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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02

4 national enterprise partakes of the same
disposition that private or individual enter
prise does No man with sound common
sense risks or jeopardises his! property or his
ife, his liberty or his reputation, when he
knows that nothing but failure, and perhaps
irretrievable ruin, lies before him. For four
long years the Confederacy has been in the
condition of merchant who has rsked every
thing and gained nothing; who has witnessed
the laundering Of the bark containing all his
precious venture in distant sea. How long
can We stand this? How long are we to sui
fer and endure, without the faintest hope OF
bettering our condition? If we were unable
to maintain inviolate our territory from lnva-
sion when our whole armsbearing population
hristled with bayoncts when Our ranks were
over crowded with eager and willing voun-
teers, what are we to do now when those ar
mies, with but one single illustrious exception,
have been defeated, decimated, or annihilated,
and we cannot recruit their ranks except
through the unpopular CONSUMPTION? In view
of these momentous questions; in view OF the
threatening aspect Of the future, ii becomes
us as men to consider how best to ward OF
the impending calamltics And in the purest
spirit of patriotism, in the highest love tor the
South and all her cherished institutions-her
brave, courageous selfsacr6cing people-we
affirm that it is worse than madness tor US to
continue the one-sided conflict The spirit
of our people is broken under succession OF
disastrous defeats; the Yankees are flushed
with brilliant and dashing victories we have
lost the sea coast; Sherman and Thomas
menace the interior, and Grant holds in his
vice-like grasp the only effective army in the
Confederacy Anything-peace, honorable
or dishonorable, with or without slavery-the
old Unon-anything under Heaven is prefer,
able to the utter rretrievable ruin now await,
ing u.s.
We do not utter this appeal in the expecta.
ton that it will be heard in Richmond, or il
heard listened to- What cares the present
head of the Confederacy for the complaints OF
sufferings ofthe people? Nothing. Nothing
SO long as his own Unsuitable love of power
is satisfied North Carolina is no more tc
him than Mexico or Massachusetts,, He is the
evil genius of the south. He tempted her to
the brink of dsunion, and now to save him
self would ruin his whole country. He has
done more than all the Yankee Generals com
bined to defeat our armies and crush out the
military ardor of our people. And if our en-
terprse fails it will he attributable not tc
Yankee. powers, not to Southern lack ofpuck
but to the imbecility, the critical carelessnes'
of Jefferson Davis Raleigh (M C) Whig
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02

wire in day As it is twisted it goes through
the hot solution of tar and gutta percha above
mentioned, whenitis passed through trough
Of water to cool it. The noise Of fthe machin-
cry in the factory where this process goes on
is absolutely deafening. 1t should be OBJ
served that before being worked into cable by
the ten strands of wire and yarn the core is
wrapped in twisted fold ofjute.
From the gutta percha works the cable is
then carried to the Modern Wharf factory
Here the core is sreceived on large reels, and
is sunk in circular openings, which are then
filled up with water From first to last, we
may here observe, the cable is mall its pro-
cesses of formation at this factory kept in
water, that any flaw in the coating may the
more quickly be made apparent. For twelve
fhours the coils of core are subject to electri-
cal tests, their continuity being ascertained
and their complete isolation proved beyond a
doubt The joining of the ends is very deli
cate operation, and in ninety-nine cases out
of a hundred if any fault is detected it is
found in one of the joints Hitherto the su-
perintendents of this anxious work have been
very fortunate; but it has sometimes happen
ed that great length of the cable has had to
be uncoiled, the defective joint cut out, and
the whole made good An account is kept OF
the daily progress, and there were six hun
dred and twenty-nine miles completed Decem-
ber 16, 1864 More than twelve miles are
added daily, so that now there are over a
thousand miles completed The distance
| from the west coast of Ireland to Trinity Bay,
Newfoundland, is one thousand six hundred
and forty nautical miles. Two of the eight
tanks are nearly full, and will soon be ready
for embarkation, by the Amethyst and Iris,
two ghostly y-looking hulks which lie alongside,
near the wharf The decks of these vessels
have been knocked about considerably, and
in great part got rid of, to make room for
tanks in which the cable will be slowed in the
same manner as at the factory. The huks
when laden will be towed to the Medway,
where the Great Eastern is now lying, with
three enormous tanks on board, occupying, by
comparison with the surrounding bulk so lit
tie space as to deceive experienced eyes as to
their actual dimensions. The Iris andsAme
thyst have each two, tanks on board. They
will have to make nine trips to get all the ca
bic alongside the "big ship
Mr.. Canning and Mr. Clifford, under whose
control the operations have been conducted al
East Greenwich, will accompany their precious
charge on board the Great Eastern, and will
direct the laying of the cable across the At
lantic Ocean. Our statement of the mileage
of perfected cable. gives but little idea OF the
length Of all the materials taken separately.
For example, to make up the 23O0 miles o
cable which, allowing for various contingen
cies, will be required, 10000 miles of copper
| wirn orn usad The insulatino material i,
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02

distinctly seen in different parts Of the city.
1t appears that the first explosion took place
at the Wilmington depot, the fire from which
rapidly communicated with the adjacent bull
dings, causing general conAagration of all
the dwelling houses in the vicinity, and it was
while the unfortunate inhabitants were trying
to extinguish this fire that the second explosion
took place, which resulted so disastrously,
causing terrible loss of life amongst the wom-
en- and children, who are represented as hav-
ing been horribly mutilated.
{ About six o'clock this morning General
Schimmelfennig moved his forces and occu.
pied the city and its defences.
The formidable earthworks on James Island
were fonnd abandoned, and the guns spiked.
At o'clock this morning q detachment
Was sent to take possession Of Fort Sumter
and raised the flag which General Anderson
hauled down nearly four yeas ago. At
o clock the flag was raised amid deafening
cheers. s,. ...-..
As fast as the forces could be thrown into
the city, they were set to work to put out the
fire, which, up to the time of leaving, was
raging fiercely in different parts of the city
Old men, women and children rushed fran
ticaly to and fro in an agony of despair al
the loss of their homes, and the killing ano
mutilating of their friends.
tits impossible to estimatethe amount Of cot
ton destroyed by the rebels. Several thou
sand bales we're collected in different parts o.
the city and set on fire almost simultaneously
with all the principal depots and warehouses
There is no doubt that the rebels intended
to burn the city to the ground, despite the
misery it would entail on thousands of womer
and children and old men, of which class the
inhabitants of Charleston is now almost en-
tirely composed.
1t was the opinion of Gen. Gilmores at
that in all probability two-thirds of the city
would be destroyed before the fire could be ex
tnguished, with the imperfect means OF sub
DUNG it at hand.
The last or rear guard Of the enemy let
| Charleston at o'clock this morning. ant
there are various rumors and conjectures a
to their destination, but the prevalent opin
ion is that they intend concentrating in tn
| vicinity of Florence, to which point they hav
railroad communication from Charleston, un
less it has been recently destroyed by the ex
pedition sent to Bulls Bay.
Several hundred rebels who secreted them
selves in different parts of the city when tn
main column was retrcating, have given them
selves up, and tell the usual story OF belnI
tired Of the war, half starved, &c.
They express desire to be allowed to taxi
the oath of allegiance to our Government, an'
to remain in the city.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02
Value of Female Advisers.

1t is q wondrous advantage to man, in ev-
cry pursuit or vocation, to secure an adviser I
in sensible woman. In women, there is at
once suitable delicacy of tact and plain
soundness ofudgment-whic are rarely COM
bined in an equal degree in man.. A woman,
if she really is your friend, will have sensi-
tive regard for your character, honor and re-
pute. She will seldom counsel you to do a
shabby thing-for woman friend always de-
sires to be proud Of you At the same time,
her constitutional timidity makes her more
cautious than your male friend She, there
fore, seldom counsels you to do an imprudent
thing. By female friendships I mean pure
friendships-thoss in which there is no admir-
ture of love, except in the marriage state. A
mans best female friend is wife of good
sense and good heart, whom he loves andwho
loves him. If be have that, he need not seek
elsewhere. But suppose the man be without
such helpmate, female friendship he must
still have, or his intellect will be without gar
den, and there will be many an unheeded gap,
even in the strongest fence. Better and safer,
of course, such friendship ps where desparities
of years or circumstances put the idea of love
out of the question Middle life has rarely
the advantage youth and old age have We
may have female friendships with those much
older, and those much younger than ourselves.
Moiere's old housekeeper was a great health
to his genius; and Montaigues philosophy
takes both as genter and loftier character Of
wisdom from the day in which he finds Marie
de Gournay an adopted daughter, certainly
beloved by me, says the Horace of essaayists,
with more than paternal love- and involved
in my solicitude and retirement as one of the
best parts of my being Female friendship,
is to man--wOesidiuan ct dulce decus-Bul-
wark, sweeter, ornament of his existence
To his mental culture it is invaluable; without
it, all his knowledge of books will never giva
him knowledge of the world
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02
Evacuation of Charleston.

New York, Feb. 21.-The Steamship Full
ton, Capt Knowlton, from Port Royal and
Charleston bar, 18th, at P NJ, arrived this
morning Purser Tom McManus furnished
US with the following memoranda
Charleston was evacuated by the enemy on
the night of the 18th, leaving the several for
tifcutions uninjured, besides 200 guns, which
they spiked. The evacuation was first dis
covered at Fort Moultrie In the morning,
at 10 A. NJ, part of the troops stationed at
James Island crossed over in boats and took
possession of the city without oppossion.
Previous to the enemy evacuatng Charles
ton they fired the upper part of the city, by
which 5000 bales of cotton were burned, and
it is supposed that before the fires could be
subdued two-thirds Of the city would be de-
stroyed
Admiral Dahlgren was the first to run up
to the city, where he arrived at about two
clock. General Gilmore followed soon af-
ter, and had an interview with Gen. Schm-
melfenning, he being the first General officer
in the city, and for the present in command.
Tho blockade runner Cyrene, just arrived
from Nasseau fell into our hands, and two
others were expected to run in on the night
of the 18th.
The first flag over Sumter was raised by
Captain Henry NJ Bragg, A. D, G. on Gen.
Gilmore staff. .o
The remains of two iron-clads were found,
which the enemy destroyed by blowing them
up previous to the evacuation.
| A fearful explosion occurred in the Will
mington depot (cause unknown,) by which
several citizens lost their lives The building
was used for commissary purposes, and situa-
ted in the upper part of the city.
| The houses in the lower part Of the city
were completely riddled by our shot and
shell
The wealthy part of the population have
deserted the city, aud now all. that remain arc
the poorer classes, who are suffering from
want of food
A movement has been made. by the force
under Gen. Hatch, which resulted in the cap
ture of six pieces of artillery -.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT. sc
The Tribunes correspondent, who arrived
by the Fulton, gives the following account
! Charleston, Harbor, Feb. 1S.-Early last
evening, Brigadier General Schimmelfennig
commanding the Northern District Of the
Department of the South, discovered some
indications which led him to believe that the
rebels were about to evacuate Charleston ant
its defences, and he accordingly ordered his
pickets and picket boats to keep bright look
out, and report Immediately any movenaen
on the part Of the enemy.
About halfpast 8 o'clock this morning {
terrific explosion took place in Charleston
which shook every ship in the harbor and Of
the bar and almost instantaneously with tn
explosion flames broke out which could not b
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02
Snetry
The Constitutional Amendment.
HYMN BY DIR. HOLMES.

At the meeting held at Boston, on Satur
lay evening, in honor of the Constitutions
the following hymn, by Doctor
Holmes, was sung to the tune of "Old Hun
lred:"
Giver of all that crowns our days, 80
With grateful hearts we sing Thy praisel
Through deep and desert led by Thee,
Our Canaans promised land we see.
Ruler of Nations, judge our cause
If we have kept thy holy. laws;
The sons of Bclial curse in vain
The day that rends the captive's chain.
Thou God of vengeancel Israe's Lordl
Break in their grasp the shield and sword,
And make Thy righteous judgment known
Till all Thy foes are overthrown!
Then, Father, lay Thy healing hand
In mercy on our stricken land;
Lead all It's wanderers to the fold,
And be their Shepherd as of old?
So shall one Nations song ascend
TO Thee, our Ruler, Father, Friend;
While Heavens wide arch resounds again
With Peace on earth, good will to menl
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02

command Of the 10th army corps yet in that
time he had fought several battles of magni-
tude in all Of which he proved victor. In the
movement on the north bank Of the James he
was in the advance, and his corps, through his
skill and gallantry gained those great adyan-
tages which have placed our army at the very
gates of Richmond.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02
The Iron Business of Lake Supe-
rlAE. - - IL. ---- :.

The following shows the rise and progress
of this business at Lake Superior:
The first ore worth mentioning was shipped
in 1856 The following table exhibits COM
plete summary of shipment to the present
time. C. n 4
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02
Dr.. w. M. CALVERT
Saw Mill Again in Operation.

NNHE undersigned having purchased and put
i in repsir the mill property formerly
owned by James Radford, near the old Meigs
County Fair Grounds. are prepared to deliver
bills Of lumber on short notice.
The 7patrohage Of generous public is re-
Spsstfully solicited. J.V. STEVENS.
7.4l.iy.] B.FaDIKE. '
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~. ssas 'fs n. II. sTHwART.
gsnsfsll snnissions Merchant, No. Z. East
frsnt Street, Cincinnati, [7-l6-1y
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02
SAM. MCKNIGHT
A. KOHL,

A. KOHL,
Dealer in and Manufacturer OF uMbrel- ~
las, Court ST.. I'd door from Front rrs,s<
Pomsroy, Ohio. He also repairs om- ~,
brellas, and purchases old ones AZ lloer"'
prices.
May 0, 1s6O.-a-1-tf. -
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-07-12
a Word to Farmars.

The season is now upon us when
the farmers are hurrying, driving,
sweating and fretting about getting
harvests gathered. Everything else
is rated secondary, in order that their
whole attention may be given to the
housing and laying up of that which
is to form the next years proyender;
and it is right that it should be SO.
especially at this particular period
in aur country's history. But would
not q few words to some of our farm
ers be only not amiss, but probably
highly useful if needed?
Our American farmers, as class,
work great deal to hard They
are serv"nts to their profession, and
do not make at subservient to them
as every mans business should be.
They undertake too much with too
little assistance thence, the common
complaint among them is, that they
never have time to do any thing but
attend to their farms, Now, | con-
tend that they do not, properly, at
tend to their farms, if they merely
labor and sweat upon them from
morn to night and from year to year
without setting apart any portion OF
their time for thinking or planning,
or for informing themselves in regard
to the best modes of accomplishing
their varied sorts of labo.-.
Many a farmer complains that he
has not time even to g read news
paper" Not time Why, my dear sir
it is your duty to read the agricultural
department OF your paper,and you should
take time to do it that you may proceed
the more intelligently and ehectualy il
the execution of your work 1t is moi
by keeping your nose to the srindstone
all the time, that you can accomplish the
most lfyou weret to devote larger por
tion of your time to the perusal of stand
ard agricultural works. you would find a
the end of the year that you have more
done and better done than you would by
the old sweat-and drive process.
Dea't,be afraid to take little time for
recreation, end especially give your boys
sometime that they may call their own
Many a lad has been made. disobedient
and insubordinate;by being deprived oi
Liberties rightfuily belonging to him.
When the body is worked the
brain is apt to become sluggish and dull
and does not exhibit thai sprightly sctiv
ity which should be a prominent chafac
teristic utshim who follows the nobleseat
ing of '.tiler of the SOIL" 1t is owine
to their being over-worked that we see 81
many decrepit and enieebled middleage6
farmers among us---bent down as witt
old age just at that time iuAite when they
should be in their prime. Tel.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-07-12
GERMANT0WN TELEGRAPH.
A Family and Agricultural Journal
HnxntGzH In

CHOICE LITERATURE, including Poetry, Noveettes,
Tales and Moral and Entertaining Reading generally
In the Literary Department shall present the choisest
WITHIN the reach Of extended MEANS The Eoseletes
Tales Poetry, &C.. shall be supplied from the best
and highest sources and be equal anything found
in any journal magazine
AGRICULTURE and HORTICULTURE, embracing
farrNng, Gardening, Purchasing, &C. Our labors in
this department for thirty yeaas, have met the cor
dia appreciation of the public Our purpose has been to
furnish useful and reliable information upon these very
important branches of industry and to protect them SO
far within power against the false doctrines and
selfish purposes of the many empires and sensationad-
yenturers by which the Farmer is necessarily assaed
Thsportion of the Germdtopp Telegraph is alone worth
the whole price Of subscription.
NEWS SDEPARrsIENT--The same industry care and
discrimination in gathering and preparing the Stirring
Events Of the Day expressly for this paper which h
erto has beenone of its marked features and given uni
yefsal satisfaction, will be continued with 1cdoghled e
forts to meet the increasing demands of tile public.
IeRMs;-Two dollars per annum; dollar for six
months No orders received without the cash. and all
subscriptions stopped at the end Of the time paid for
Address PHILIP r. FREAS,
Editor and Proprietor Germantown, Philadn, Pa
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-07-12
fhe 5a,mers department.
Stirring the Soil

5llIlluS tnC Ro1it
That stirring the soil during the
growing season prevents drouth to
a great extent, is certain. Ii we
spade the gaound deeply during a
drouth, and the ground is hard and
ary, we find it soon becomes moist.
by lifting the grouud and exposing it
while cool to the warmer air of our
hot summers, the vapor which is al
ways in the air is condensed or de-
posted on the newly-exposed sur
face, and is, as often as repeated du-
ring the drouth, of the most decided
benefit But after the rain has come
let the ground rest until it becomes
again dry enough to pulveize when
moved. No person who has ever US
ed spade and his eyes at the same
time, can fail to see this. But very
large majority practice the very re-
verse of this. Their ground is so
hard and so baked that nothing can
be done until the rain comes, so that
the crop S ruined waiting on prod-
dence, to send a shower. IL is of no
use, say these grumblers, to contend
against nature. We have got bad
season, says one, an it is of no use
killing ourselves in trying to coax a
crop to grow in bai season, and we
amt a-going to try, | drove to the
village on last Monday, the 18th, and
found plenty of monrners for the
drouth standing round and bewailing
the dry weather. "Well'' says l.,
*'if you have anything to do before
the rain comes, you had better be
about it, for it is coming" cay,
but when?" coin day or two
this week certainly" says I, GLOW
did you find that out?' ays one
"Well, no matter now, | have no
time to explain; but come to my
place some time and will show you /;
bnt the rain S certainly coming
SO get our cabbages, plant your tur-
nip seed, and ] viii warrant they will
grow"
Sure enough on the Wednesday
the rain came and continued coming ;
and now we have enough. 1t was
o glorious and abundant rain, not "A
shower, but succession of showers
for three days. But said Mr.. Grun-
bier, " Tell us how you knew the rain
was coming. "Wel |. | will. Ny
house Contains five inside doors, all Of
black walnut (Juglans nigri J about
one and sometimes two days previous
to rain. these doors crack and snap,
often loud enough 20 wake us frIn
sleep and an clubhouse has a door
made of two pieces of walnut match
ed and battened together. The lip
of the inside groove is split from the
tob TO the bo tom, aad durin' a dry
time the groove is tight and snug as
when first made, but just previous
TO a rain-storn! the lip of the groove
swells out, so We can slip a finger
underneath it. During five years
this has never ia led. 1t is certain
and infallible; and answers all pur-
poses of a barometer, and is quite as
certain and reliable.-Ger. Tel.