Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-10-19


land Of the Independence of the United States
of ofAmericn the s0th.
By the President l
", HUNTER, Acting secy of State
& Nashville, October l2.--In the House of
Representatives Mr.. Cameron introduced a
resolution ndorsing President Johpsons pol
icy, as developed in his letter to Governor
Holden. The resolution gave the Copperhead
construction to the letter. It was laid on the
tableGGL" J"
Mr.. ARIEL offered resolution indorsing
Mr.. johnson views as declared by him that
treason should be made odious and intelligent
traitors punished, which was passed, with only
four dissenting votes. t4
.--,--.,.. NORTH CAROLINA CTloNs.----,--ar
New York, Oct 1.-THE Herald dispatch
from Raleigh, Oct ., says the. committee Of
the Convention to-day reported the ordinance
|redis.ricting the State into seven Congress
sional districts which was laid over under the
rules, -Four Of the districts as composed are
strong Union; one-the, ID secession !; all
strong secession counties being, Jumped to-
gether;, and two the 9th and 1th--Tare in
doubt, but, probably, Union, ao,.e a,c,i,.
It is rimoreI that the Convention viii elect
United States, Senators; having high legisla-
tive powers, All the civil offices will DO va
Gated and new judges appointed, The Com
mitt,c on General Amnesty reported q res
olution expressing, hope, from President John
sons kindness and wisdom evinced in his
action toward the seeded States that he will,
|ifenaPled by circumstances speedily proclaim
ny Y 'to'ai ih'hniesty'at,h4ui sr so i,iiiea s05
| Itft, SANTA ANNA GOING TO HELP JuAREZ.
News from ST. Thomas received to-day
states that Gen Santa Anna is enFsting
troops, intending to aid Juarez and the, nas
tional cause in Mexico. He had, however,
at latest dates, enlisted only one hundred and
twenty-seveu men, most ofwhom were Italians.
rms i.AN EPISCOPAL DELEGATE KILLED Nas
Philadelphia, Oct f2-.Thelsev. Lot Jones,
d.. d., residing in New York City, and q
deputy to the Episcopal Convention, fell from
the steps of St. ILuke's Church this evening,
fracturing Ills skull, and died in two hours
Washington, Oct l2.--An affray occurred
at the Presidents house. this afternoon. A
man somewhat inebriated called and desired
to see the President He was bosterous, and
officer Croo'i refused him admission up stairs.
He became very disordcrly, and was put ont
of the Executive Mansion. When about fifty
feet from the door, he turned and drew q re-
volvcr on the officer, when the guard made q
hnge at him with his bayonet He was cap
tured ard taken before Justice Walter, who
fined him the enormous sum Of $4,000 for
carrying concealed weapons. Having no
money, he was committed. He gave his
name as Robbins Sumner, and said he was q
brother to General Sumner. He comes from
Alexandria, and his name is probably an alias.
p = -. JEFF. DAVIS PARDON ASKED FOR. W." 3
Washington, Oct. l3-Thc memorial from
the Southern Convention for the pardon o!
Davis, Trenholm and Magratb, has been pre-
sented to the President and evil give d re-
(ply this afternoon.
-. GOVERNMENT sALEtoF COTTON,
At the Government sale of cotton to-day
1900 bales were. disposed Of Sea Island
brought from 77c@sl 65fj Georgia middling
59l@6Gc; middling 603@65c, ~ .acl
THE wiRz TRlaIpDRAwiSG TO AcLosE
The testimony IN the Wirz case. on both
sides, will probably be closed to-tnorrow, so
far as it affects the prisoner But the Gov
ernmeut will, in addition, Introduce testimony
ofn general character bearing on the general
charge of conspiracy. aq ''4ay d eciva
.!,-l THE CHOLERA. '.i, q Heia
The Department of State has been officially
informed tina! the cholera has almost disnp-
peared from Constantinople The infection
at Palma, the capital of the island of Majorca,
appears in a very aggravated form, and seems
to battle human skill Reports reach Port
Mahon that the disease is spreading into the
interior of Spain. Intelligence from the Con-
sui at Marseilles is t., the clIc,t that this ter
rible disease is frightfully on the increase
there Eighty thousand citizens have left
the city, and the deaths now average between
fifty and sixty per. day t eltiq - o&.
New York, Oct, IA large public meet
ing of Eenians was held last night under the
auspices of the,St Lawrence OToole Circle.
a Saenger Hall, on Fory-sccond street.
The Center of the Circle opened the meeting.
He remarked that while the English nisrnlers
Of Ireland were glohting over tile capture Of
Ia few revolutionary literdteurs and stray
countrymen in Ireland, the Feniahs we're still
everywhere working quietly and unintefrubt-
|edly, with their usual 'circumspection and
|vigor. Those who deem the recent bluster Of
the British and the silence of the Irish Repub.
licans symptoms of q serious check to the
latter, understand very poorly the policy and
material of a Government '3aidfS .lHlt3 A
The State Center of the District then gave
a lengthy statistical statement of the case Of
Ireland against England, Further speeches
were made, a large number of recruits were
obtained delegates to the, Congress elected,
and the meeting adjourned about ten o. clock
DELINQUENT SOUTHERN PosTAAsTERs ASKED ;ro
- SETTLE q.
The Government is now drawing on Dill the
Southern Postmasters for balances due prior
to the rebellion. Drafts have been drawn, on
all the Offices in the Southern States whose
Postmasters nrc appointed by the, President,
amounting to $l5, ,?46,76S. Virginia is more
indebted than any other State, her deficiency
being $2,9l9,0l5 The Departmental, now
drawing on all the remaining Offices, whose
indebtedness is 500 or over, II, the drafts
are not paid suits are at once to be instituted.
I, 81 I'd We From ErRorEa s5i3as. isrA Il
The publication by the American press of
the names of alleged holders Of the Cohfedc-
rate loan had caused some excitement Mr..
Laird Authorizes the Liverpool papers to say
that he never sold or was interested in any of
that stock. 2l4s4 Utl ~ d9,at woi iiAW
o7 The examination of the Fenians at Dublin
was concluded on the ad! The additional
evidence developed nothing new of moment
Five of the prisoners were committed for trial
for high treason. The prisoners denied the
that, an rindiscriminate slaughter
of tho hirhar, classes was even meditatnd -