Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-10-09
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

MATT WARD, who murdered SCHOOL teacher
at Louisville, some years ago, WAS shot by guer
rillas on his plantation in Arkansas, on the "a
instant. The rebels were collecting his negroes
to take them away to work on fortincations 10
Mississippi He came hurrisdly out Of bis
house to protest, and happening to have on q
blue coat, they mistook him for Federal col
der and Ared upon him. the ball passing through
his hips He was brought to Helena the same
day, but will probably die
IT ia said at Washington that the Govern
ment in unable to procure horses to supply The
losses In the cavalry regiments In McCLrLLla's
aud HErsTzELnAN's armies The Government
refuses to pay more than the regular prices,
while as the Treasury notes depreclate, the
dealers demand Increased prices. II is stated
the position our cavalry force ls thus left in for
the present, makes 1t practically useless.
GtN. SAMUEL WoRrHlNaros, Of Mason cOuu-
ty, KY, was recently murdered bys couple Of
his slaves. I. appears that the General was
about to chastise the negroes for riding couple
Of his horses ali night, when enc Of them seiz-
ed his master while the other beat his masters
braina out with club. The murderers then
buried the body OF their victim In corD.feld,
where IL was accidentally discovered few
hours aftsrward. The negroes were arrested,
and when the particulars Of the murder became
generally known, there was great excitement,
and II was decided, at one time, to hang the
slaves awithout Judge or jury" but better cOun-
sells prevailed, and the murderers are now con-
fined IN Jail at Maysville.
RICHARD HAYES Wss on Saturday the 4.h
Instant, iraugurated by the rebels at Frank.
fort. as Governor Of Kentucky. BRAoG and
HuMPHREY MARSHALL were there and made
bitter anti Union speeches. KIRBY SMITH was
also there. BucKNER wac expected but did not
come. 10 the afternoon the rebela burned the
railroad bridge, whereupon Gil their infantry
left for the South, Sc0Tr's cavalry remaining,
On Sunday theIebels Gu, one span of the bridge
TO South Frankfort, Soon afterward soSrT's
cavalry left.
The whole number Of prisoners captured BY
General SrAHL In wasrsntol and vicinity, re-
Gently, Ia one thousand and thirty.two. The Of
fetal list has been sent to headquarters by Gen
eral Sigel. These men were wounded at the
battle of Ball Ron, and the greater portion Of
them had legs and arms amputated,
A pE,raucrrvE fte occurred on the 4.h Inst.
at Fulton. o,wego county, N. r., village on
the oswego river The loss b estimated at 9
quarter Of million.
AN official dispatch from General GRAST,
dated jackson, Tennessee, Oct. 9. states that
on the day before General HuhLsDAr came upon
The enemy, and after seven bonrs fighting drove
shem Eve miles across the Hatchie river toward
Corinth, captusing two batteries, about three
hundred prisoners and many small arms
A WAsHINeroHdispstch says that il is ascer.
ssined that large supplies Of cotton for ports Of
Europe are obtained on the Rio Grande. Mex
can vessels are engaged In supplying foreign
hips. Il Is suspected thas Texan planters con-
7ey their cotton to BrownsyilIe, Texas, whence
he article is clandestinely carried to the Mexl.
ian border. On the Stb Of September there
rere twenty vessels there waiting for oIrgoes,
including an EOglish steamer. which had S6o,-
100 wi.h which TO purchase cotton. 81"
A CArao dispatch of Oct. q. says the skirmish-
ng at Corin.h commenced on the 3oth uls, and
hat here had been more or less fighting every
lay since. The rebel loss is about eight hun
red killed, aud ffteen to eighteen hundred
rounded. We have fifteen hundred prisoners
4 corinth, three hundred on Hatchie, and moro
constantly coming In. We bsye taken several
housand stand Of arms thrown away By the
sbsls 10 their Sight They are mostly new,
Sngllsh make. Our lOss isbelieved tobe three
Iundssd killed and ono thousand wounded.