Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-02-02

inc reDel priVateer shenandoah had DESTROYED
sey.raiAmerlcan merchantmen along the coast
OF Brazil, in consequence of which vessels
bound to the United States were obtaining
British registers, so as to enable them to sail
under British colors.
| FROM CAPE FEAR RIVER.
New YoRK, January "a The Herald's dis.
patch, from Fort Fisher say: The naval fleet
and the army commenced moving toward
Wilmington on the afternoon of last Wednes.
day There is no confirmation of the report
that General Terry had occupied the place
but on the say the movement commenced, ex-
| plosions in that direction were heard, and it
was supposed that the rebels we're blowing up
their iortlilcatlons, preparatory to evacuating
the town. s,'
large earthwork on the west side of Cane
Fear river has been occupied by the Union
troops, who met with little opposition. A
chart Of the river had been foind showing
where the rebels had sunk the torpedoes, and
many OF these had been taken up A num-
her planted in the ground above Fort Fisher
had also been removed. Two gentlemen who
were lately doing business in Wilmington as
merchants, arrived in this city yesterday
lhey got outside the rebel lines when Fort
Fisher was taken They say the town was
not well provided with works or troops.
ADVANCE on CHARLESTON EXPECTED
NEW York, January 24.--The Worlds Sa-
Vahnah correspondence says The rebels are
exPcctingan advance on Charleston, and are
making preparations 10 evacuate that city, and
have already commenced moving Government
property,
THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT
QUEBEC, January 24.-At the opeuino ia.
bate in Parliament, last night, the Govern
mont was sustained by large majority The
conduct of Southern refugees in Canada was
strongly denounced. A determination was
expressed to end the abuse of ASYLUM.
In Parliament, to-day the Financial Min
lister brought message from The Governor
General, transmitting The estimates for the
current year, i'll which is included some fifty
thousand dollars in gold to make good the
money improperly surrendered in the case of
the st. Adams raiders, and claimed by the
United States Government under the Extra
lition treaty
sEcESSloNIsTs BANISHED FROM MISSOURI.
ST LorIs, January 25.-General Sanborn
commanding the district of Southwest Mis-.
'oul1, has banished forty-eight families and
'he hundred other men and women to dis
ance OF fifty miles outside Of his district, for
eed'n1g and harboring guerrillas and bush
vhacker parties. They are to leave the dis
rlct by the 10th of February, on penalty of ar
est and punishment
NEW JERSEY LEGIsL AZURE,
TRENTON, N. j., January 25.-The House
pcnt the whole day in trying to orpan;ze
he democrats prevented any question from
omng up that contemplated an organiza-
ion.
TIE BLACK LAW OF ILLINOIS.
CiicAGo, January 25.-The bill abolishinp
ne black laws, except the law prohibitinc in. J
'rmalrlage between blacks and whites. passed
he illinois Senate yesterday. S
RICHMOND BATES OF MONDAY,
WASHINGTON, January 25--Full files of
ichmond papers Of Monday the 23d inst,
nYe teen received this evening. The follow,
g is IL complete abstract of their moro i'm. |
1rtant contcn!s: l.
@SiGNArlnN OF TIE REBEL SECRETARY OF WAR !,
). a. Seldom has resigned the Portfolio Of n
ar we have not been able to learn that Il
$ successor has been appointed, though sev e
al prominent gentlemen are spoken of IS
ieIyto lie appointed Among them ,re Gen "
FaXton Bragg, Gen Dreckinridec, and Sena. n
+ Hi, OF Georgia t
IMPORTANT EEBEL LEe,si.vrrax :
Two important measures recently psss ID y
Congress- were made public on Saturday .
ne is blil providing for the appointment O. ="
-ieneral-i -Chicfof the Confederate Armies
is provides that the Gcnera!-in- Chief shall t
We charge OF the ar'n;es OF the Goniederacv {
he'hnr tHis mpIl"5 the power to select gen r'
ais who shall command those armies, is
after Of doubt. 1t rcpeals the law provia Il
? a sta'f for the General assigned to duty at
chmond. Gen. Bragg now holds the pos;- 1'
N referred TO-
The other measure is resolution recon-
,ndng the assignment of Gch joseph Z, IN
hnson to the command Of the Army Of the tr
nnessec ~.
HOSPITAL STATISTICS OF
According to records of the Medical Depart- al
INT, fraction over $4,000 sick and wounded ii'
re IN hospital Oh the 31st of December
e e hospital accommodations comprised
1000 ''~N .h
EXCHANGES TO BE RESUMED NJ
The necessary preliininarics 10 general nc
change OF prisoners are nearly completed We
Il 1t is expected that the resumption of the TIC
tel Will take place early in February.
THE FIRST ATTACK on FORT FISHER,
It is lntlnated by members of the Commit n' lol
on the Conduct of the War that thew will II ,'u
Ike report on the Fort Fisher business 10
en- sooner than has been expected, and that ;t .;t
ir report will be a complete and thorough eH e..
dicatlon of Butler throughout They saw %
case on Fort Fisher is quite as strong and
clearly made out as his case on Brooks
rge Of gold robbery.
From the Augusta Southern Confederacv: Il
We learn from high official source that Isl,
re were about 10000 bales of cotton in be
annah at the time Sherman entered if
'r 100000 bales of this amount belonged
orelgh merchants and cannot be intertered
4. The remaining 10000 belonged to tio
erican merchants. sat
BUFFALO, January 25.-The American Ho. nn.
s IN rims and tba 6t, l. an nn'.i ~ dit
ding on Main street, blown up by order of Qua
7or Fargo, partly arrested tie lire, but it
feared it would extend to Pearl street 7
lrlous gale is blowing, and the thcrmome for
s eight degrees above zero, preventing the dow
men from working to great extent mo
FROM CAPE FEAR RIVER Pol