Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-19
mIsCELLANEoUs NEWS.

In the New York City Board Of Aldermen,
on Saturday, q resolution was adopted, offering
General Mcclellan the hospitalties Of the
city. JQoi .aE 4DtL UG |
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Philadelphia Inquirer
says General Fremont 10 to be assigned to the
command Of the dsfenses Of the Capital.
The ST. Paul Pioneer Gays General Pope and
staff are in that city, preparing for the "spring
campaign" while the Indians are preparing for
winter campAign-the most favorable for
them.
Every Governor who has appointed day Of
Thanksgiving thus far has set apart the 9Th
Of November for that purpose. The Governor
of Kentucky has as yet issued no PROCLAMATION
CHARLES W. KiMBALL, American Consul at
Guadalupe, died at that place on the 2Osh Of
October last
THE Indian massaeres In Minnesota have pro-
duced great distress among the settlers Il along
the frontier counties. The Governor states that
at least thirty thousand people are wandering
homeless naked and starving
UNLKss directed otherwise by the Govern
ment, the draft will be made in New York as
soon as blankets and uniforms can be,procured
for the use Of the drafted men. There Is o de-
aceucy Of 10000 men in that State on the last
quota. .l..
The smallpox is raging terribly at Camel
ton, Martlnsville and other localities In South
ern Indiana. The Circuit Court of Morgan
county adjourned recently on account of the
prevalence of the disease.
A LETTER from Harper's Ferry locates Jack
son at Bunker Hill, with his pickets extending
to Martnsburg, and within two miles Of Han
cock. His force is estimated at forty to sew
enty thousand. The inside figure, even, is
doubtless an exaggeration.
In December, 1860, o lady purchased four
dresses of merchant in Grand street, New
York, and was arrested on suspicion of having
s:crsted some goods upon her person. She was
addressed for examination, and the affair threw
her into ft of sickness. Afterward she sued
for damages for false imprisonment The jury
on Saturday found verdict for the plaintiff
awarding $4,000 damages, and the Court added
On extra allowance Of 800.
GENERAL MEIos, Qusrtermaster- General, is
to take the field He will be made Maior-
General, and have command of DIVISION
Colonel Swords. now acting as general Quarter
master Tor the Weat, is spoken of for the POSI-
tou to be vacated by General Meigs, so.
IsDIANAPJLIs dispatches announce that all
tho Indiana soldiers paroled at Richmond and
Munfordsville, together with their officers, in
cluding Gen. Manson, have been exchanged,
and they are now in camp, splendidly armed
and equipped, in iue spirits and eager for ser
vice.
-THE merchants of Portland, Maine, have
agreed to receive silver coin in payment Of
gOods at the following rates (lhe prices Of
goods to remain unafRected), viz: A purchaae
OF sixty cents worth of goods will be paid for
by silver half dollar; thirty cents worth by
silver quarter dollar; twelve cents worth by q
dime. They will pay out coin at the same
rates
A LOUISVILLE dispatch of the l7th inst, to
the Cincinnati Commercial says.
A loyal Tennessee regiment formed Dor
ton of Parson Brownlow'a congregation On
Sunday. Addressing himself, 10 bic sermon, TO |
them, he advised them to obey their officer until
they arrived in East Tennessee, after which |
they shall exercise their own taste in settling |
old scores with the rebels in that section.
Such Is the recommendation Of renegade
whom Abolitionists have feasted, csressed and
sent through the land as Christian minister
and Q patriot. He now on the Sabbath counsels
Union soldiers to disobey their officers for the
sake Of Cutting any private revenge they may
have. D llso fS4"ts IL |