Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-17
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.


DAVID DAVIS, OF Illinois, has been confirmed
in executive session of the United States Sen
ate, as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Of the United States.
Amy contractors find girls and women in
New York go poor that they are compelled to
work for them from sunrise till sunset for
about ten csnts-making haversacks at one and
quarter cents each.
OuR dispatches contain report that Ply
mouth, N. c., has been burned by Union
troops-by what body or under what circum-
stances is not stated. Plymouth lies at the
mouth of Roanoke river, on the south eide of
Albemarle Sound Il wass email village.
TIE New York Journal Of Commerce argues
that If we amend the Constitution TO exclude
all slavery, the came spirit, in the end, will put
down one religion and put up another, cay, the
Roman Catholic, up or down. The spirit Of
the Constitution Is compromise, not conquest.
ADVIcEs from Hilton Head are to the effect
that the rebels are Strengthening themselves
against any advance from the islands to the po-
sitions held by themselves on the mainlandi
shat Beauregard was still fortifying Charleston,
and that an expedition against Mobile had been
projected. -l
Tm New York World believes Mr.. stevens's
project Is simply plan to depreciate the cur
rency to such point that holders will be glad
to get rid of It on any terms. BY this means
he expects to secure market for Govern
ment bonds, on which the interest will be
paid In the same dspreciated and irredeemable
paper,
TIE New York Journal Of Commerce has this
article: y" ,"
CLOTHING THE CoNTRABINDs.- is reported
that contract for the manufacture of fifty
thousand suits for contrabands had been
awarded to an extensive clothing house In
this city.
The above report is said by another paper to
be literally true. Here is new field opening
for negro contractors.
A LONDON surgeon was paid $1,000 for de-
olaring that Garibaldi had no bullet in his
wound. An eminent French surgeon, however,
soon after found bullet there, and the Lon.
doner is nov called upon to refund his fee
which he won't. ~ d. ad Ga ~ aJ
A WAsHINaroN dispatch OF the 18th inst
says that hereafter no army news will be tele.
graphed without the Endorsement of General
Burnside, except lists Of killed and wounded.
This may account for the meagerness of the
news of the operations on the Rappahannock.
The Grand Jury Of Ohio county, Va, in ses.
sion at Wheeling, have reported indictments
against dozen or more of the coal diggers en-
gaged in q late strike, charging them with
violation of the law against combination and
conspiracies Some of the strikers, it is
stated, behaved very badly, and undertook to
prevent others from going to work. ~
The House of Representatives on Monday BY
vote Of 78 against 81, passed resolution Offer
ed by Mr.. Fessenden, Of Me-, indorsing the Pres
ident's emancipation proclamation as a judicious
aud constitutional war measure. II also voted
down an inquiry of Mr.. Pendleton's, as to
whether in any parole for the release of political
prisoners there had been inserted clause
pledging the released party to bring no suit for
against the Government. Il
was to be expected as matter Iof course that
the Abolitionists would vote up anything that
would give the President the power OF an abso- |
lutte Dictator, and vote down anything that
Iended to secure the liberty and rights Of white
people. i
Ir is stated that the work Of repairing the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad was commenced
IN last Saturday. A large army of laborers
IRE at work on the line to the west of Martins.
,urg, and the reconstruction Of the Black river
ridge, few miles west of Martinsburg, has
Ilso been commenced. This was the only
ridge that was much damaged west Of Mar
insburg. The company have not yet com.
nenced to repair the road between Hsrper's
Ferry and MarlinabuFg, but expect to do go in
few days. They have large number of
vorkmen ready to place at work, and the mate
lals for reconstruction all at hand.