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

aug ClCSttOu ia tuub OtutCy al WhtSh oayo
that all Gdult white citizens, six months resi-
dent in county, who have not held office un-
der the rebel Government, and who are not
excluded by the Presidents Amnesty Procla-
nation, may vote, on taking the oath Of allie.
glance, in one county Of the State
A man has offered himself as o candidate
for sheriff. who urges as recommendation in
his favor, that he has served four years in the
rebel army.
SOLDIERS PAY.
New York, July ll.-Since March last
about $65, 900, 900 have been paid to the army.
For several days the amount paid from the
Treasury has averaged six and a half millions
per day. This will continue for some time.
RICE IN GEORGIA.
The Worlds correspondent, writing from
Augusta, Georgia, is informed that there arc
large quantities Of rice in the hands OF plant
ers on the C0mbahee.
REDUCTION OF THE EAST GULF SQUADRON.
Several vessels attached to the East Gull
Squadron were sold at Key West on the 2Sth
of June, among them the notorious yacht
Wandercr. The squadron is rapidly being re-
duced to small complement
ALLEGED MEXICAN POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
A special to the World says some very i'm.
portant statements were made in semi-oliicial
quarters to-day, with regard to the policy OF
the Government on the Mexican question
The story comes in such shape that it cam
not well be dis credited, and is: first, that the
Government will not permit another French,
Austrian, or foreign soldier of any sort, in the
service of MaXimilian, to be landed on the
Mexican coast, without entering firm and
decided protest; second, and what is of gray
est Importance, that the Government having
stationed in Texas an army of lO0,OtN men,
willkeep it there to act as a corps Of observ-
alton, and to exercise such physical and NOR
al pressure as shall ultimately compe. the with
drawal of Maximilian from Mexico
This army has been so disposed that it over
shadows, especially on the Rio Grande, the
Mexican frontier and keeps the foreigii lev
les of the new Emperor in an incessant state
of apprehension and activity. If collision
should come the United States would have at
hand force sufficient to maintain its dignity,
and make reprisals. The transfer of the reb-
ell battery to the Imperial General Mejia is
another matter now occupying official atten-
ton, and a full and searching investigation is
to be made into the matter of the alleged
sale
If General Slaughter did dispose of rebel
battery to the Imperalists, as stated, it will be
demanded and obtained. 1t is understood
that 1900 or Is 0O0 Confederates are in the
Mexican service near the Texas border, and
it is definitely settled that if these are trouble
some they will be punished, even if the pur-
suit should throw our armies across the bor-
der .s ,......
DEPRECIATION Of PROPERTY IN LOUISIANA.
A remarkable instance of depreciatio in
Louisiana sugar property is noticedDy the
New Orleans Picayune the Harlem planta-
ton Il ,240 acres, having been sold on the
26th ult, by the sheriff Of the Parish of Pa-
quemine for $4,000 The Picayune says:
The sugar house and fixtures alone arc val
ued at double the sum the entire property sold
for, being insured in a city Office for $1,000
This is some evidence of the great deprccia-
ton of landed property bordering on the Mis-
sissippi river, and some of the finest sugar
land in the world. The plantation yielded in
1858, with only moderate force, 236 hhds
of sugar, and $4,000 gallons of molasses
and was then WORTH without the negroes, full
ly 100000, with another tract of land below,
which was also sold, or given away, for 81 100
On the tract there are eighty acres of old rat
toons, or cones for operating and transplant
ing, very valuable in forming new planta-
ton.
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Loss 100000
A Springfield, ILL.,, dispatch of the 10th, to
the st. Louis Democrat, says:
The bonded warehouse at jamestown, on
the Sangamon river, about seventeen miles
east of this city, containing $500 barrels of
whisky, belonging to p. L. Hewlett, was struck
by lightning, and the building and entire con-
tents were consumed. The whisky nan down
the hill side and into the river, one sheet of
fame more than mile in length and the full
width of the river, making one of the grand
est spectacles ever seen. The bridge of the
Great Western Railroad, near the distillcry,
narrowly escaped destruction, the burning cur
rent passing under it, the flames not quite
the timbers. The warehouse was
brick fire proof building, worth about $40, 900.
The Government tax has been paid on about
seventy-fve barrels of the whisky. The total
loss, including unpaid taxas, is estimated at
100000. Mr. Howletts loss is about $50, 900.
No insurance The distillery narrowly es-
capped.
FROM EUROPE-ARRIvAL OF THE PERSIA
New York, July l2-The Persia, from Liv-
erpool the lst and Queenstown the I'd, has ar
rived, with two days later news.
Another Lake has been discovered in Cen
trail Africa, from whence the Nile issues.
The total of coin in the Bank of France is
larger than for several years. Loans unset
tied at 66f 60c.
The failure OF negotiations between Italy
and the Pope is confirmed The negotiations
are absolutely broken off.
The Austrian Minister ut Rome is charged
with activity in preventing an understanding.
1t is reported that negotiations between Rome
and Mexico are still progressing
The cholera in Alexandria is represented as
rather less alarming
The final arrangements on the Great East
ern were being pushed forward at the More,
to the utmost She would be ready for sea in
lew days, but was not expected to leave the
More till the 9th or 10th of July.
The shore end of the cable would be laid
at yalentia on the 10th, and ready for the
Great Eastern, Absolutely none but those
connected with the laying Of the cable will be
permitted to sail on the Great Eastern. A
Signals were daily sent through the entire
cable. The insulation, &C., were pronounced
almost absolutely perfect A message Of four
words occupied a minute and quarter, but
douhle this sneed 10 eynocted from new in.