The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-11-22
Wen)s gtelas.
How RosEcRANs FIeHrt.-A ia,e ls..=r


secession in Virginia, and recently in the
army opposed to our forces under Rose
Grams, has become disguised with the
cause and returned TO his home near Har-
pers Ferry. He controlled and exercised
great influence in getting the State out of
the Union. but he has become convinced
that the Confederacy can not stand. lie
now wishes his Union friends to intercede
for his return to 1oya'ty. On Thursday
he dIned at the house o. an old friend. p
and remarked that the rebels might as
well fight against the devil or the north
star as Rosecrans; '.for'' he said ..iust as
we thought We had him he was all around
us. At other times when we thought we
were safely encamped for the night, be
thought he would attack us, and did too.
He says also that Rosecrans is more than
match for all the rebels west of the
mountains.
A LARGE CONTRACT Stephen Crom-
well, of Camden o hio, has made a con-
tract by which he is to furnish one hun-
dred and fifty thousand cords of wood for
the OHIO Central Railroad Company. The
magnitude Of this contract can be nnder-
stood only when we take into conside,a.
ton the fact that it makes a pile four feet
high, and not less than two hundred and
fifty seven miles long. and requires the
delivery of nearly fifty cords day
Sundays eAcepted-for ten years.
The Egyptian plague of darkness has
fallen upon the city of Galveston, Texas,
for its Secessionism. The gas works have
been obliged to suspend for want of coal,
and at our last advices ther was hut
single box Of candles in the whole town,
Seven hundred shot and shell for the
Government are turned out daily at the
foundry at Sharon, Connecticut.
Maj. Gen. Halleck has been assigned
to the command of the Department Of
the West, at the suggestion of Gen. Nc
Clellen, and Gen. Buell. supersedes Sher-
man in Kentucky.
| The victory of Gen. Grant at Belmont
Mo-, is regarded as very important one
though attended with much loss on our
side.
| 1t is said that in three weeks there
will be half a million of Federal troops il,
the field. ~
The latest advices from Europe. recei~
we'd at Washington, are highly satisfacto-
Try to our government. The British are
beginning to have faith in our ability to
sustain the government.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
in a careful review of the various skirm.
ishes, battles and reconnoisances, from
the bombardment of Sumter down to the
battle at Romney, gives the following as
the losses on both sides: Union forces
killed 969. wounded 2.o4l, prisoners e.
374-total 1854 Rebel forces-killed.
4.o49, wounded 1,6o4. prisoners 1905
total S,481.
~ Fremont's Body Guard in their
gallant repulse of e rebels at Spring.
field, Mo-. lost Is killed. and 81 woun1-
ed. The Guard numbered in all about
800, while the rebel forces repulsed was
some 9.3Oo This was daring act, and
shows the fighting qualities Of tie Paths
finders Body Guard.
w President Lincoln has invested
ss, 800 in the 8 10 per cent Treasury
notes; and last week South Carolina
gen tleman invested $4,000 in the same
way. The total amount taken at Colum-
, bus, Ohio, up to Thursday last. WAS s73,
600.
t %The muskets rifed by Miles Green
a wood, Of Cincinnati for the Ohio troops,
E do SO well that Gen. Rosecrans asks for
' for all his men. We have it from relia-
= BILE authority. that one of our boys, in
1 the Goth regiment, killed rebel with one
\ of these muskets. at a distance oil 600
It yards That might be called good shoot
e ing.
e R The animals used by the Army al
Washington, consume FIVE hundred tons
:, Of provender per day. Considerable o
an item.
AL EETbe Providence Journal is inform
led that one of the nurses at Poolesville
recently approached cot on which LAY
IN wounded soldier of the 18th Massacbu
er setts regiment, and asked, sis there any
10 thing you think of that you want? 20 'Y es
l. an Enfield rifle was the quick reply
lie 1t will be remembered that most OF sh
j. regiment had smooth bores.
E A collect is to be sent to Beau
>, fort to receive customs, AS that port IS u
- be opened for trading purposes. "A YES
> sci is to be sent there with such goods
" are in demand, to be exchanged Tor cot
,o, which will be shipped to England