The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-03-14
NUMBER 20
NEWS ITEMS


McHenry. on Friday last. for the murder
of Lieut.. J. Davis Whitsun.
Gg- The gun-boats, Salette and Island
Belle discovered. on Wednesday. NUM-
Der OF rebel cavalry. near Acquia orsek,
and fred few shell, when the rebels ran
away aud the steamers returned.
GO- The loss sustained by the Bsll-
more and Ohio Railroad, since the rebel
lion began. is estimated at SO, 100000.
Ig II. C. Whitman. Judge of the
Common Pleas district composed OF the
counties of Fairfield, Perry and Hooking,
has resigned his position. and will return
to the bar. He was upon the bench tbs
last twelve years.
@ BosToN, Marcel, e.--The extensive,
rubber manufactory. at Beverly, Mass,
was nearly destroyed by fire last night,
Loss Sl0o, 900; insurance SIC, 900. The
company has manufactured largely for the
Government, and had a contract on hand
ior seventy thousand rubber blankets.
@ Capt MUSES. company. 10th Ohio
regiment. have recently sent home mes
senger from Kentucky to GAINESVILLE, with
the sum of $3,995, to be distributed
among their relatives and friends.
lH The entire mortar feet has, BY this
time, sailed from various ports for the Gulf.
There are at least seventeen mortar boats,
besides guu-boats, in this formidable
feet.
Gg- The Treasury Department has
ordered the cotton taken at Nashville. va
lued at 100000, to be sent to New
York. q -
~ The cattle disease having re-
appeared in several towns in Norfolk.
county, Mass. committee of the State
Board of Agriculture recommend that
every precaution be used, to prevent the
spread Of the scourge.
I ~ The British ministry eyipces .
/ disposition to withdraw from the coalition
against Mexico. It processes dissatisfac-
ton with the scheme for transforming that
/ republic into q monarchy, and seeks to
wash It's hands clear of the whole t1aps-
action. But It's repentance is rather late,
1t has already become an accomplice in
the conspiracy against Mexico.
~ A North Carolinian upon hearing
that grass was growing in the streets of
his native city, became frantic with Joy.
The idea that grass would grow anywhere
in North Carolina. was perfectly delight
| full to him.
| ~ A dangerous disease having de-
stroyed many swine. at Little Rock. a
rebel there says. the devil has got into
the hogs Well, let him eat them, and
the hogs viii get into the devil.
/ w Mr.. D. D'Ysrmett, one of the old
est oitisens of GAINESVILLE. died at his resi-
dence in that city. on Tuesday night.
from the effects of fall, few days be-
fore. on slippery pavement
/ ~ Hon. Andy Johnson has accepted
the appointment of Brigadier General.
coupled with the important Office Of Pro-
visional Governor of Tennessee. He viii
repair at onse to Nashville, and organize
State Government, and arm and protect
the loyal citizsns. The Government will
furnish him with Fifty thousand stand of
arms.
&y A dispatch. dated Charlestown.
!, Va, states that every thing is quiet and
; prosperous in Gen. Banks command.
From six hundred to thousand bar
f rels of flour belonging to the rebels
have been seized there. and woolen
mill, which has been engaged in manu-.
f,cturing clothing for the rebel army has
r been taken possession of, with consider.
able stores.
!, w Gen. Price is getting along poorly
It in raising the brigade of infantry for
d which lie called upon Western Kansas.
! Recruiting officers say draft is inevi-
= table.
> Ey Latest advices from Santa Fe,
New Mexico. to the I4th ult., render it
probable that battle has ere this been
> fought near Fort Craig, between the na-
tional forces, under Col. Candy, and tie
rebels, under Sibley. The latter were
believed 20 number not more than twenty
TWO hundred, mostly mounted. but having
eight pieces OF artillery.
d @ Robert c. Kirk, OF Ohio, has been
appointed Minister 10 the Argentine Con
:" fe Grafton. in place Of Gllmer, recalled
at his own request,
II Gg The State Department is preparine 6
!. an elaborate and comprehensive paper or
a. Mexican aff irs. 1t is believed u. "
I urge resistance TO the movements cf t5,s
!. European powers.