Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-03-25
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proving materially.
II is asserted as the prevailing opinion, that
by this time the National flag floats over New
| Orleans, and that our mortar feet attacked the
rebel front at the Rigolets within two days
after the departure from Ship leland Of the
last steamer, which brought the intelligence
North.
The Secretary of the Navy has addressed a
complimentary letter to Lieut.. Morris, and the
officers and men of the Cumberland, for their
heroism in the recent engagement with the
Merrimac.
Mrs. Morris, of Baltimore, who was arrest.
ed on the belief that she was engaged in trea.
sonable correspondence with the rebels, has
been released on parole, not to render aid Ia
| the enemies of the United States. Letters
were found in her possession from Southernerf
In France.
New YoRK, March 23.-The Times's Wash
iDgton correspondent says:
The Commission on State Prisoners will TO-
morrow take up the case of the celebrated Mrs
Greenougb, who will probably be transferred
from State prison to q Lunatic Asylum
Gen. Montgomery has been transferred from
his posi- as military governor OF Alexandria,
and placed n like command at Annapolis.
Painful rumors have been ahoat for two days
affecting prominent officer In the civil depart
ment OF the Government. We are promised the
denoument this week.
II lis not true that the steamer Vanderbilt has
been purchased by the Government, to be alter.
ed into ON iron clad vessel; she is merely char
tered for short time as transport.
The Commanding Officer at Fort Craig writes
to the Government that he has not O doubt of
being able to hold the post.
The Tribune's correspondence Gays: IL is ru-
mored that Green Clay will be transferred from
the Secretaryshp Of Legation ut ST. Peters
burg to that at Turin, the present incumbent,
Mr.. Fry, having declined on account of i'll
health.
DR.. John Evans, of Chicago, has been nomin-
ted and confirmed as Governor Of Colorado
Territory, vice Gov. Gilpin.
Stephen 8. Harding, Of Indiana, was on Fri
day nominated Governor Of Utah, vice Gov.
Dawson, rejected.
Small equads of rebel horsemen are securing
the country within five miles of Manassas, i'm
pressing all the ablebodied men left, robbiDg
the farmers for the hundredth time, and de-
stroying what they can't carry away.
The Saturdays work of the Ways and Means
committee, on demands of delegations for mod
ifications of the tax bill, was to put three per
cent. ad valorem charge upon paper of every
description; to adopt the schedules on leather
substantially as they we're presented to the
committee by Mr.. Alley, tanner, and mem
ber of the House; to fix the rate on hoop skirts,
umbrellas and parasos at five per cent. ad va
loren; on ready made clothing at three per
cent. ad valorem; to leave salt as in the bill;
and, after long Discussion, to leave the tax, as
first reported on tobacco and all Its manuiact.
ures, stand unaltered; the tax on billiard ia.
bles was reduced one half-to ten dollars year.
n l. Ill lo,tnn ND oil pl
change was of phraseology, so that gas tar and
tho products from rehabilitation shall not be
charged. For brokers the committee took of
the tenth of one per cent. on their stock sales,
thinking that through their use of powers of
attorney, transfers, stamps, and other assessa
BILE incidents of their business, they would get
taxed enough. Flour was not disposed of; the
desire to tax it Of course Justly exists the only
difficulty in fixing the rate has been presented
by the Canadian reciprocity treaty. The be
lief has at last obtained in the committee that
-four can be taxed by branding the barrels and
taxing the sales, without violating the stipula-
tions of that treaty. The charge on the gross
receipts of horse railroads was reduced one
half. 1t was directed not to tax coal at all, be-
cause it enters into the business and domestic
life of nearly the whole nation.
During the discussions of this bill the work
on the tariff progresses. Reference is continu-
ally had to it, and when an article ia taxed for
internal revenue, at the came time an equiva-
lent custom duty is placed on the tax list. This
principle will be adhered to throughout.
The Herald's dispatch says the party which
of COL Slocum, Maj Ballou and Capt. Tower,
of the Second Rhode Island regiment, killed at
Bull Run, returned this morning, bringing their
remains. The party was composed of Gov.
Sprague, Col. Arnold, Mr.. Walter Coleman,
his Secretary, Tristram Burgess, Liut Col.
Sayles, Capt. Dennison and Surgeon Greedy, of
the Rhode Island cavalry, accompanied by two
of the Rhode Island volunteers, who had been
taken prisoners at Bull Run, and had noted the
place where the officers were buried. The par.
ty arrived on Friday at Sudley's church. Col
Slocum and Maj. Bsllou were buried in the
yard of building near by, which was used as
hospital on the day of battle This building
had been destroyed by the rebels, but the graves
were found. After they had commenced to
dig q negro girl inquired il they were digging
for the body of Col. Slocum, and stated that
about six weeks after the battle, some soldiers
of Georgia regiment had dug it up, cut off
the head and buried the body at the side of the
run close by, and taken the coffin away to bury
dead negro. Her story was corroborated by
a white boy and a white man, who lived in the
neighborhood. On repairing to the spot indi-
Gated, there was found a pile of ashes and
bones, which were pronounced by the surgeon
to be human. Col Slocum had been buried in
box, and Mai. Ballou in coffin. Upon open
ing the graves, the box was recognized by Mr.
Richardson, who was present at the interment,
and the remains in it were identified as those of
COL Slocum, Upon opening the other grave, il
was found to be empty, showing that the body
dug mp and buried by the Georgia barbarians,
was that OF Maj Ballou, as only these two have
been buried in that yard.
WARRINGTON, March 24.-Col Segur, Repre-
sentative elect from the Accomac district, ar
rived here this morning, confirming the intelli-
gence about the burning of the privateer Nash.
Vile and the blowing up of Fort Macon by the
rebels.
Gen. Hitchcock is here, aiding the War De-
psrtment by bis advice.
Senator Lane of Indiana has received advices
from Savannah, Tenn, of the formation of a
Union regiment in Alabama.
The Republican asserts that the President has
removed Gen. Denver from the command OF the
Department of Kansas.
The entire national debt is now four hundred
millions of dollars.
Certain newspapers having fagrantly persist.
ed in the publication of military details, in vic.
lation of the rules and articles Of war, and the
orders Of the War Department, thereby endan,
perng the safety of our armies and the success
of military operations, the Secretary of Wal
has ordered the enforcement of the penalties
and a special court martial assembled at Wash
ington ior the trial and punishment Of the of
tenders.
The Senate to-day confirmed about four hun
dred army appointments, principally of minol
ranks. Among them, In the Adutant- General
4 Department, was R, ]. Wagner, Of Kentucky