father Boyle be sent for,
and also Mr.. Schade, his counsel, and since
that time these gentlemen have been almost
constant in attendance upon him. q t.i
Wirz has been an infidel, but of Iatc pro
fessed repentance, and one Of his religious
advisers assured me he believes that he was
sincere, and that he truly repentcd lust before