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

1ODlle anu OHO ROAD i've miles below C0rlnth
and had on the 9th ult,, utterly destroyed it
to below Olkalona. Twenty-nine bridges, a
great deal Of heste-work, thrty-two railroad
cars, three hundred army wagons, and four
thousand carbines were destroyed. & y
Forests camp of dismounted men at Vero-
nswas Dispersed and six officers and twenty
men captured There was not a man lost OF,
our side Gen Grierson has orders to destroy
the road as far as Meridian, and release Our
prisoners at Cahawba ifpossible
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
/ Fortress Monroe, JAN 6, via Baltimore, Jan.
7.--Fhe exchange of prisoners has again been
resumed Col Mulford arrived from Wash
ington yesterday, and left for Varina, on James
river with 80 rebel officers y5}I
NATIONAL BANK CURRENCY.
The amount of National Bank currency is
sued last week was nearly 3$2,500,000. The
total amount in circulation is $7S 40S,520, q.
New York, Jan; S:--The Times Washington
special says it is ,rumored that Gen. Sherman
has communicated to the President, that the
Georgiu state authorities have applied toscome
back into the Uuion, and that Secretary Stan
tons visit to Savannah is doubtless in conncc-
tion with this subject. q ~,
The Times says, Gen Thomas has been
made a Major General in the regular army vice
Gen. Fremont resigned dating from victory
over Hood Similar nominationsfor Sherman
Meade and Sheridan have been sent to the SEN
ate. fF' .7''' ''
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, FROM MEXICO aa
Advices from Mexicosay that since the cap
ture of Mazatlan by the French, the Juarez
government has no seaport on the Pacific
coast. The Imperial government is actively
engaged in putting down guerrillas and estab-
fishing order n''0 -'r" .;.a
DID. ..e THE ST. ALBANs RAID ,u,,t ,..aa
The Herald editoriaily says, that the law of
nations will Justify our seizure Of the property
of Canadians in the United States, to iIdemnify
the St. Alban hanks if the raiders and their
plunder are uot given up, N .....,. . .tl ....
IMPORTANT ENGLISH DECISION ON BLOCKADE
RUNNING.
The Times edtorally notices the fact, that
in recent suits shippers of freight and owners
ofbeckade runners, for damages for falling to
fulfill contracts, the Judges decided in favor of
lHC Piuillth pul ludG tucy WcIG Oliy cIlllIleu
to nominal damages, because the. contract was
illegal, decidedly opposed to the Queens Proc
lamatiou, and having direct tendency to in
volve the country in war If the decision is
sustrined by the Queens Bench, it will be se-
we're blow to blockade-running enterprise.
AUSTRIAN OPINION OF sHERMANs S MARCH.
An Austrian military Journal calls the ad-
vance of Sherman from Atlanta towards Sa-
vannah, one of the most interesting operation
of military history Of modern times, and hard
ly less important for the fate ofRichmond than
Waterloo WIS for Paris. ~ ...,t Ah,n.".
MosBY TO TAKE NO PRISONERS.
The Herald's Shenandoah special says re-
cent orders from jeff Davis to Mosby were to
take no more prisoners. Every Northern man
whether soldier or civilian, falling into his
hands Was to be killed Mosby's command
was to be raised to eight battallions, of four
companies each and scattered through the
mountains. Signal stations were to be loca-
ted on the mountains, and complete signal
code established