Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-03-19

| umbrellas and parasols, 0 change from spech
to Ave per cent. ad valorem; to hoop skirts, thu
= same: and TO omnbuses, entire freedom from
the tax on passengers, IL being ehown that |
would be fatal to Them In competition with tht
: horse railroads. The tax has also been etrick
en- off from the manufacture Of -four. Thii
, was done by O delegation OF the Rochester
millers, who showed that 1t would be fatal to
their business all along the line affected by the
reciprocity treaty The tax would enable the
Canadian millers to undefsel us In our own
market.
The nominations of Daniel Z. Sicklea and
Paul r. George, of New Hampshire, were re-
Ijected Gen. Lockwood's nomination Ia sus'
pended
The limits OF the department to which Gen.
Hunter has been assigned having been incor'
rectly stated, IL may not be improper to state
that il comprises the States Of South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida. Gen. Sherman will be
retained In the department under Gen. Hunter,
and Gen. Brannan, probably, also.
Capt. W. w. Peck, of the ll!h Infantry,
formerly of Chicago, died to-day.
Senator Sumner, will tomorrow Introduce
bill repeating 'an act originally passed In lSlO,
and declaring that henceforth NO person by rea-
son of color shall be disqualified from employ
ment in carrying the mails.
Hon. Richard Fanchot, Of the Nineteenth
New York District, has obtained the signatures
of about one hundred and fifty Senators and
Representatives to q memorial to Congress ask.
| ing that butter rations be served out to the
army.
Inc Times special says: The Clothing In
spection Board concluded ito labors to-day, and
submitted its report to the Quartermaster Gen.
eral. Over 81 900 600 worth of clothing was
condemned. The testimony taken revealed
gross frauds perpetrated against the Govern
ment. These frauds are consequent upon COL
lusion between contractors and inspectors.
The Monitor 10 lying in walt for the Merri'
mac at Fortress Monroe.
Commander Goldsborough had received intel
tigenoe from the Burnside expedition. 1t was
still pursuing Its plans, having accomplished
everything which il set out to do. IL was just
on the eve of making an attack on Newberne
The commission 10 Inquire into the case OF
political prisoners, met OF twelve O'Clock to-day,
and the following facts were settled as TO its
course of action The examinations will be &C.
cret, and ex parte statements will be devoted ex-
olusively to the prisoners held here The com.
mission will adjourn from place to place, ex-
amining the prisoners at the locality of their
confinement.
The Herald's special says the relatives Of
Captain Franklin Buchanan, who commanded
the rebel iron-clad steamer Merrimac, at the
late fight, have written to his relatives in this
city, from Baltimore, that he Is dead, and his
body is TO be brought to the old homestead, on
the Eastern Shore Of Maryland, for inter-
ment.
A movement is on foot relative to the i'm
peachment of oil those Judges who have in any
form, shape or manner aided or sbetted the in
terests OF secession. A member of Congress
has now in his desk O resolution, which he will
offer at the fret opportune moment, to instruct
the committee on the judiciary TO inquire into
this matter of general impeachment, and report !
at an early date by bill or otherwise. I
WAeHINoToN, March l8.-It is considered I
that we nave probably secured great military
advantages by the capture of NeWberne, and 9
placed the safety Of General Burnside beyond t
question. g
Many exaggerated statements having been
made as to the mortality in the army, 1t ia as g
from official sources that the number Z
Of deaths among regulars stationed here, for
The quarter ending with March, 1861, was 28; {
Tor the quarter ending with June, 80 regulars q
and 46 volunteers; for the quarter ending With
September, 48 regulars and 79 volunteers; and O
for the quarter ending with December, l0S reg q
llars and 1910 volunteers. Total deaths, 1890, b
of which one hundred were from wounds. The .
above deaths were in two hundred and Atty
seven regiments, including those of the army I
If the Potomac. Y
The naval committee formally voted in favor S
II the appropriation sufficient TO complete the 2
Stevens battery, and fifteen millicss for tho i
of iron.clSd steamers.
President has made the following appoint {
nents of cadets at West Point: Edward Baker, q
Wis.,; Henry ID. Wallen, Jr., Ga Edward D
Everett Sharp, MOI ErastGs D. Gaines, H. ) S
Jhas. Woodson Bates, Mo-; also, Richard Tay-
or Churchill, from the District of Columbia. il
The last mentioned is son Of the late Capt b
churchill, U. 8. A., who died in the service in
Gexico. u
The Supreme Court has decided, after an
elaborate argument, two cases, namely: The al
United States against Lyssnder Babbiti, aud =
he United States against Robert Coles, in ia- n
'or of the United States; settling therein that "
egisters and receyers of public lands cannot D
etain the fees on military bounty land war G.
ants, beyond the compensation OF $4,000 per b
.nnum, to which they were limited by the act q
# 1913. This decision of a long contested T
question:, saves to the Government nearly $l,- ol
100000. The argument on behalf of the Gov a,
rnment was prepared and conducted by As. x
Iistant Attorney General Coffey, H
1t is reported that there are various railroad b.
representations here, preparing applications to u
Congress for pecuniary assistance to complete to
he present lines and TO open new routes, to an Ii
AMOUNT exceeding in the aggregate fifteen mil ol
ion dollars. A strenuous effort will be made
% induce Congress to aid their plans, either by fe
he Government indofsng the bonds or in the o.
hape of donation on the ground of national Il
lecessity. n
Information received a! the State Depas.. p
nent indicates very vigorous reaction against il
Zen. Mosquera. Neither the Government of Il
he United States nor thOt of Great Britain has 81
,ver recognized that government. L
Brigsdier-Ge General Burnside was this after q
loon confirmed by the Senate as Major.GenOrsl q
" volunteers. a
Diplomatic circles are sensibly disturbed
lere by authentic news received from Cuba, Il
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