Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-10-19
MTsoRILANRo1s NEWS.

AncHBlsHoP HUonns Administered the Slte ol
confirmation TO four hundred aoldiers of the
CorcOrsn Legion. st Camp Scott. near New
York city. on the 18th inst.
TIE city Of vicksturg is said TO have sent In
bill Of damages against the Confederate Gov
srnment Of ninety thousand dollars, for allow.
Ing 1t to, be bombarded. FH III a
The whaleships destroye by the rebel steam
er Alabama or $780," were valued at $l3O. 600
and were insured for $4,000.
GENERAL orders have been Issued in Connec-
ticat for draft to take place on Oct. 81 II the
quotas Of the respective towDs are not filed up
before that time. = = HS-8e,s s-8. n.
THERE is, says the New York Times, such q
rush Of negroes TO Cincinnati under the work
ing Of the emancipation proclamation, that q
call has been issued for an association to pro-
vide for their wsnts, as most OF them ore in q
suffering condition.
TIE State Department publishes decree
Just received from the Government Of NicMa'
qua, imposing restraints on immigration. One
clause prohibits the entrance Of "freed negroes,
or other degraded caste Of people, unless they
have special permission for themselves, or on
account of others, to 90 into the interior"
CosTRAAY to general expectations, General
Hooker will be unable to take command Of his
army corps for some time yet. The General
can not rect on his wounded foot, as it invaria-
bly, causes Inflammation. He is now in Wash
ington, and travels on two crutches.
The Unitarian Convention convened in Brook
lyn, N, Y, on the 18th inst, and Rev. DR.. Bel.
lowe made speech on the war, eulogizlng the
Southern colored gentlemen" the emanclpa.
tion proclamation, the financial policy of Mr.
Chase, characterizlng Seymour as o political
miscreant," aud nsrrsting what be believed to
be the mistakes Of the Government. st.i
TEE noted rebel and guerrilla chief, Colonel
John A. Pondexter, arrived in st. Louis on
Friday last, from Hudson, in custody Of United
States Marshal Thomas B Wallace, Of the
Western District Of Missouri, and was commit
ted to the county jail on the charge of treason.
REV. DR. BREcKINRlDoE, who was at one time
supposed to be prisoner in the hands Of the
rebels, is now on his farm in Fayette county,
Ky undisturbed In ptrson or in property So
soon as Kirby Smith reached Lexington, he
sent Dr. Breckinridge o letter of protection,
and not 30 much as grain Of corn has been
taken from him. He has been more fortunate
in this particular than many of bis Union neigh.
bors.
Hon. GALUsHA A. GRow, of Pennsy lvanis,
Speaker Of the present House Of Congress, has
been defeated for the next Congress by large
vote, In district. where few years ego no op-
position could be raised againt him.
The Cincinnati Commercial says It Is doubt
full whether the Proclamation Of Emancipation
is indorsed by the body of the people. We
think there 10 no doubt about il. II is evident
they do not indorse the Proclamation.
The rebels are abandoning the Ksnawha Val !.
Icy. It lie stated that they have evacusted
Charleston, and the salinea, and are moving
up the valley to the Gauley river. ' 7..
The machinery Of the new Vienna Opera
House Is to be worked BY o steam engine Of
eight horse power. -
A roRrIos journal says the Austrian ladies
have resolved to give crinoline dead cut, and
have intimated to the managers Of the Vienna
theaters that they will not patronize the house
where the actresses wear crinoline.
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, was entered by our
cavalry on the 18th inst. Our troops now &C.
cupy the place.