Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-06-14
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| WASHINGTON, June 12.-No further particu
lars of Gen. Shields's engagement have bee
received at the War Department. rog.
Advces from Gen. McClellan's headquarter
this evening, state q Reconnaissance made thi
morning 90 far 90 Wendom bridge, found th'
enemy quiet but In force. Some sklrmlshel
had taken place during the day, but with listl:
result on either side. The weather Is good anc
the roads improving. VA ..fee ~ .5 f'r
The circuit court to-day, In the matter ol
Jno. and VIM. Jackson, claimed as fugitives BY
Dennis Duvai, Of Nd, reiterated its former de-
cision In refusing 10 admit testimony as to 10y
atty Of the claimant, but permitted the giving
OF testimony as 10 whether the slaves had been
actually engaged In aiding the rebellion. The
fugitives were returned 10 the claimant. Coun-
sell for the slavesIclaimed that the court should
return the fugitiyes only at the requlsition OF
the Governor Of Maryland, but the court decid-
ed against the point. ,ssrer 7s,r,.,f 4, ,,.s-,..,
Adjutant General Thomas was tranaacting
business az usual to-day, at the War Department
This ls O sufficient reply 10 the statement that
he had been suspended from Office. IL 10 not
known to his most intimate friends that court
of inquiry, as reported at distance, 10 engaged
In investigating any OF his official transactions
The Richmond Examiner ef the 9th devotes
its editorial columns to deploring the fact that
there is found no individual 90 desperate and
weary of living by the wretchedness this inva-
sion has brought on him, as to substitute
what may bo an ignominous suicide for glorl-
ous martyrdom. This Is intended, doubt.
less, as an incentive to assassination Of the
United States officers who have taken possession
of the rebel territory. The paper Is printed on
q half sheet, which is striking evidence Of the
impoverished condition Of affairs In Richmond.
Nwux Vaww H. n.tk -.
ington correspondence says Representative
from Gov. Johnson tonight, TO the effect that
the rebels we're reported retreating from Cum
berland Gap toward Chattanooga. II 60, East
Tennessee Is at last freed, and Gen. Morgan can
take possession.
The conference committee appointed on the
part OF the House on the tax bill, are Meesrs.
Thaddeus Stevens, Morrill, Of Vermont, and
Holman of Indiana; on the part Of the Senate,
Fe9senden, Harris and Henderson.
The Times dispatch says: An order will be
issued, probably tomorrow, modifying the reg.
ulation governing Brigade Surgeons, by placing
them under the more immediate control of the
Surgeon-G General, who Rill direct their services
wherever they may be required. 'a ~
A gentleman from Fredericksburg direct,
states that when the bridge across the Kappa
hammock was swept away by the food, the other
day, the seceeSionists Of both sexes assembled |
on the banks and manifested their delight by |
cheering and waving hats and hsndkerchiefs.
Yet no one was arrested. The few Union ci!l-
zens of the place complain bitterly that the pro-
lection given to rebel property Is denied to
them, and that avowed rebels are treated with
30 much tenderness as to make the lot Of the
poor UnionistS peculiarly hard. When General
Doubleday went out he took for his headquar.
ters the house Of the notorious rebel who had
three sons in the rebel army; but General Mo.
Dowell instantly ordered Gen. Doubleday out,
and placed guard to protect the house.
WARRINGTON, June l3-Gen. Burnside was
Yesterday serenaded by bis friends. He replied
that he was exceedingly obliged to them for
their kindness, but declined the compliment.
Lord Lyons had an interview with the Presi.
lent to-day, being on the eve of his departure
Ior Europe. He will be absent several weeks
The President offers by proclamation near
our hundred thousand acres of land at public
'ale in Oregon In October.
FOR several days past secession rumors have
Prevailed that the Monitor and two other of our
zessels had been captured by the enemy above
Fort Darling, and the names Of distinguished
gentlemen are unauthorizedly mentioned In
heir support, but there Is such positive inform
.tion as shows the reports have not even q
hadow Of foundation. Such on occurrence is
impossible A
A Baltimore slave trader who is largely en-.
ragged In the traffic in human feah, testified
before tho emancipation commissioners yester-
lay that slaves are worth nothing In Maryland.
Fhe negroes are running away so fest that their
'alue sensibly depreciates. ~
A bureau of emigration is talked of here,
nth Eli Thsyer at its head.