Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-01-12


Monroe, Hilton Head and Savannah, to con-
suit with Generals Grant, Foster and Sher-
man on important matters relating to the SER
vice The supplies and exchange of prison
eis, the organization Of colored troops, rais-
iHg the blockade of Savannah, and opening
it to free trade, the Seizure of rebel property
and products, will be among the subjects Of
consideration. Y W
MosEBY DEAD -
The report reached Washington Tonight,
through refugees, that Moseb0 died at Gull
pepper Court House on Tuesday.
ELEcroRIAL VOTES or INsURREcToNAgr
STATES.
Mr.. Nelson, of Iowa, Chairman of the Ju-
dietary Committee, was to-day authorized BY
his Committee to report to the, House a bill
prohibiting the counting of the electoral votes
from any of the rebel States, including Ten
nessee and louisiana
Baltimore, Jan, G.-The Steamer Califor-
MIA, from Hilton Head, arrived at Fortress
Monroe yesterday with Colonel Ewing, bear
ing dispatches from Gen. Sherman. The
army was resting and preparing for a great
hlllJttiiCh WAC dSliNOiJ "aSS'A'AiS
Hardee's movements
New York, Jan 6---Thc Post has private
letter from Savannah, which speaks of the
order prevailing in that city since its occu-
patton by our army and the confidence the
citizens have in our protection.
1t would appear that the destruction OF the
Gulf Railroad by Sherman, struck stagger-
ing blow to Lee and JEFF Davis at Richmond.
The President has received. % private letter
from a citizen Of Savapnahs swhich states on
the authority of an officer OF that road, that
itsupplied Lees army up to the time it was
broke with IL 800 head of cattle per week,
the cattle coming from Florida and southern
Alabama There is reason to believe, from
information in the possession of residents of
Savannah, that Lee has not thirty days sup
plies on hand au. U.
The Richmond papers announce the death
by paralysis Of Gen. Sterling Price.
The Richmond Dispatch Of Thursday, Jan
5th, has been received TWAS heretofore an
nounced that Sherman had driven in the rebel
pickets at Hardeevlle, which is thus described
by that paper: Hardeeville is station on
the Charleston & Savannah r. r., twenty
miles from Saoannah Sherman's present OBJ
jective point is Branchvlle, the point of juno
ton Of the Charleston & Savannah with the
Augusta Railroad We have heard no est-
mates Of his forces, but we presume he has
been re-infotced by Fosters command from
Port Royal, and perhaps by all the Yankee
troops from Morris Island and thereabouts
MAIL FACILITIES INCREASED. r..
New York, JAN SIT is announced that u
car will be placed on the Erie,
New York Central and Pennsylvania Central
Roads, on the lst of February, or in few
weeks. 1t is proposed to run them to Cleve-
land, over the Atlantic & Great Western Road
and afterward to st. Louis
SAVANNAH MERCHANTS PAYING THEIR DEBTS.
The Post says several merchants of Sav9n-
nah have already forwarded funds to pay the
debts they owed here when the waF broke out
The funds are in greenbacks, and were sent by
army officers. ...I
THE PIRATE SHENANDOAH.
The Captain of the ship Kate Prince, cap
tured and bonded by the pirate Shenandoah,
says the Shenandoah is not armed fer fighting,
but only for the destruction Of ships She was
purchased in England at nearly double her
value, with the understanding that she should
be fitted up as a pirate. She is II 900 tons
burden, can run eleven knots an hour, and
has a creM of 43, nearly all Eoglishmen.
LOYALTY N SAVANNAH.
Official dispatches show that the people of
Savannah We're ,naSe loyal Ehan those of amy
rebel city yet captured. A brother of General
Hardee resides in Savannah, and is said to be
decidedly in fayer of tte restoration of the
Union. off.
MIs. STEVEN TOBACCO DIIr. ...
In the House Mr.. Stevens introduced bill,
in amen lment Of the revenue law, which re-
qures all persons having tobacco on hand to
make an immediate ret,.rn Of the quality and
kinds to the District Assessor, and lorbids its
removal without permit of the Assessor 1t
permits the establishment of bonded ware
houses in New York, Brooklyn, Philadclphia
Baltimore Cincinnati, Louisville, Paducah,
St. Louis and other places, under custody oi
an officer Of the Treasury
BRITISH OPINIONS OF o,'E MILITARY AFFAIRS.
New York Jan. THE British Ar,iiy and
Navy Gazette says ..t
Sherman's position in Atlanta, before the
Georgia campaign, was secure one. His
communications northward were not seriously
intertered with, and he was at liberty to go
where he pleased The capture of Atlanta
was not the whole object Of the original move
ment from Chattanooga, and the campaign
could only end with the capture of Savannah,
or Mobile
A British army officer reports in the Lon
don Star, the result OF a professional visit tc
the Army of the Potomac, in terms exceeding
ly hattering to the powers of the United States
He states that he considers the Northern States
inexhaustible in men and money
New York. Jan. THE Worlds Washing
ton correspondent says; 1t is rumored at the
front that Lee had been placed in command of
all the rebel troops, and had put Beauregard
in command ofthe defenses around Richmond
intending himself to proceed to South Carolina
to concentrate the rebel forces in that quarter
to check Sherman sproposed movement north
ward.
\ Shermans movement was considered by
Lee, as more important than any GRANT car
make upon Richmond in four months
THE ARMY IN TENNESSEE. -g
New York, Jan, 6-The Times has spec
ial dated Huntsville, Ala, which says: The
Tennessee campaign is ended. The last O
Hood army crossed the Tennessee river or
the Doth ult. with 8 pieces of artillery and
about $4,000 men. He left Macon with 30
600, and was re-enforced 5000 and had | II
pieces ofartillery