Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
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here to,,ay, Lieut. Colonel Dyer, late OF the
LIST Tennessee Cavalry, was shot through thu
|heart by negro soldier. He had purchased
some articles, and ON going to pay for them
was ordered to stand back, and simullant ously
shot Soon after large crowd gathered il
ltront of headquarters and demanded the bod,
Iof the negro. After finding him he was hung
Ito the branch of tree until dead Great ex
|ctement prevails
Washington, Feb 13.--!The petition for the
|p,rdon of X. NJ. T. Hunter has been indorset
by the Virginia Legislature. The smc Leg
lislature has resolved not to resume the pay
lment of the interest on her State debt for the
present :, 80,
pointed Secretary Of State at some future
period r.
| The President has signed the appropriation
for the expenses Of the Reconstruction Com
mittee .t.G
i A nnmeronsly signed petition of the unior
m N of virgini,i for q acknowledgements
has been presented to the Reconstruction
Committee.
i The Worlds. special says, the House Ju
dietary Committee have rejected nearly al
the varions propositions to amend the Consti
tuition, referred to them, and also the hill fol
fixing the, death penalty for counterleiting
fractional cufreney:
The Ways and Means Committee have had
several nterviews with the British Minister
since tie departure of the Canadian officers
The object aud purpose of these interview
was to Ascertain if some arrangement could
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to both countries. The Committee suggested
to the b. lish Minister to snbmtany rroposi
ton upon this subject which he Thought
proper and they would he carefully con.
sidered They informed him that they were
disposel to sanction such legislation as looks
to fair and Just reciprocal trade between the
PROVINCES and the C..ited States
1 HILL AprnnrEn ny THE PRESIDENT
The President has approved the l,Il nrov'
ding that no American vessel, which shall have
been licensed to sail under a foreign flag, and
10 have the protection Of any foreign Govern
ment during rebellion, shall be registered as
American vessels, or have the rights and priv
ileges of American vessels, except under an
act Of Congress authorizing such registry.
THE CONCORD BANK ROBBERY DETECTION OF
THE RoBpEn-$l W, ,UuO RECOVERED.
New York, Feb l4-Full details of the
modus operandi Of the detectives in securing
the arrest OF the robbers Of the Concord Bank
and their plumber, are published here this
morning. II appears that after many unsnc
cesstill efforts Of Mcssrs Heath and Hunt, the
Boston detectives, which included trips to
philadelphia an | other places. in which their
efforts were aided by the New York detect.
ives, they finally discovered some Of the miss
ing bonds on IL man in this city, who was will
ling to sell them. Through his confession
and information, on Jan 22d, the detectives
proceeded to Camden, opposite Philadelphia,
thence during the night 10 miles down the
shore Of the Delaware, to cottage near the
village of Pnulsboro, where the chief robber,
notorious counttrIetcr named Langdon w.
Moore alias Charley Adams, was found, who
was taken to New York and committed on the
charge of burglary. Nothing was found on
Moore. The house was thoroughly searched
-cartains pulled down, carpets ripped, desks
broken o. Ell, beds examined, the wainscoat-
| ing and floor of all the rooms examined but
der the stable, however, they found a glass
ijar, hermrtically sealed, few feet below the
surhce, which contained 100000 in bonds
/ They next dag some four feet below the sill
of II water gate, on the bank of the river be
low high water mark, where they found tin
box, containing $7a,uOU in bonds. All the
bonds have been identified by the hank off
GERS, and altogether Sl9O,43l of stolen prop.
erty was recovered, and given over to the
bank officers Moore is here in prison await.
ing a reqnisition from the authorities of Mas
sachlsetts. d.
BY the statements Of Moore, he and an nc
complce watched eight months for an oppor
tunity to rob the bank, and succeeded in do
iny so in broad daylight by using false keys,
while the cashier was absent at dinner
Moore s accomplice was Harry Howard, alias
Eng sh Harry, who has doubtless left the
! country.
| FENIAS MATTERS.
The Central Council OF the Fenian Broth
erhool are now making arrangements for Al
great demonstration, to take place in Union
Square, about the close Of the present month
The Fenians have opened an Office in Brook
lyn, for the sale of the bonds of the Irish Re
public, but no purchasers have yet arDeared
A letter from Hamilton, c. w., says TIE Fe
nian alarm in the Brit sh Provinces is over
for the present, though the Government au
thorlties are still continuing their extensive
warlike preparations 1t is believed there
that the apparent split in the FeniGn camp is
merely ruse to deceive the British Govern
mpnt, and that the periodical alarm along the
Canadian border is designed to serve the same
purpose ,. ,.. .
sTABBISG AFFRAY
A conductor Of a horse car in this city
while drunk this morning, stabbed three Of
his passengers.
SORGHUM GROWERS CONVENTION
Baltimore, Feb. l4.-A convention of agri
culturists of this and other States interested
in the culture OF sorghum, is now in session
in this city. The object is to collect and pro
mulgats information as to the best modes o.
culture and bring the product more general
y TO the public notice.
ADAMS EXPRESS ROBBERS FOUND GUILTY.
Bridgeport, Conn, Feb l4--lhe jury have
returned a verdict otigailty against Clark and
Tristman, recently arrested and tried for the
robbery of the Adams Express Company, or
the night Of the 9th January. They were to
day sentenced by Judge Butler to hard labor
in the Connecticut peultentiary.
A SAFEGUARD AGAINST THE CATTLE PLAGUE
| Official reports in England show that vac
cination has so far proved certain safeguard
to cattle against the plague which has ragec
so fearfully in the British Islands
The disease continues there, vaccination