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Newspaper
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1861
Page
2
The fragment notes A Plants as editor at the Pumbroy Telegraph with other individuals mentioned in the byline. Contains sparse readable text and indicates a historical newspaper masthead style from an unknown date.
The piece laments how Northern and Southern elites courted each other for power and trade, tracing a pattern of coercion, debt, and betrayed pledges. It argues that Northern merchants funded pro-Southern aims, faced bankruptcy, and now face poetic retribution as the slave system collapses, with reform driven by formerly subservient factions.
A Bath Kentucky crowd reacts to Col L A Harris's Civil War proclamation promising to protect loyalty and property while warning rebels and opponents. The piece mocks the plan and questions treason, noting Breckinridge might demand changes and doubting the effectiveness of the governor’s approach.
Secretary Chase has refunded states for war expense totals: Indiana 450000 Illinois 450000 Ohio 900000 Wisconsin 205000 Michigan 92000 Iowa 80000 Pennsylvania 606000 Maine 200000 Vermont 123000 Massachusetts 775000 New Hampshire 200000 The Treasury Department is in the right hands and history records no parallel to Chase's success in restoring government credit and stabilizing the treasury.
A lengthy contested piece alleges a secret Knights of the Golden Circle network in Ohio led by Democrats. It describes trials in Cleveland, editor clashes in Columbus, and Medary and Martin exposing oaths to replace Lincoln with Jeff Davis. The piece cautions genuine Democrats and warns of treason risks while noting Kansas General Lane’s actions.
A Baltimore dispatch and other papers report conflicting accounts on the U S steamer Saranac. Claims place her lost off the Mississippi, at Tobago, and at San Francisco, while others deny the rumor. The Cincinnati Commercial notes the contradictory press and asks readers to decide if the steamer existed.
Ohio organizes eighty six infantry regiments with forty two in service and rapid completion of the rest. Six cavalry companies and five artillery batteries join the force, a total that could only be formed by conscription in Europe. The state’s quota is about sixty thousand, with plans to reach one hundred thousand if needed and a pledge that Ohio will patriotically sustain the Stripes and Stars.
A late fire at the Ohio Penitentiary destroyed the saddle tree shop of Mr Hayden and later the main room. Machinery and stock worth 25,000 dollars were lost, including a new bullet making machine. Five hundred saddles for the first Cavalry Regiment were destroyed.
In a pre election banter, Stimpson of the Ironton Register claimed Lawrence County would yield the largest Union majority in the state. Geauga County votes total 1924 for governor Tod and 1912 for Jewett, with about 12 Knights of the Golden Circle or pro-Confederate allies suspected. Ashtabula yet unheard, Geauga remains favored.
The state is praised for filling and equipping its full five hundred thousand soldiers for the Union army. It is lauded as the most loyal to the Constitution and the Union among states, with few sympathizers with rebellion, and ends with a note of honor to New Hampshire.
A Civil War era column questions why Union forces around Washington delay. It argues weather, leaves, and forest cover slow advance, predicts winter quarters, and critiques politics and possible compromises with the South. It cites Lincoln, Davis, and generals, and ends urging constitutional national unity over party.
A fragmentary 19th century editorial note claims Indiana and Thiliana vie to supply the grand army of the Union with a full quota, asserting 34,600 required but 85,557 actually in service and six regiments ready to march once arms arrive. The piece also mentions Ohio’s lagging support and references a ministerial association meeting agenda in Marietta, Ohio, with a long list of speakers and topics.
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