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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-20

The following are the leading features OF
the new Constitution of Missouri just adopted
by majority Of the people:
1t declares Missouri a free State forever.
Itestablishes the equality of all men before
the law.
1t prohibits legislation interfering with the
personal rights of men on account OF their
color
Itdecarcs that Missouri shall ever remain.a
member of the American Union.
| 1t excludes from the ballot-box and from Of
fec, traitors, rebels rebel sympathisers, guer-
rilla marauders, bushwhackers and their and
ers and abettors
1t in like manner excludes Knights Of tho
Golden Circle, Sons CT Liberty and 0. A. KS,
It in like manner excludes those who en-
rolled themselves as disloyal, Or as Southern
svmpathizers, to avoid military duty
It provides for an efficient registration OF
voters, thereby securing tue exclusion OF lie
gal voters. ... -,-
1t removes the rule requiring treason to be
proved by at least two witnesses, ana leaves
, it to be proved as any other crime.
; 1t invites emigration from Europe BY ex-
5 tending the elective franchise to those persons
/ of foreign birth who have, more than one
5 wear before an election, declared their inten-
: ton, according to law, to become citizens OF
n the United States.
. 1, forbds private, local and special legisa.
n ton which for thirty years has cursed the
I State, and brings the State under uniform
n system Of general laws.
r 1t prohibits lotteries
e 1t forbids the Legislature making compcn
n s4on for emancpated slaves.
1t stops the creation Of corporations by spe'
" cial acts, with enormous and dangerous pow,
y ers, and requires all corporations to be formed
lc under general laws.
t. L prohibits the creation, renewal Or exten'
N sion Of the charter of any bank OF issue
ID 1t protects the interests Of thepeople by I'M
a posing upon stockholders individual haolhty
ur for the debts of corporations.
is 1t secures an efficient system of common
as schools for the free education Of the children
q of the State,
by 1t gives increased facilities for its owr
amendment, and allows the people u dsrec'
by vote upon every amendment proposed
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-20
Trade of the Missouri River.

The Missouri Democrat speaking of the
great increase Of trade by the Missouri river,
says:
At no former seoason has the trade up the
Missouri been so large as at present. The
reason is to be found in the attractive infu-
ence of the gold regions on the head waters
of this stream. Thousands OF adventurers
have gone in that direction, and thousands
more arc following and making preparations
for the trip Steamboat transportation Is the
cheapest and most comfortable mode OF per-
forming the journey, and as this market has
all the necessary articles for perfect outnt,
not In provisions only, but in the requisite
machinery for mining operations, and TINS
port is well furnished with class OF boats
built expressly for the strong current OF the
Missouri, and men to navigate them thor
oughly experienced, the tide OF travel IN that
way and the trade centers at st. LOUIS
This is only the second Or third season OF
this new business, and yet the heavy volume
to which it has grown, the large proportions
it has assumed, are already receiving the
wonder and gratifying comment OF the pub
lie. ,..,...,,
II is certainly strange spectacle, especial
; " to those somewhat advanced IN hfe-this
!, rapid expansion OF business, heretoiore--
before the discovery Of the precious metals on
] the Pacific and along the backbone OF the
!, continent-the expansions Of trade relations
y y was slow. A lifetime hardly more than SUI
: feed for settlement Of any Importance along
= the frontier or beyond, but now a natlon s. a., ~,
. most comes up in day, and a hundred
. steamers turn their prows toward hourlshlng
> towns and prosperous comnuultles "nelt
s. Yesterday, as it we're, there was no human
:, life but that of q savage :,
u But great drawback upon this trade is ths
u !, ice Of winter and the failure of water IN sum
"a .. mcr The river spreads itself out over 9
&c &c broad cxpanse, and is full of sand bars ant
le sand sand Islands 1t is thought that the channe
IL n'i mgm be Kept open and navigation be unin
se terapted, except during the winter in wh,sl le
: case it would seriously compete with Tn
.e rrcat railway Iines to the Far West
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-20
a,on,,yc,tion OF Non -- Episcopal
McthOdistS.

The Convention of the various bodies OF
non -Episcoval Methodists, which has been IN
session in the Wesleyan Church in this CITY,
the past two or three days, met Yesterday
morning pursuant to adjournment the ifesi'
dent, Rev DR.. Scott, in the Chair, ana was
onened bv religious services, conducted oy
Rev J. H. Richards. ~ c.
: After the journal had been read, the Com,
mittee on the State of the Country suomlu.Gu
the following report, which VAS Unanimously
adopted by a rising vote;' '-' " lu
IT, DECLARATION FOR NEGRO SUFFRAGE
p Assembled as we are, the unofficial repre-
sentoti yes of the various non-Episcopal Meth
odst bodies in this country, for the purpose
of effectinp union or consolidation INTO one
! ecclesiastical household, we recognize, with
devout thanksgiving, the wonderful providence
Of God, not only in delivering us from the g
neril of national dismemberment and civll
war hut in virtually removing from our midst
orr national disgrace and curse, and the chiei
source of former ecclesiastical irritatons and
diyisions,-American Slavery. And now that
slavery has perished by the recoil OF its own
molion efforts to overthrow the government
in order that it might perpetuate its existence
and extend its sway, thus freeing the slave IN
the very effort to make his bondage perpetual,
we cannot but regard it as alike demanded oy
his new position as a citizen OF this kepuohc'
bS Christianity, natural justice, good states
1 manship and the future peace and well oelng
of the State, that they who have so long been
enslaved and robbed of all their rights, but
f whom God has so suddenly and strangely set
| free; who have pioneered our scouts and
armies, fed and concealed from danger, and
aided to escape, thousands Of Union soldiers
: fleeing to our lines; who have helped to man
our iron elads, build Notifications, train oul
5 artillery against the foe, carried two hundred
ID thousand Federal bayonets, and stained many
4 battlefield with their blood who are hence
Al forth to bear arms, own real estate, acquire
: education, pay taxes, command ships, pleat
J.. in our courts, edit papers, and preside owe
banks, benevolent institutions and colleges
d shall be invested also with that indispensable
and most sacred right of freedom--the righ
q Of the exercise of the elective franchise. ~
i. While, therefore, we. avow our contdepc
o in, and purpose to sustain, the Governmentl
d Rits arduous efforts to reconstruct the natlor
o and disavow all wish to dictate imperthentl
Il to our rulers as to matters Of State policy, W
e cannot too earnestly express our convictlo
l. that, to deny the right of suffrage to the loyt
r eolored population Of the South, thus leavin
IlItbeni in the power of their former disloy'
IlImasters to Cypress them still by discriminatin
M and unfrendly legislation, wonid not only !,
,e a crime against humanity. and lusnce, ana u
!" flag which these freedmen have helped to carl
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-20

are bound together for the common defense
against European conquest Let us accept
their view that the downfall of one is the ex-
posurc of all to their agressions. Let the first
use of our restored power be to reestablish The
protection it gave our sister Republic. Mex
leo must be relieved from French invasion
and French financial swindlers All these
have been imposed on her during our troubles,
and under the conviction that our power to
intcrposc was effectually destroyed. Perhaps
the moral effect of our restoration and deter
mination, backed by the material power we we
have developed in this war, may be sufficient
to effect the liberation of Mexico If not,
and NJ we are compelled to use force, the
Nephew of his Uncle will probably tind his
Moscow in Mexico. 1nproviding for our own
security by relieving Mexico from a foreign
yoke we shall do an act. whose justice the
world will applaud, if its justice is tainted BY
no projects OF conquest or annexation on our
part. If it shall be, it will plant the seeds Of
! calamity to this nation Gin. Gas.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-20
'NI- n N n 9NIEI ~ ~ ~ ~
Tornado i'm Wisconsin.

=" The Lacrosse (wis) Republican, of July
lst contains the details Of the terrible tornado
at Virooua and vicinity, in that State. II Is
most frightful calamity About CLOCK on
Thursdny T afternoon June Doth, two angry
iool,;ng clouds approached each other from
,bo Nortb and South. and but short distance
west of Viroqua. When the two forces CANE
in contact they whistled off at tangent IN an an
ef sterly direction, and passed through me Sely
heart Of the village carrying death anu ue.
struction in their path. In moment aoous
6fty buildings were demolished and scattered !n
TO the winds Seventeen persons were kii.eu !,
and about one hundred men, women ana emu.
dren, injured. The tornado continued IN "
course for several miles east of Viroqua IL
DESTROYED everything in its course. Inc W
taI destruction of property is estimated at t"e
hundred thousand dollars, The following
nersons are among the. killed }. It. Barsto"
and wife Mrs. r. Deaa and daughter; Mrs
Moon: Dr.. Weldons child Mrs, Lydia Glllet Il,
Mrs. Geo. Coed and eight children were kllle'
;n ; The school house. Among the fatally In
;ured are Mr.. Drake and wife, the former r, II
J Years Of are: Dr.. Dean hired girl OF Wm
I Purdv: Mrs. Buckley; Mrs. r. White
Miss White and Phincas Drake. There wer
iorre numbers of others severely WOUNDED
), hut not considered dangerous The house
,Iobn Gardner was carried bodily IN the a.
! forty feet, turned upside down and dashed
i nieces. VIM S. Purdy's house was ra'Se
!. from the flooring and carried away, and le le
u Mrs. Purdy and her children sitting on =. u
:. aoor in perfect safety. Mr.. J. NJ Bennet
;. wife, andsmarred daughter, and Mrs ours m
. and two children, went into cellar nr'
% hnrses and harnesses were blown into the &C
iar m and upon the family Mr.. Bennett vi
IS IS very seriously injured, his leg broken and s,(
= injured. Mrs. Tourjee Was slightly wonna' 7,
D. and d Mrs. Bennett and child ESCAPED, wtho :,
: serious harm. The vehicles TO which u
horses were attached have not been found
= r Kasson and family were found consider
N, N, bic distance from the ruins OF the house. ="
u. u. escaped with slight injuries to the wife a
d, one child. Col. Bierce wife was severely
90 iured, their child hurt; and Phlneas Dral
Al. Who. was in the employ of Col B'erce; "
III fatally injured. Mrs. .Bierce was found "
between the crushed sides OF the bulld,'
/. several wards from where the house STOOD
ns ns The school house which was totally demollsa
- About a half mile east of the village, e,?
ne children were killed, and all others, ,nciud'
,oa y, the teachers and about twenty scholars, w
lse ~, more or less injured. Many other Per,s'
~" whose names lave not been reported =, III
od M received fatal injuries, The precise ene
y ore yot unknown.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-20

five or six inches, and the cord was SO thick
it could not be made to press tightly against
the flesh ,. ..I ..,-.
The officer on the platform before mention
ed went back and signaled the executioners
Great beams were darted against the props,
and simultaneously two traps fell and four
bodies dropped. The spectators took little
rush forward. Mrs Surratts neck was broken
Immediately. She scarcely drew breath. -@-
Her short figure, with skirts looped up close
", merely dangled in vibration. a' :,
Payne died horrible death. The knot
slipped 10 the back of his neck, and bent his
head forward on his breast, SO that he stran-
gled, as he drew his deep chest almost to his
chin, and his knees contracted till they al
most reached to his abdomen. The veins IN
his great wrist were like whipcords, and ex.
banded to twice their natural dimensions, and
his huge neck grew almost black with the dark
blood that rushBd in food to the rope. For
a long while he swayed, and twisted, and strug'
elcd. TIL naluro ceasod her rebellion,
2 Harold also passed through some struesg gies
! 1t is doubtful ii his neck was broken. Atzer
OFT died easily. .i aa = s.i
| Applications were made yesterday, BY the
friends of Mrs Surratt, Arnold and Atzerott
for their bodies. The answer was, the reques
could not lie at present complied with. T.
Mudd, o Lau ghlin, Arnold and Spangei
will be taken to the Penitenuary at Albany
on Monday. 3.a4t' El ,-r,
The Times account of the execution says
Harold made a statement to the effect tina
in the original plot his part was to shut OF tn
gas in the theater, and he had once rehearse
Ills part with Booth; atterward, however n
was required only to be in waiting near tn
Navy Yard bridge, to assist Booth in his e
cape go. y Il. 4'aa,, h1- -:
: Payne, the night before the execution, sal
:, that SO far as he,knew, Mrs. Surratt haa not
!. ING to do with the assassination plot. p d
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-20
Action of the netas INST BIshops.

Alta meeting of the BISHOPS, held n con
nection with Drs Durbin and Harris, ms
s;onary Secretaries at Erie, Pennsylvanla, the
following resolutions werepassed and ordered
to be published namely "a. :.
Resoiosd, That as Bishops Of the Methoalst
Episcopal Church, we rejoice at the overthrow
Of Q terrible rebellion which threatened our
national existence, and we render thanksgW-
ing to Almighty God for his signal mercles 10
Q That while we reverently bow under the
Christening hand of God, we deeply lament the
death of President Lincoln by the hand OF an
assassin. and we tender to President Johnson,
who succeeds to the chair Of Chief Magistrate
of the Union, our confidence and hearty sup
mort in such measures as shall restore mar
nony to our Union, give equal rights 10 all
and dhonorably preserve peace with all natlohs =;
3. That we recognize the governing hand Of
God in so controlling the national contilct as
to 90 ,canse the destruction of slavery throughout
the rebellious States. ' /.
"A That in the removal Of the great eVl
from among us, we consider that the grea
cause which led to the separation from us, Q
both the Wesleyan Metholists OF this country
and of the Methodist Episcopal Church South
has passed away, and we trust the day ls nc
far distant when there shall be but org OF
oanization, which shall embrace the @hol
Methodist family in the United States,
, s Especially would we rejoice ii 'ther
could be general union of all Methodist
who agree in doctrine, and who are loyal t
, the General Government, and who are o
posed to the evil of slavery, in the approa'!
f inc Centenary of Methodsm, which occurs
r 1866. .r 20
o 6 But we, as officers of the Church, ha'
d no authority to originate any plans OF uhlo
f and are bound to adhere strictly to the pr
G visions of the Discipline and the directions
/, the General Conference.
e 7. We hereby extend aScordial welcome
e all ministers and members OF whatever prah
l. of Methodism, who will unite with US on I
,s basis of our loval and anti-slavery disclplin
Ie and we declare our desire to labor in VIII
d ever way we are able, to promote the uni
nt and prosperity of our common cause
,e 8 That we will occupy so far as practtl!t
- ble those fields in the Southern States whi
n. NAV be opened to us, and which give prom.
ID of success, and that our mission shall lie all
i'd to tie white and colored population.
n Q. That to our loyal brethren in the sou
70. who look to a union with US, we declare, Tn
as in accordance with the directions OF our "
no eral Conference, we shall seek, in a spirl'
%, Christian charity, to send such ministers III
at time to time as shall be necessary to care
ID the people, irrespective of color, who 81 ;,
int nlace themselves under our charge, and
no provide for such ministers as shall be recel'
ire by our Annual Conferences p, ~,
ms D. W. CLARK, Sey Of the Board
I'VE Eric, June ID, 1865. 4.
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gnetry..
MISCHIEF MAKING.

..
q. coi,ld there in this world be found
Some little spot Of happy ground,
Where village pleasures might gofouha,
Without the village tattlingl N hri
How doubly blest that spot would be
Where all night dwell in liberty, .
Free from the bitter misery isJlJsE i.I'l
IA Of gossips endless prattling' oH @i
If such spot were really known, : A ''
Dame Peace might call it as her own,
And in it she might fix her throne
Forever and forever %. ~.
Then like a queen might reign and live, ',
While everyone might soon forgive A
The little sights they may RECEIVE, .s
And be offended never. q lgpEI -:
IT'S mischief makers that remove u 'F'
Far from our hearts that warmth OF love,
And lead us all to disapproye a.# 8
What gives another pleasure; ..-.,
They seen, to take ones part; but when
; THEY'VE heard our cares, nnkindly then
They soon retail them out again. ''.F'
Mixed up with poisonous measure F.
And, then they We such o cunning wayHis
Of telling ill meant tales--they say,4 i-s
""Don't mention it,. pray, bg
would not tell another;' .4t4-.-.,
Straight to your neighbors then they go,
Narrating everything they know,
And breaking the peace Of high and low,
Wife, husband, ~ and brother
O, that this mischief making crew ,.
Were all reduced to one or two,
And they were painted red or blue,
That everyone might know themt T.,
Then would our villagers forget w..
To rage and quarrel, fume and fret, b..
And fall into an angry pet ,n....
With things so much beneath them
For tits sad, degrading part, 80
To mako another's bosom smart, u. ~
. And plant dagger in the heart
We ought to love and cherish' y.
Then let us evcrmore be found
In ouietness with all around, 5.aE.' '
, While friendship, joy and peaca abound,
= And angry feelings perish. ., -
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You've MEN-Thcre is no moral OBJECT 70
beautiful as conscientious young man. we
watch hin, as we do star in heaven clouds
NAV be before him; bnt we know tnat ms
,lirLt is behind them, and will beam forth
again. He resists temptation, not without
struggle for that is not virtue; but ne resist
and conauers. He bears the sarcasm OF the
pro1irate, and it stings him for that is q ,F"''
Of virtue but heals with its own pure touch
Woman is sheltered by fond arms ard iof,'
ing counsel; old age is protected by eAl'eA''
ence, and manhood is protected BY streneNA'
hut the Young man stands amid the tem41ea
tons of the world like a self balanced toSsft
Happy is he who seeks snd gains the rse!''A
morality .a,;:sso. az .Ly
standard and nerve tbyseE for goodness. ~
Cod has given thee intellectual power, awake
in that cause. Neeey let. it be said Oh 'nes
sbe helped to SWELL The river of sin BY ponAne'
his influence i.lto lis channels. il thcn af'
feeble in stre.lg,'l, throw notthatdr"p insoe
polluted current. nd 1.I l,nds L...:it..,., i. :,
Awakel arise! young man assp2ae S. u q I-,s y
9aaa.4f.i gy rb of virtGe. 1t is eltiiSal, ~
pure and ! oily. Put on thy streng n. ea'
Let truth he the lady of thy, love- fsp a,
{ J@ss.> "a
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in triumph and to plant anew over oil the
slave States-would not only preventive heal
inp of the nations wounds, but must inevita.
bly lead to irritations, surrections and civil
discord in future.
With these convictions, therefore, we can
not but regard the question OF negro suffrage
as the question of the honr, and one upon the
adjustment of which dsrfnds the veal nG Or woe
Convention of ministers and laymen from
nearly ali the Northerns States of the Union
we desire to throw the Weight Of our moral in
auence into the SCALE with that of other co.or
dinatc bodies, in favor pf the speediest ane
fnlIest Justice to our loyal brethren Of the
South, Of every color, al!Ee by according t
and giving them an even chance { in the race (,
unfettered by the chainsof slavery, or preju
dice, or caste, or legal d sPolitical disability
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DR.. D. M A Y E R, .,
puysICJANSA AND SURGEON,

l' NEW HAVEN, WEST VrAA::;,g D.
An calls on either side Of the riyof wni 20 70
3refully atteR4ed 70, - = -
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Al, applications for Subscription, Advertising
,,d Job work should be made at the Office
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ofBoo in first story of Bissell's Building, near
,bo smear Run Stone Bridge, Pomcroy, Ohio,
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COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
New York Market.
by Telegraph

New YORK, August i9.
COTTON-very firm; a for middling.
FLOUR-l01l5c better; 81 1907 90 for ex
ira State; % 6s0s s. for extra r. a. o.; IS 81
aI0 80 for trade brands market closing quiet
and scarcely 80 firm,
WHISKY-Frm; Western at 50 1912 20.
WHEAT-A light supply in market ease
better in good an choice qualities part to ar
rive, 81 tsal so for good Chicago spring; 81 %
for Milwaukee club; 81 50Gl 81 for amber Mil
waukie; 81 50 was refused for 4 choice lot do:
81 aOG2 0s for winter red Western: - Ia for new
amber.
BARLEY AND BARLEY MALT-Dun
CORN-More steady for unscund; aGt aSi
for sound mixed Western.
OATs-Dull, lac lower at 6Sa e4c Tor West
COFFEE-Dull; Rio isc
SUGAR-Active; Cuba Muscovaic and Clsri-
lied do at full previous prices.
MOLASSES-DuI.
PETROLEUM-Quie at previous quotations.
PORK-Dull and lower at s3l 5003l SIT for
new mess, closing at s3l Is for cash; S50030 so
for 1854 do; s24 for prime, aud $50 65as7 fol-
BEEF|ouist at IS 5oal2 so for plain mess,
and s100H 50 for extra mess.
BEEF HAMS-Dull
CUT MEATS-Steady at l42 Gl6t
HOCLDERS-l9a25a and varies.
BACON-Dull.
LARD-Firmer at i92024t
BUTTERFLY demand at 81 d2o for Ohio and
30936 for State
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DR.. WAGNE
MRS, O., ZIMMER,

MANUFACTURES ALL KINDS
M OF CRACKERS, CAKES, BREAD, &c,
No. 162 Market street, East side, "a few doors
south of the Market House) Wheeling, W Va.
janl0-6m
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MICHAEL J. ROHAN.

MARBLE WORKRR, ON MAR
Uu KET STREET, between the Custom
House and tho Little Suspension Bridge. Mon
umental work Of all kinds made to order City
aud country orders win be met with promptnesl
splSly
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r. H. LEE, N. D.

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL OF.
WI FICE AND RESIDENCE corner oil
Mil Alley and Main street, Centre Wheeling,
W. Va
Dr. Lee operates for the radical cure Of Hernia.
Stone in the Bladder, Strabismus Tor Cross Eye
and all the different forms of Club Foot
Office hours from 10 to ~ A. II. and Q to 4
z. u. myl2
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All yearly advertisements payable quarterly
~ other advertisements payable in advance
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New York Money Market.
lBy Telegraph

New YORK, August H.
NONEY-Steady at percent.
STERLING-Quiet at 81 o9}altsi
AMERICAN GOLD-Firmer; opening at
q S3t, advancing to 81 81 and clesing at 81 43s
o. <St-Total exports of specie to-day, sod,
GOVERNMENT sTocKs-Frm.