Pomeroy Telegraph August 30 15
Local brief from Pomeroy notes a dated August 30 15 publication. The item references the town’s newspaper activity and calendar update in a concise society note style.
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Newspaper
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1861
Page
3
Local brief from Pomeroy notes a dated August 30 15 publication. The item references the town’s newspaper activity and calendar update in a concise society note style.
Latest from the Kanawha reports a clash at Cross Lanes and calls for corn and oats from subscribers. Union men of Meiga Co. are urged to attend the convention on Saturday the 31st to nominate delegates to the State Union Convention. The Home Guards elect IL B. Smith captain J J White first lieutenant and F Lambrecht second lieutenant. Three months volunteers are to meet at the Court House to receive pay on Saturday the 31st.
Telegraph report from Gallipolis notes the Cross Lanes clash on the 26th, with Ohio Seventh Col. Tyler surrounded at breakfast by Confederate forces under Floyd. Federal units fought bravely but were overwhelmed. Estimated enemy force 3,000 infantry, 400 cavalry, 10 artillery pieces. Losses not fully known. up to 200 missing on the Union side. Several Federal officers killed or captured.
The editor announces officers for Company F of the 33rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry to be raised at Portsmouth under Col. J. A. Sill, urging enlistment. It also notes Capt Curtis Lieutenants Hatch and McKain returning to service. Dr Wortman plans a Pomery visit on September 6 at Remington House, offering low charges for chronic disease treatment and referencing his prior county travels.
The Wheeling Convention passes an ordinance to divide Virginia into two states with Western Virginia forming Kanawha. The proposal to vote on Oct twenty fourth. The article notes hopes for loyalty to the Union and urges a Meigs County gathering to appoint delegates to a State Union Convention and to nominate a county Union ticket. Also criticizes Ohio partisans and reports on Democratic party tensions and suppression of Tory papers.
Seventeen companies of Pittsburg Home Guards offer sixty or ninety days service in Western Virginia as needs arise. Additional companies stand ready. Allegheny County has contributed about 10,000 men to the war effort, and its Home Guards volunteer to go for 90 days if required, a patriotic display praised by the supporters.
California pledged 50,000 volunteers for the war and accepted. They will march to the Mississippi Valley in forty days and reinforce Union efforts against rebels. A skirmish near Hawk's Nest eight miles from Gauley saw Cox's forces clash with 4000 rebels, about five killed, two Cox men wounded, one missing, with horses and property seized by the Union side.
By the fall campaign Ohio will contribute 50,000 volunteers in the service. Active units include regiments of infantry in Western Virginia, Missouri, and several camps such as Denni son Putnam Noble Bentley Chase and Morrow. Meigs county is expected to provide about 1,000 volunteers. The Democratic State Committee has nominated Jon G. Marshall for Lieutenant Governor after T. Scott Ilarison declined.
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Meigs County executes a sheriff sale listing two parcels of land in the Ohio Company's purchase To be sold at the court house in Pomeroy at 10 and 11 AM on September 7 1861 The first parcel is one acre at 14 rods south of the northwest corner of a Campbell deeded lot appraised at 300 carrying Wm Kinney as the property of Thompson Carr The second sale covers 20 acres in section 18 town 4 range 1 and 40 acres in section 24 containing parts of the north west and north east quarters appraised at 370 cash terms For the suits of Thompson Carr and Wilson McElroy & Co respectively.
A Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph notice asserts a fraudulent note for 297 dollars and names Wendle Joachim and J Simpson as signers. Captain Albert McDantle, denying the note, demands retraction and declares the published claim a deliberate libel. Also advertised are wrapping paper and 800 kegs nails for sale by Thomas Brunke at the wharf boat in Pomeroy.
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