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Newspaper
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1861
Page
3
The Meigs County Telegraph urges Union men to attend Saturday primary meetings to nominate a county ticket, denouncing treasonous plots and urging loyalty to the Union. It praises volunteers and warns against manipulation, calling for elected leaders to serve without partisan pressure.
The notice outlines contents for a September issue of a European periodical. It highlights reviews of Bread and the Newspaper by A Holmes and The Advantages of Defeat by Norton, details Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s war death report, Stowe chapters, and a piece on marriage for money. It mentions Atlantic Publishers and subscription details for October.
An affray Tuesday near Letart on the Virginia shore between Levi Hopkins and Mr. Baker ended with Baker’s death. Reports vary. Baker leased Hopkins’ farm and a dispute over dealings led to blows. Baker’s family mourns his untimely death.
A strenuous exhortation by Horton, Muteh, and McKain urges Meigs County young men to volunteer for the war. It emphasizes loyalty, constitutional rights, and the duty to protect a free government, warning that submission to traitors is unacceptable as the banner of rebellion rises and victory or death becomes the choice.
A Northern observer voices concern over Western Virginia residents relying on Ohio volunteers for protection against Confederate forces. The piece notes fear among locals, calls for self-reliance, criticizes extortion for protection supplies, and questions Kentucky’s loyalties as Union and Confederate positions shift. It warns about arms and troop movements in Virginia and observes Kentucky’s uncertain stance toward the conflict.
A sept meeting of eighth district delegates in Columns planned a Union Convention at Callipo on Sept 1 to nominate a State Senator candidate. Delegates were to be apportioned by votes cast, five hundred per delegate, and by quarters of two hundred fifty. The article discusses Democratic papers and Union party shifts, plus letters from a soldier's son describing hardships, marches, and battles near Palka, with references to the 36th Ohio Regiment and Major Sleamer.
The Day ton Journal reports on a wealthy figure pressing a war footing, criticizing Democratic papers except the Empire. It notes Val controls county party structure and favors a private disease dispensary ad, while the circular promotes medical remedies and medical authorities, with claims of widespread reach and authority.
The Board of Directors decides to abandon the county fair due to money stringency public focus on national affairs and low local interest among agricultural and manufacturing communities. The move reflects broader neglect of the event and signals a shift away from planned county celebrations.
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