The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-14

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,ew pontOon train just completed
,ear the arsenal, consists oi u nun.
Der OF large fiat boats. with wheels
nnder them, easily trsnsportable,
and an immense amount OF timber
and plsnks upon train wagons built
expressly for that purpose. lnde-
pendent OF the train are Col. Nc Leod
Murphy Wade's lndis Rubber boats.
Fenton & Dawes, ui the Van
Wyck Committee. 90 TO llsrrisbarg
tomorrow to ierrst out frauds in con.
tracts.
The House has not. "a stated. act.
ed on the ten million Treasury Note
Bill. Ii was introduced IN the Sen
ate. and threats OF postpon,ng action
on il in the House until the Senate
act on the Hundred Million Bill are
made by enthusiastic friends OF that
measure.
Efforts 10 discredit tho well an.
thenticated fact that Gen. Mcclellan
is to be reduced 10 the command OF
the army OF the Potrmsc are futile
. lon" of the Baltimore SIM, this
morning, confirms our statement to
that ell, ct.
The nomination of Gen. Sigcl as
Major General will bc sent into the
Senate tomorrow. Ma si,r General
Ethan Hitchcock was confirmed to-
dav.
DR. Ives, one Of the principal eli
tofiI writers Of the New York Ner
0la, here temporarily for the purpose
oI rr.organizing lts Washington de.
partment, aud acting IA chief cor
respondent, was arrested to-day by
order oi Secretary Stanton, and sent
to Fort Mcllenry. He is suspected
'oi being rebel spy. Ito has a
brother in the rebel army who was
formerly a Jesuit Priest, and Pro-
'essor of Biblical Literature in the
Catholic College at Milwaukee,
Yest, rday he gave n breakfast 1"
McClellsn's staff. lie threatened
he wrath Of the Uer0ld against the
War Department, unless he had Nj
news Immediately on its arrival, and
advance OF all other papers. The
/ immediate occasion ot the dismissal
OF II nscon, Il o Wpaids reviou-
rorrespor dent, vas his calling the
White House party n social blum.
dr." greatly to l} unrtt's wrath
Tenn groes cotfi feed in the Wash
.ingion Ill on suspicion o being ran
away slaves, were discharged in
compliance with Stewards order, yes
'erday.
A ccur' m.ri i,l in Stones case
will be coon order, d.
Senator Wilson to-day introduced
a bill Irovid'ng that all contracts OF
orders which have been or may be
made by any executive dep rtmcn'
Di the government, or bureau acting
under authority OF s"ch department
or military, naval or any other GOV
ernmeni supplies. shall be required
tn be executed literally and strictly
n nccOrdar cc " th all terms and 60
iitions Of such contracts or orders
and th't on anv failure so 20 cXccut,
them they IN I'll be thereby abrO'
gated; that all contracts or or'cr
, which IN " be hercritrr made BY An,
! department. or bureau for any gov
ernment supplies shal. be- mad otl'
with p,lties actually engaged in th
business o. manufacturing or 'ur
uishng and dealing in articles Of th
, kind contracted Tor or ordered tha
70 con'rGct or or Ter made "a aiw,e
said, shsli be transferred by the par
" or rar'ics to whom such cen
tract or order map be given to an
d p'he, party or parties, and that nu
, such transfer shall cars, an anuu
mrnt ut the contract or order trans
erred
ii inr General la 'leck AMI Bril
= adler Generals Ard,rson ami ID =
b yer, With m-ny Commissioners M
, Quarter Masters. ", r. confirmed Il
lay paymasters were re erred +
the Military Committee, with vic'
20 reduction ut the nnnber. The r,
i ntion o. Generals Ashhoth, NJ,
= Il nsirv and Wade was rtcomnend
= Ell by the Committee. but was II,
e c'cd upon
a Senator Wilson's bill es.ablishin
h national foundry and manuiac
8 tory oi cannon lion, OF which he CAV
= notice to-day, lcca'es the former u
@ North River ut 5 nth West poin
u and the latter in Pennsylvania
e rnhab y at Bloomfield.
= Major General Hitchcock, no.
Q living in retirement at St Louis ha
J. been telegrapfe'l to take immcd al
t comm nd n, Giro He was A,
u .istant Adjutsnt General to Gener'
+ Scott, AMI i'rigad!er General b
n hr, vt in NJ, xico, bnt, find NJ j e
u Davis, WAS forced to r, 81 ign. lie
r. not n slave catcher, and was urgen
p ly advocated by CoIlamer He
=, spoken off ~ one OF the greatest mi
g tar, nan in ,his country.
Tho Finance Committee OF II
e Senate reported the Treasury No
d Bill this morning with importa,
Amc Moments in the legal tend,
81 clausr. IL is reported this was b.
i A