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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
NUMBER i.

formation in my possession, and from that
which ! have recently received from the most
reliable authority, am induced to cherish
the belief that personal animosity, is, surely
and rapidly merging itself iuto spirit of ma
tioenality, and that representation, connected
witha properly adjusted system Of taxation,
will result in harmonius restoration Of the
relations of the States to the national Union.
The report of Carl Shurz is herewith trans
mitted as requested by the Senate, No re-
port from the Hon John Covode has been re-
ceived by the President. The attention Of
the Senate is invited to the accompanying re-
port Of Lieutenant General Grant; who re-
Gently made q tppr,of inspection through sew
teral. of abes States whose inhabitants partici.
.ratedin the rebellion. ~
[signed] ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, Dec. is, 1865. d ,,rtg-''.i
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
Ratification of the Constitutional
Observation-Disclosures of
Secretary Seward. +..'"

William H. Seward; Secretary of State Of
the United States to all to whom these pres
ents may come, greeting - ..,.s..
Know ye,, That whereas the Congress of the
United States on the 1st of February last,
passed resolution which is in the words fol.
lowing, namely: Sd. s...s ...,
"a resolution submitting to the Legislatures
of the several States q proposition to amend
the Constitution of the United States" r
Resolued, By the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States Of Amer.
lea in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both
Houses concurring, that the following article
be proposed to the Legislatures of the several
States, as an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, which, when ratified by
three-fourths Of said Legislatures, shall be
valid to all intents and purposes as part Of
said Constitution, namely:
Article IL, section l. Neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude, except as punishment
for CRIME whereof the party shall have been
duly convicted shall exist within the United
States or any place subject to their jurisdic-
ton.
Section q Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation,
And Whereas, 1t appears from official doc
uments on file in this department that the
Amendment to the Constitution Of the United
States proposed as aforesaid has been rati
fed by the Legislatures OF the States of Hi
nois, Rhode Island, Michigan, Maryland,
New York, West Virginia, Maine Kansas,
Massachusetts Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio
Missouri, Nevada, Indiana, Louisiana, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Vermont, Tennessee, Ar
KANSAS Connecticut and Georgia in all TWEEN
ty-seven States.
And whereas The whole number Of States
in the United States is thirty-six; and whereas,
the before specially mentioned States whose
Legislatures have ratified the said proposed
amendment constitute threefourths Of the ac-
tual number Of States in the United States
Now, therefore. be it knewn that !, Nm
~; Seward, SeeretarY of State Of tho s4TaiAed
States, by virtue Of and in pursuance Of the
second section OF he.-antsof Congress an
proved the Doth day Of April, 1878, entitled
AN Act to provide for the publication of the
laws of the United States and for other pur-
poscs," do hereby certify that the amendment
aforesaid has become valid to all inients and
purposes as a part of the Constitution of the
United States.
IL testimony whereof have hercunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the Depart
ment 20 be affixed
Done at The City OF Washington this 18th
day of Dec"mber, in the year of our Lord,
1868, and of the independence of the United
States of America the Goth.
WIN. H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
Correspondence of the Chicago Hcpdbliahn.l
Mr. LincOln's Early Life-1ntcrcst-
ing "Reminiscences.
Havana, Macon Co., ILL.,, Dec. |,

Havana, Macon Co., ILL.,, Dec. H.
Happening to be in the eastern portion Of
this county, few days ago, called to sec a
Mrs. Wilcox, frmcrly Mrs Armstrong
Years ago, when this goodly State of ours was
comparatively new, there came to the little
village Of Salem, Menard county, a tall, plain,
and rather awkward young man, to help in
the mill, tend store, and make himself gencr-
ally useful. After serving in this capacity for
some time, and making friends of all who
came in contact with him, at mill or grocery,
he was appointed County Surveyor, and went
to live with farmer named; Armstrong, re-
siding in the neighborhood. This Mrs. Viii
cox whom went 10 see was the wife of this
Armstrong, and the slender, raw-boned shop
tender and surveyor was Abraham Lincoln
"The first time ever saw him." said Mrs
W., 81 went trading. ! told Armstrong as
soon as got home there was a new clerk at
the store, and / liked him firstrate, he was SO
pleasai and kind. A few days afterward
Armstrong went to mill, and when he came
home he told me he had seen the new clerk
Dragged about so much, and he liked him too
They had rot to lifting in the MILL parcel
of them, and the clerk outlifted every man
there" -
well, he lived with you, did he not, after
wardYi 5. I- ~
"Yes; as soon as he got to surveying, he
came to our house, and made it his home. |
made two pairs of dcer'skin brceches for him
shirts, too. Armstrong used TO carry chain
for him They were great cronics. Wherov-
er Armstrong went, Lincoln would go too
He was poor and had no horse; we had seve
raj, and he always rode one of our creatures.
Sometimes theSwould be gone week at
time to Jacksonville, Springfield or some
where else They lied about him when he
was nominated for President; said he used to
drink, but he never did. Inever saw or heard
Of his drinking The young folks thought
him kind of queer. When there was frolic,
or any doings among them, he would always
60, but never danced oreutup He amused
himselfby playing with the children, Or tell
ing some funny story to the old folks Yes
he stayed with us till we moved to Missouri,
and never saw him nangry the whole time. =
He nsed,to say he would never marry till he
could support a wife comfortably, and he
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
DENTISTRY.
DIR. GEORGE K. ACkLEY,

HAVING permanently located in this city,
IL would respectfully tender his professional
services to the citizens of Penicroy and vicinity
Office In Smiths new building, on Court street
where he may be found at all times, except when
professionally absent.
Pomeroy, January II, 1s65-[6m.]
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04

nv ioi ovNNre-"to 40 'ASoS' """'
you bid p .i
Simon looks them over from head to foot
He knows well enough what horses are.
II won't touch the things ut any price, h,
why not7 Youi have traded worse crit
tcrs than these are, before this, to my knowl
edge" ~
"Well, have; but have done enough O
that I'll never buy another hotse to sell
that ] can't honestly recommend"
"Ha, hal Then you won't sell Is great
many, I'm bound. But it's funny, isn't it, te
hear old Simon talk about honesty ?? Who
ever heard of an honest horse dealer Not
|, ,at any rate. What's the matter of you
Simon n Do lett have some sort of a trade I
But Simon did not trade. 1T
And this was the way things wept on for a
year or so. Simon did not always do just
right-not even what he himself thought was
right; after considering the matter over; but
he tried to do better, and he did He not
only rcfrained from fraudulent transactions
but repaid, though sometimes in a sort of sly
way, many Of those whom he had formerly
wronged. Hearing that the widow Higgins S
cow had died--the very one which he had
sold her f,,. e;abt ~. ton J,lla,v ,,o,o III, n
I,e sIo ,.ns ' ,tor. U o.,'ei,,, vii e % t"a
~ ;nn ronnm mm "0 tIroo aiJ ec e. Lii M u ,
Nav e yaar'0 n;6 10 M he onra % ho snnlJ haro
a;ver ber two os weIl ~ os % nnn wi m;,ho,,t ont ha;nn @
snv tbo noorer. bmt bs had been ,u sn 'se1tlo9e e
Lnown ,a r;vo as al tL,t o,onvhadu H,nn,,ht
The woe rro,t dan1 's"' s,r Mn, - Jo m". ha ~
haS novor - told Of IL Jroa M 80 on,. Wv hoJr -,
nont lis w;fo and b%J noran snn,,:,, H., or =,
~ Iop ,,moo a. ~. \. oaovs.s 5l'N "
Seven yoors ot lon,,tl, had ' Tos.od ahor IL a
Manageable oycn;na With INV abi,h ,' ,h;s S;storv
nonmatoos @ S;mns ".,h '.as mn ona;n na hnsono ,It
si,tinu in hs eonnt;no rn,,n % w;tb ,bs accounts
of ,ha roor ;uSt ,,assad onon uu hosanehin, SnJ
danly an unnsu!,I % l;Slt lno,ocd % to Aash holore
ts csss n, lnttsJ III n,,d tba ,nan w:tI
tbe arant hool main s,opd hoIarn lin
aS,mon I" sa;J tho.y;s;trr .,hnw @ do yonr oo-
co,nis stand tnn;ah,p,' 49, ~ 80
Bitter Than wl,et, Won were here before l
hone e., .',-s....ss.. - ',s7s,.1 ~
Look" saidAe. LAYING omen before Simon
the Same rrea.i book. with tkesptrgr 81 tis. M
head of which stood lis own name displayed
As Simon looked, he saw that there we're
some things this time set down to his credit
ON the right hand side of the page; although
what surprised him was to find that some
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
MARTIN HAYS,

Attorney at Law. Harrisonviile, Mcigs county,
Ohio, will promptly attend to all business that
NAV he entrusted to his care, in the several State
Courts of Ohio, and in the U. S. Courts for the
Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. l7-l]
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
ROW EfsOY IRON COMPANY.

.~ Gs7e. PoMEROY, OHIO,
Keep constantly on hand and make to order all
sizes of the celebrated
P0MEROY IRON.
aas- Orders filled on short notice.
[7-11-t.] q. GRANT, Agent
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04

DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY,
nEALER IN OILS, PAINTS, BRUSHES,
IL Varnishes, Dyestufs, Perfumcry, and fancy
articles, Front street, Pomeroy Ohio. Prescrip-
tions carefully put up. l7-l]
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
n. SIMPSON

n, SIMPSON. M C. P. SIMPSON.
N. u G. p. SIMPSON.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Pomeroy, o.,
will practice in tho counties Of Athens, Galia
ana Meigs; also in Mason county, West Va, and
adjoining counties. Office second story Smiths
building Court street. [7-lJ
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
A. w. WILLIAMS,
J. CARTWRIGHT,
), L. MYERS


Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. Prompt at
tention given TO all business intrusted to their
care Ofice on Court street, Pomcroy, Meiss
county, Ohio. lS-39-tt.J
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
w. r. BRANsTRUP, N; D:

w. r. BRANsTRUP, NJ. D..
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and residence Front street, below lower
mill Middleport, Ohio.
fOaice Hours from to a. M, IL to p M, ana
= to 9p. m. at~
Finding IL impossible to attend to all my bus
mess in its present condition, have discontin-
ned my Pomerey Office. All my friends can rely
upon finding me st my residence during the above
hours unless professionally absent. lS-4o-u,J
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
roMERoY SALT COMPANY.
1t As cents per bushel. lJ-l
W.A,AIcHER,

Matchmaker and Jeweler, and Wholesale and
retail dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and
Fancy Goods, Front street, below the Remington
House, Pomeroy. Particular attention paid to
repairing all articles in my line. lI-ll
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04

Attorney and Counselor at Law, Cheshire, Gallia
county ;. Ohio. Prompt attention given to the
collection of claims. [7-1]
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04

SGMoS's WIFE-A friend just returned from
New York tells us pretty good story of an
lllinoisan, who was stopping at the same ho-
tel On Sunday tho Western man, being de-
sirons of hearing several Of the more famous
pulpit orators of the metropolis, went in the
morning to DR.. Chapin's church. and heard
stranger preach from the text: "And ST.
mon wie's mother lay sick Of fever. In
the afternoon he went to Beccher's Plymouth
church. and heard the same discourse, from
the same preacher. Going inthc evening to
Dr. Osgood's church, he found the same
clergyman and the same theme: "Simon's
wile's mother lay sick of fever" The next
day the patient hcarer of The thrice-told dis,
course was crossing to Brooklyn in ferry
boat, when the alarm bell in the park agitated
the air with its great shocks of sound, and
man behind him inquired why that bell was
tollng. Looking up he saw the now familiar
conntenancc Of the preacher and was prompt.
to reply: g! think Smon's wiGe's mother
must be dead heard three times. yesterday
that she was sick Of fever"
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04

.e' SUGAR RUN SALT COMPANY. ~
Salt d. cents per bushel. Office near the fur
mace. GEO. B. GROW, Agent lrl]
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04

el3 Sa1 lis wife, ''itis betteriate than
liever; You lsipxs as the old proyerb says
Anll, u. ij6tb Simon did really Improve
Eilis csnlhct esea totieeably to those who
|w6rA brst ncqB'aipted with him. He attended
sciiaseh more I&plarly too although he had
always Bssn in nc habit Of going quite often,
iat 7east IN IGn GngFeather And, still further,
le lbegall t6 ~ more heedful to the sermon,
Instead IA ett h his thoughts wander, dur
III I]iiyiiic , over his farm and in and
!b6f beat barns, as had been his
f3n6} as lid cpme alongb his house a
tancY |jois with several of his four
d ~ lnefchandize with hin,. IIe,
: 3 |l Eeiye ne far il,cSIo Z I 4!
kpsa d & D ~ I ! good hard at aseinf
1 ma iket for subj sFnagB as these What II
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04

DGMocEArlC PHILosopHY.--A Democratic
cotcmporary, speaking of the recent election
intelli gence says its receipt reminds him of
the story of an old farmer whose little boy
came to him one morning and said -
"Fathcr, the old black sheep has brought
pair Of twin lambs. r..t.1. ...la
Good that is the most profitable sheep I
ever owned "..,
'But, father, Que of the lambs is dead. :"
"Allrght, my son, the other will do better
''13ut both Of them are dead 81 ayaa
''Its just as well, the old sheep will get fat
now" .... -t,
"But, father, the old sheep is dead too
II am glad Of it, she was a Troublesome lold
thing, always the ring-leadcr of the flocls.''a
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
A. KOHL,

Dealer in and manufacturer of Umbrellas, Court
street. oud door from Front, Pomcroy, Ohio
He also repairs Umbrellas, and purchases old
ones Mt liberal prices. ll-ll
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04

EQrAllzIYG THE TWO WORLDS. years
ago q gentleman died His widow Inherited
his property and collected the insurance on
his life, and very soon enlarged repaired and
fitted up her residence in a quite luxurious
style A friend calling, expressed some lit
tie surprise that she had made these mco mr.
raugements so soon after the decease. Of Mr.,
-. "Why shouldn't ! do it?' replied the
practical 'relc.' my husband, good man
as lie was, is enjoying a glorious niansionVin
the skies and Of course he wishes me- tosbc
as comfortable as possible here on earth.' =
Who says that woman's faith was not shown
by her works Boston Transcript "h
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
How TO Clean u Well.


The Daily New Era, Atlanta, Georgia, tells
this story at the expense Of o Provost Marsha! :
there A' a' .r
"A gentleman in this city, whom we will
call Mack for short, had well pretty much
filed up with rubbish and trash of different
kinds, which he wanted cleaned out. Z He
spoke to a freedman about the Job, and in O
very confidential manner intmated that there
was a treasure hid in the well he was anxious
to exhume. He imposed profound secresy
upon his sable and sent him off in search Of
another one Of his. hue who could be trusted
The upshot of the matter was that about one
hundred negroes knew that an iron safe be-
longingto the Express Company, and which
contained an invaluable amount of gold, had
been precipitated into this well when the city
was evacuated The affair was speedily
brought to the ears of the Provost Marshal,
(not the present one, however, for the thing
Of which we write occurred some time ago,)
and Mack, OH going to see about his well one
morning, found it guarded by strong pro-
vost-guard, who forbid any one coming on
the premises. Mack protested against any
such proceeding, and persisted that every
thing on that lot, in the well and out of It,
was his individual property The Provost
Marshal gave him an official wink, and init
mated that 'all was right Mack thought il
it was not that it would be in the end.
IA strong posse Of freedmen was sent down
into the well to work Bucketful after bucket
tul Of rubbish and mud was drawn out. But
no treasure as yet made its appearance, ,Oc-
casionally The officer of the guard went down
on prospecting tour In punching about
with his bayonct lie Init upon something thht
had the true metallic sound They had the
treasure now snre. Again the negroes went :
to work, and after lahoring some hours sue
cecded in bringing out the top of nm old tin
plate stove. At last the firm bottom of the
well was reached, but no iron SAFE Mack
said he thought the safe was. about ten feet
further down. Wlsteyer l,,aY have been the
Martial sropinieH4 t ,jia concluded
he had Vi tlias ssss1lR
further, and withdrew his forces, leaving aMacE
in possession of a thoroughly eleansed well,
aud ut liberty TO hunt up the safe if he wanted
to- Mack didn't want Ia ~
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04

Srar REMEDY FOR FnLoy--This very
painful cruption, with all the remedies" re-
commended, is seldom arrested until It has
run certain course, after causing great suf-
frring for two on three days and nights. The
following remedy is vopchcd for by the Buff
r4lo Advocate as ii certain thing from IFS own
knowledge: "I'akc pint oi common Soft
SOAP and stir in air-slacked limn till it is'the
consistency Of glaciers putty. Take q leath-
or thimbe, fill it with this composition, and
insert the finger therein, and cure is certain.
This is domestic application that every
housekoepcr can apply promptly 80 'f''
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04

A NEW FowL.--A fearful giant in the shape
of BARNARD fowl has been introduced into
Scotland from Central India, called the "Be-
gum Ganysa," cut of which is given in the
American Agriculturalist,. The male is 80
inches high, and appears like the Shapgh@,
except that on the head two minute, horns
rise, instead Of comb, from u hehty base
which projects some distance along the upper
side of the bill The %attes arepvalsolarger
and fulieE The chickens of this kind Of fowl,
it is. reported, grow. to the weight Of eight
pounds at seven and eight months old Rfabs
Of course included -. y sea 10 rbsAs4k!
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-08
An Expected Attack
News from New York

NEW YORK, June THE morning pa.
pers have the following special dis.
spatches from Washington
Senior Romero still declines having any
official interviews with Santa Anna,
although the latter has written full
explanation of his motives and objects
to him.
The number of criminal pard0ns ISSUED
since April 18th, 1865, is officially report.
ed at l6l, and for political o0enses, 1851.
The ralroaders Of New England have
struck for higher prices for carrying the
mails, in consequence of the Fcnian
demonstration upon Canada.
1t has been found necessary to create
three new military districts i'll the dc.
partment of the East. The line of the
Northern frontier from and including
Erie, Pennsylvania, and Oswego, will
constitute the district of Ontario, Head
quarters at Buffalo. New York. Brevet
Brig. Gen. W. f. Barry has been assigned
to this command. That portion of the
Northern frontier from and exclusive OF
Oswego, New York, to the point at
which the Northern boundary of the
State OF New York leaves the river ST..
lIaWTeuCe, udS Detn COuStltuteu GHO uio-
trict of the st. Lawrence Headquarters
at Ogdensburg, New York. Col. J.
vodges, First Artillery, is assigned to
this command That portion of the
Northern frontier from the point at
which the Northern boundary left the
State of New York and leaves the river
st. Lawrence Eastwardly to Island
Pond, New Hampshire, and to include
Plattesburg, New York, will constitute
the district Of Champlain, Headquarters
at St. Albaps. Maj, A 4 Gibson, Third
Artillery, is assigned to this command.
The district of the ST Croix has been
abolished.
The House Committee sill report
against admitting Utah as a State
Some of them favor n military gov
ernment.
A tri.weekly mail is to be established
between Virginia City, Nevada, via
Humboldt, to Boise City, Idaho. The
contract has been made
A dispatch from Richmond yesterday
says the case of John c. Breckenridge /:
before the Grand Jury, and true bill
for treason will be found
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-08
Nm. Garfield presented the petition of

Mr.. Garfield presented the petition of
citizens of Thompson, Geauga county,
Ohio, asking for increased protection for
American wool, which was referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Raymond presented the petition of
". w. Richmond, praying payment for
services as Secretary of Legation in
Brussels and Commercial Agent in St.
Domingo, which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr.. Ancona introduced his concurrent
resolution, providing for an adjourn
ment of Congress on the 2sth of June.
Mr.. Morrill, called for the yeas and
nays, stating that there was important
business to be transacted, which could
not be transacted within that time.
The Heuse refused to order the yeas
and nays, and passed the concurrent res
Olution by vote of SO to 80.
Mr., Grinnell moved to reconsider the
vote
Mr.. Eldridge moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table. The yeas
and nays were taken on the motion, and
resulted in yeas 81 nays CO.. so the
motion was not laid on the table. The
vote was then taken on reconsideration;
it was taken by count, when there was
ayes 40 nays 80. No quorum voting, the
House then at 5 o'clock, and without de-
Gliding the question, which comes mp as
unfinished business TO morrow, adj
iOurned.