Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-04
Monroe and Yorktown from eight to ten

Co ored children receiyisg thebeneiits~of edu-
Cation. The irrtation existing between the
xhites and the freedmen immediately after
the cessation Of hostiliiies his greatly abated,
and instances Of personal violence arebecom
ing more rare. Col. B. states that it Is inn
Tpossible for employers to give all the labor
Icrs tli>se sufficient wages for their support,
and thinks the evil cannot be remeded with
out the imagration from the state OF at least
fifty thousand freedmen. During the month
Of October last seven thousand six hundre
and six ratlons per day were Issued TO the
destitute freedmen, this nunber being reiys-
ed thirty per ceilt.t from the previous mor9h
The number Of freedmen at present under
medical trnatnent is seven hundred OF the
property held By the Burcsu since its estah-
| llishmont, fifty six thnnsand acres nrc still in
| its posessondi, The Commissioner states that
the crops have not us yet been fully harvested,
but are bclierel.to be satisfactory throughout
tthe state. Gen. Howard Isl n receipt let
tter from Gen H. e. Thomas, highly compli-
inentlng the officers of the frerdmen's Bu-
ieau in liisdepartnent, for the inppartinlity
with which tAcy have discharged Their duties
| to bothwlite and ireedmet.
| Information is desired bfrhe War Depart
ment Of the names and sreshcnceszof the n
\ soldiers belonging 10 wlrt Eas known among
therehels,as thafforei fhtta Won, and who
escaped atoriabput the time offhe'exheation
of seven Union soldiers ly order Of tho rebel
Gen. Mercer at Savannah, in December
1864 S,seh 'cfidliese solliers as may he
reached by this, Tamgnapis, are requested
10 communicate with the Judge Advocate
General at NNasihn.Ttis, Hhcir names and res
licences, together with such information ns
they may possesslin regard to the above re-
Forged executions - ,oUg Z ,uJH
M ct'rst. aDigrllEss'rT aRKaHsAs. ~ irdi
The AlnaricaHiUnion Commission initlris
city has receitedfa letter from its agert al
Little Roclf, Arb which says at least ten
thousand persols arc in immediate and pres
sing nendof TODD shelter, clothing and neces
sites ofifoFanaEt is feared many will perish
lRring tho wi,ltang Considerable emigration
is finding its wayto Arkansas. aoaIe fs'i
Iui 70 81 sSfaliEIGN NEWS. 7-A iaA {
| President Joltt,Eoai'e message was generally
rcceived aavorabiyl anaregarlod ss friendly
The Times savsahe passage which concerns
Englhndl ought toabe received in friendly
split. t ig9iuHal H bamefaH siao
The Morrir y Post gays it evinces n dcsirr
to keep on good terms with those whom they
acknowledge to Beithcir friends. 1uH
The Telegraph is very suloHistic, and says
the document reflects the highest credit or
its author and furnishes the world with satis
factory augurirsnf peace ~-'1 -an. aa'
~ HOP 9 FEua WASHINGTON. Hr pE.- ;
Wakh ,netsn, December 29.--Cap.. Scnmlcs
has arrived hereifom New Urlenns in custod,
oiiiIlicut; French, Of the Marine Corps, and is
a prisoner ut thu Navy Yard The detail o.
the court to try him is not vet prepared naf
A sTccial dispatch 10 tho Evening Post
says .ho President is so well satisfied with ths
condition Of the South and our foreign rela
tons, that he has aptcrminel upon a still far
ther reduction ci' the army. Hao.
Attorney General Speed, in asking for ar
appropriation for contingent expenses, says
the carpets anl furniture ,<a' his oiilce have
been subioctcd,to largely Increased amount
of wear and tear, from nsngs by large MIN
Der OF applicants for pnrdons, who from dag
to day frequent the Office; so that .murh d
the caireting is tattered and worn into slrcds
and new earpetins is Neoded now more than
ever. &# A -
The National Sorghum Convention is nov
in session at the rooms Of tho Department OF
Agriculture ! Wm. Clough. Of Ohio, Chairman.
and j. Glover. Secretary. Delegates are
present from the Middle and many of the
Western States The Convention has decided
upon definite classification Of the different
varieties of cane which will be published with
accurate botanical,and popular descriptions
and carefully executed cngravings,
Col. Brown, Assistant Commissioner Of
FREEDMEN, having received information that
it was contemplated by many citizcns'of Vr-
Gnil to turn outol doors on the lSt proNImo
all helpless and inirm freedmen, has called
attention of superntendp;nts to previous in.
structions on the subject that the late owners
will be required to provide for their former
slaves who are helpless and dependent on
them for support until the Orerseer of the
Poor of the counties to which they belong
shall have made arrangements for their care
and support. i'
Gen. Howard approvee tho order, and states
that any citizen who attempts to turn. out of
doors the helpless and infirn,, will be immc-
diately reported by name, that his case may
be laid before the President for his action.
NpW Ork l'cCenDeF -2--i.plttIS iIoui
Vera Cruz to the 10th Of December say that
Don Manuel Ruez, Judge of the Supreme
Court oft the Republic, has abandoned Jnarez,
and protested against tEesatter continuing to
act MS President after his constitutional trrm
has expired. Arrivals ofsollicrs from France
continue, 100 being landed at Vera Cruz on
the 9th lust, and about 800 more on the llth,
all of whom were immediately after sent into
the field. French cannon and other war
munitions and supplies arestill daily arriving,
and the defenses OF the city are being greatly
strengthened and remounted with the heaviest
and most improved guns. The work is being
carried on as secretly lis possible, and princl-
pally ut night A bearer of dispatches from
the Mexican capital on his way to Washing.
ton, was in Vera Cruz ontbe 18th isst tea
MOVEMENTS OF THE coIoRRD PEOPLE.
| Wilmington, N G., Dec. 29.--The officers
of the Equal Rights League (colored) pub
lishcd an address to-day discniming seeresy
in their organization The address closes:
'"We do pledge ourselves to maintain good
order; Cur arms and our lives. if necessary
are at the service of the Government &c qlel
and crush ,nsurrection Having done this
we shall demand Of the lawful aulhenity pro.
lection for our property, schools, presses and
cburhne ". - arrf