Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-08-03
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

DE8rEUCTIuN or VESSELS GY THE slIENANDoAm
San francisco, July 2O-Arrivcd, whaling
with crews from several whnlcr3 destroyed by
the Shenandoah last month The Edward
Casey, Hector Abigail, Euphralcs, William
Thompson and Sophia 'horn"nwerc captured
and mostly burned The Milo was bombed
for the purpose Of taking oil crews. The
Shenandoah WAS continuing wholesale de-
slruction of whaIcrs, and would probably soon
destroy another feet, numbering sixty vessels
Her commander was informed Of Lees sur
render and the collapse Of the Rebellion. but
di,l not believe it, Tie believed Lincoln's as
S;issualiou, for he expected it. The Shcnan
doall coalcd last at Melbourne. heismann,d d
by English and Irish sailors Same captured
wha4cmcm joined her
oEE muNDEED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN BONDS
sToLEN---AEEI:ST or THE THIEF
Washington, July 25-On the 9th day of
.Iuuo the Chief Clerk and Superintendent of
the loan branch connected with the Office of
tn" Secretary Of the Treasury, addressed to
the latter Il note, STATING that one hundred
bonds partially prepared for issue, of 81 900
each, were missing, and that he had exhaust
ed all the resources at his command in en-
,lcavoriu% 10 find them. AS they had not
been signed by the kr%stcr nor sealed, they
could not be registered The coupons, how.
eyrr amounting 10 SIOS, 900, were sealed and
complete, and payable to bearer on the first
|ofJanualy and July in each year, and could
I,s sold anywhere. The Solicitor Of the 'rrca
ury, having employed two detectives of this
city, il was not long before they fixed upon
Wallace W Wiiiuc5"y Clerk in thc loan Of
Ii"o of tho Treasury department, the guilty
party, but it was not deemed advisable to
make the arrest until more conclusive cvi-
dcntc could be obtained Their suspicious
were strengthened by the fictof his rcsicninr
his position in the Treasury Department in
December last, aud Of his living s'lmpiuousIy
without oStcnslhlc means. On Saturday last
the detectives proceeded to New York, and
captured WlitIcscy near the Western Hotel,
in Courlant street. He confessed his .uill
and STATED to them where some of the coupons
were concealed namely, in the chandelier
of his residence. whore they were subsequent
f " found; but the bonds had been destroyed
On recovering all that was available of the
stolen property the detectives took their pris
oncr rapidly to Jersey City to catch the train
t WhlIlesey quietly seated himself in the car
but soon after the train had attained lis lrI
speed, lie FASTENED to the door doubtless with
the intention Of Jumping of, but was pulIct
back. Finding Himself loiIcd he en- leavorc,
, to obtain sympathy from passengers by accus
Ing the officers Of kidnapping him. He wa.
safely landed here this morning and conycyc,
l to the police headquarters. WhirIcscy ha,
t sold some $500 worth of the coupons, an,
made about 300 on the premium on gold
. He had no money when arrested, notwith
standing his high style Of living,
ADAlEIarEElNG JUSTICE IN VIRGINIA.
: Washington July 26-ln consequence o
o The refusal of the pro-slaycry magistrates o
Alexandria to receive the testimony of colorct
r persons in eases which come before them lo
y trial General Howard has decided to establish
J. " military court in that city, whose duty i
:, shall be to hear and decide all cases ailcctin,
), the rights Of the freedmen. The same whole
some policy will be pursued in every distric
, under his jurisdiction where the civil authori
u ties make any distinction between white an,
Vi colorod testimony. Courts of this description
d will probably be organized in each of th
:, lower Maryland counties, whore the frcedmc,
have less justice shown them now than whcl
in slavery.
~ THE TRIAL or VERSE
$ The trial of VERSE; the rebel commander n
e Andcrsonvillc prison, will commence on Fri
@ day, A humber Of prisoners who en,
fined in the sloekade have been subrlen;ed a
," witnesses against HIN as well as those VIII
II acted rs guards to the prison Two rcbc
d officers, one of them Lieutenant Colonel ar
n. also held as witnesses against the accused
a g .Iuy t, ,p fri
~ presses confidence in his ability to establis
u The fact that all he did while in command c
u the prison was in accordance with express OF
le ders from the Rebel War Department. |
II, that case it will be all the worse for jeff Davi.
~ DICK TAYLOR
~ The rebel Gen Dick Taylor made his al
: pearance this evening in the hall of Willard
le Hotel, which has not been graccd by his pres
ID ence for nearly five years He is being lior
y. izcd by his friends and acquaintance.
:, TROOPS ON THE RIO GRANDE-MAxIMILIAN
;" sUsrCIoNs AND APrREHENsIoNs.
x Cairo July 26-The Galveston correspoI
IN dent oil the Houston news writes, under dat
to of the lst inst, as follows Through privat
4 letters, | learn that orders have been issue
TO proper officials at Matanoras to prepare u,
;" coutermcnts for $4,000 troops of the Empir
IN The same letters state that these troops col
he sst of French, Austrian and AIgerine, an
tb the reason why so many are placed at thi
- point is because we have q similar number ;
l; Brownsville and adjacent points Frcnc
ny officers assert that there is no reason why I'll
ed United States should send an army of 5000
- or 100000 men TO Texas unless she design
. aggressive movements upon Mexico. Th
iS spirit OF the two armies is described as bein