The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-05-02
NI1WS


hero of Fl. Donelson, is dead.
OrTLetters from Yorktown say that
an Irish Brigade, in the rebel service, Ie.
fuseed to flh and surrente.cd their arms
CrTMr. Cssky, of the Holmes County
Republican, has sold his establishment; 10
Mr.. G. 7. Griffith, of Cincinnati, pracs
tcal printer and good editor. ..
Our troops have taken nearly $1,000
rebel prisoners since the lst Of January
last, exclusive Of those captured at Pitts
burg Landing, viz: Roanoke Island, g.
52T; Springfield, Mo-, COO; Fort Doncl-
son, l3,3oo; Pea Ridge, GOO; Ncwbcrn,
2oo; Island No. 10, $500; other places,
954. Total, 1871.
0T25O more rebels have been landed
on Jolnson's Island, near Sandusky.
0@TGen. Mcdowell is still pressing on
towards Richmond
0~FSincc the firing into the transport
boats on the Tennessee river, by squads
of rebels, Gen. Strong, in command at
Cairo, has d, d,termibed to SUPP ly every
boat, going up the river, with howitzer.
If his determination is carried out, il is to
be hoped that il will be cffeciually used
on the first occasion which presents. II
the firing is from behind house or 9th:
er buildings, let it be blcwn down aud
destroyed. Mercy is first duo to cur men
and should not be shown TO rebels to the
hurt Of our own men.
CoMPLImENTARY.-Th Steubenvillc
Union pay the following deserved COM
pliment to the members Of the General
Assembly now in scfsion in this city.'
at has seldom been the good fortune
of the people of Ohio to have such a set
Of men assembled together as met at Coz
lumbus this winter. We mean the ma
jority."
The Union is right, ma jority of the
members are good working men, and truo
to their constituents, and their county,
Columbus Fact.
QTCopt. II. C. Gcury, son of John
Geary, of the Columbus Fact, who was
wounded at Shiloh, has since died.
0+rMr. George w. Dungay, the poet
and re;ormcr, has joined editorial stafrof
the n. Y. Tribune.
CETThc St. Louis Democrat says that
there is great Indignation in Kanses over
the arrests OF Colonel Jcnnson and Lieu
tenant Hoyt. The excitement is grow
ing hourly, and the people are aroused
throughout the State. There are no.
chorgcs made public against Col. Jenni-
sou, though Gen. Sturgis mystcriously
shakes his head and hints about con-
spiracy in which Jcnnison and Iioyt
have been engaged Cincinnati Ga
zehe.
CETThe leniency which has been
shown to the rebels from the start, and
that too whether they are regarded as
traitors and rebels, or as honorable enc
mics, is shown most strkingly in the fact
that, though spies have swarmcd on cv-
cry hand and arc detected cvtryw here
almost, as yet no. single rebel spy has 1
been shot or hung by our Officers, accor-
ding to the laws of war.
0TBrigadior General Morgan Of Ohio
has command of the 7th Division of the
army of the West, now at Cumberland
Ford, in the vicinity of the celebrated
Cumberland Gap. His command may ut
any time become one Of the most import
ant ones in the field.
GENERAL SIGEL.-This glorious hero
recently received an iutmation that some
of his countrymen were desrous of con-
tributing towards II testimonial for his
benefit. His reply was ono that could
only emanate from man impellcd by the
n >ble st impulses that ever glowed in
tho human breast. He said That if his
countrymen were desrous of doing somc-
thing that would be appreciated by him
they could 90 nothing more fitting or an
propriate than to raise some $4,000 or
100000 for the benefit Of the families of
the "erhan volunteers. Noble Sigel!
05-The rebel steamer Florida has beer
captured by the U. s. bark Pursuit.
0-TThe Captain ofthe French steamer
Milan visited Fcrt Jackson under a fl,p
of truce with view of assisting the
French residents of New Orleans who
might desire to get out OF the way of the.
impending battle. He was seized and
imprisoned over night but released the
next day, and returned to his vessel great
ly enraged.
6TTrustworthy reports say that Col.
Mason of the list and Col. Appler of the
5Sd Ohio, proved themselves arrant cow
ards at the fight at Pittsburg Landing.
0SY-Adjutant- General Buckingham hay-
ing been appointed Brigadicr- G eneral
and ordered to Washington, Gen. Hill
of Toledo, has been appointed Adjutant-
General Of Ohio to fill the place thus
made vacant.