Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-01-26
WEST vIRerSIAyLEarsLATuRE.

n! WEST vIRGISIA ALEGIsIATuRE. JfE A,
WHEELING, Va January 1.-THE Legisla-
ture of West Virginia met and organized to-
day Gen. Kramer was elected Speaker of
the House, and G. DfHall, Clerk. In the
Scnat W. e. Stevenson was elected Speaker,
and Emory r. Hall, Clerk. 5' ~. '-
The Governors message was delivered and
read at II A. NJ. ltfis a lengthy and well
written document, and speaks very encour-
agingly of the prospects Of the new State and
the condition OF its finances @". 7s ..'-
THE PRESIDENT ArPIovEs THE RErEAL OF THE
REclroclrY TREATY.
The President has approved the joint rcso-
luton charging the President with the com.
munication of the notice to the Government
Of Great Britain of thet wish of The Govern
nent Of the United States to terminate the
Reciprocity treaty Of 1904 ss >a
a,iga p'l q EXCHANGED. H-4 49,. 4
The following Western officers Fave beer
exchange and granted a furlough 10 60 home.
Maj w. H. Owens, lst. Kentucky Cavalry
Assistant Surgeon WE. Hicks, 7th Wes
Virginia. sJ-,,S% ai.~
y -. NNNS NfsVEs IN LHfH.
New YORK., January 1.-THE Galveston
News SAYS Grain, is sold at railroad stations
in Texas for three dollars per bushel in Con
fedcrate money, to- rfiftccn cents in specie
There is a large surplus. of grain in the mar
ket --.,
sroNEEALI. lACKsoN's BRIGADE.
The Richmond Wig SAYS: Stoncwall Jack
son old brigade is'i, a very destitute con
dition, and apeal toits friends for aid.
rRoors In RorrE FOR SAVANNAH,
l. NASHVILLE, January l7.-Gcneral Thoma
Francis Meaghcr arrived here last night from
Chattanooga with several thousand vetera,
troops Of the 18th and 18th Army Corps, or
ganized as the provisional division of Tennes
see, en- route to join Sherman at Savannah
via New York, where he may be expected il
foyr or FIVE days H.. l-1. .a
| Upon leaving Chattanooga lie was the re
c.pent of high compliments from Genera
Steadman, commencing his administration Q
affairs in the district OF Etowah, and his sue
cess in protecting railroad and steamboa
transportation AZ "a. 81 .y-.. ...ra.7. d
| ai Gen. Webster. Col, Sawyer, Capts. Roches
ter, Anderson, and other members of Shel
mans staff, leave here tomorrow for Sayar
nah, via New York. y If. Nv
The river is fifteen feet on the shoals an
falling slowly. s,4 ,ge, Il. r. as-l '.t..
AZ 20 2'i $.' FROM KENTUCKY. ~
| LOUISVILLE, January lS.-Forty guerrilla.
under Pratt and McGregor, a consolidation c
several bands at three o'clock yesterday a
ternoon, made dash into Bardstown for til
purpose of recovering one of their men, Joh
Robinson, confined il the jail lof that place.
Bardstown is garrisoned bya detachmer
of soldiers under Capt G. W, Nichols gsa..
The guerrillas set tie depot on fire and
Twas burned to the .grohnd, The body of NJ
Sanberry was consumed with 1t, n ssL 4asis
\ The gperrillas an spldiers had heay
light Capt, Pratf Ma Pat Bull were killed
Sae MundxS aha ALFioh wounded. sever'
Z Eiotlers Wcres toiui| The guerrillas wei
Irouted md dl3yen il3fn the town. They wei
pnrsned tYa niles Hheh darkness put ste
Ete. The RFescsdngs eb~-l Ia &. NV j..
!. USIoSIsM E SAyANEAH, GA.
II A Savannah ltttBE lhys: Union scntimeI
lis Increasing ID e6nsed dqence of the mildne
OF Gen. Sherman pQfifY ana zen. Ueary
adm ministration Of atfaiTs in the city. No r
str ctions are PLACED pp9n trade except in CO
ton and articles contt1band Of war She
: man s. policy is hstlhgsits effect in the int
) rior. In Sodtliwsst9i 9i5 Georgia nine count
: have issued calls for Union meetings Nee
: 1ings were held in Mont tsomery and Liber
: counties with the result of endorsing the res
: -Itutions adopted 'by HE eltizcns of Savanna
There are two daily papers in Savannah, b
ling all that Sherman Wi allow,
III CoLuMBrs, january IA memoer or q
] Sth Ohio Cavalry, nstreturned,, gives u v.
: sion of the recent csptiife Of q considerat
q portion ofthat commsndsat Beverly, Va, We
lcreditable to the ingenuity of the . secesh
!, citizens of that section, ,sand which, if trr
should bring the seyerest punishment upon t
= commanding officer, az II will cause scand
! to all of the regiment concerned.
He states that the = so}esh got up a ba
TO which they extended p general invitati
the Union officers And men. This
! Iyitati on was ckeerfnlly accepted, and the
IS Tendance was large When the festivit
4 fwere ut Their height. the Confederates Sc
e some of their own numbers, dressed in Bl'
y ftol relieve the Union guards They said
a1 them, ave have had our tdrn, now go and I
h,l ioy yourselves Ia privilege the tired guar
IS we're by no means slow TO avail themselves
lof When all these arrangements were co
8, pleted, rebel troops came into town and to
d possession, capturing WITHOUT firing shots
= eral hundred Onion soldiers Our inform,
d states, tsasfhere was pat I'D officer left to GO
D. nand the 8.h cavalry. ~ p izll 80
b THE sroILsoF FenF FIFHERi-cAFE FEAR RIy
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