Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-02

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Documents from America were largely
mixedsup. in the proceeding against the Fe-
mans. "a huinber of Fenfaas wcresawaiiing
triai and this number was duly augmenting
Nnmerous deaths from Asihtic cholera pre
reppFtted ;pt EppinE near Lohdon.
Washington, aet. i26.-Ise " said saiat,sth
i Secretary of the Navy has directed that all
the available. steam vessels of war shall I'M
mediately be got ready for sea. 1t is the in
tenton of the Government to be prepared for
any eventuality in any quarter of the world
~ LARGE MUSTER OUT.
Washington, Oct 27.-Another wholesale
reduction of the army has been ordcred.-
Instructions were issued to-day by the War
Department, directing the immediate muster
ont of fifty-three regiments, numbering in the
aggregate between twenty-five and thirty
thousand men. ,tThere are etwenty.six colored
regiments included in the fist-three of them
belonging to Massachusetts and Connecticut,
and the rest to the regular tUnitcd States col
ofea troops. 7Jaia,io yzsetoq l5ia2 ,iit aI
coz DKnECnEN's iENMSs.r"
The remains Of the. lamented Col. Uric
Dahlgren will be exposed to view in the City
Hall of this city Tomorrow. No man during
the late war deserves more respect from the
American people oi When ths war broke out
he was in Louisiana, and WAS Offered ievery
linducement to join the sconspirators, but their
efforts failed, and heat once repaired to the
North and entered the service 'of his country.
Hc rendered distinguished aid in the Valley
of Virginia under Banks, and subsequently
under Sigel and the commander of the Army
of the Potomac, and finally met his death
while engaged ih the laudble enterprise Of
relieving our prisoners in the Richmond bas
tiles. At Hagcrstown he lost,a leg, and at
King and Queen Court House his,hf. His
remains will be exposed in state until Monday
next, when they will be removed on a special
train to Independence Hall, Philadelphia
after whiclrthey willlbe deposited In family
ground 7ii 1890 7N ~ HN"o,-"
New York, Oct. 27.-Thc Herald of to-
morrow morning will announce all the details
of the arrangements Of the, Government for
the trial of jeff Davis 1t appears that the
trial was decided upon, in, Cabinet session in
August last, and that the Government has
only waited for the close Of the Wirz trial to
make the announcement The hopes enter
tanned by theifriends ofDavis since the speech
of the Presidentato the South Carolina dele.
cation, in which he intimated that clemency
toward Davis oIght to be exercised are to
be dashed to the earth The trialris to be
before the Supreme Court at Washington,
and since Davis'' State has nIlifed the ordi.
nance of fseecssion, instead of repealing he
will be tried as if still u Senator Of the United
States 1t is supposed that Mr.. Chase. will
preside. The charge will be that of treason,
and will be confined to few specifications.
The parpose of the Government is not
merely to punish Davis, but to define the ma
turc of treason, tix its punishment reveal the
cruelties Of, which it has been the fruitful
source and establish q legal precedent for
the future which will be terror to traitors
hereafter, uhdf forever disgrace the treason
which for time was respectfully by reason
Of its power and formidable proportions.
The Attorney General has selected the
counsel to aid him III. the prosecution, and
Mr. Davis has been allowed to select his at
torneys. Mr. Speed will be assisted in the
prosecution by Major General Lowell II. Ros
seaii of Kentucky, Hon. Wm. NJ Evarts O.
New York, and Hon. John Fl. Clifford O
Massachusetts, -"1 D8. "a" ~
Mr. Evarts disputes with Charles O'Connor
the principal lawyer of Mr. Davis for the froL
rank among the lawyers Of n, r. Heis prob
ably the ablcst, criminal lawyer retained il
the case. AS q strong Repnblican,lhc was
the Seward-Weed. candidate for the Senate
wheuit was understood that Senator Morgan
was 10 be appointed Secretary of the Treas
ury. He has never held any political Office
though he has been prominent in politics.
Mr. Clifford was Attorney General of Massa
chusctts, and won His first legal laurc's as the
prosecutor of Webster for tile n,nnrtler OF DR.
Parkman, in 1850. General Rousseau ant
Mr. Speed are well known to the public
Charles O'Connor will be assisted by Ransom
H. Gillett, formerly Solicitor Of the Treasury
in Buchanan's days. 1t is stated that Mr.
Davis declares his intention to conduct his
case in person. .'ub- '. ait ,gl'r.
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'r FROM COLUMBUS. ;put
Columbus, Oct l7-Thc formal opening
of the Ohio Soldiers Home this afternoon
was one of the happcst incidents of the ycal
in nv ,voy uob,n,, t1,o ~, ,I,,uo A.