Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-17

| Paragraph two of general order No. l04
dated November last, having been revoked tns
officers and men transferred TO skeleton Fegi
ments under lie operation, will be reassigned Y
their original regiments 80 fast as vacancies
occur. 7N"@V
On inquiry at the War Department, It 10 as
certained that the order Of the Assistant super
visor of the telegraph OF Cincinnati, 70 the
operator at Cairo, was not Issued by the Militia.
~ Supervisor at Washington. II was Issued
by the Assistant Supervisor at Cincinnati, under
a misapprehepsien Of the instructions received
from the Military Supervisor, which were In
tended to stop the forwarding from Cairo tothe
newspapers Of false and improper military INTEL
ligence and sensaton dispatches, relating to
military matter-such as had on several ooca-
sons created public anxiety and alarm without
cause, and of which great complaint has justly
been made. There has been no change In the
orders Of the Department, and there is no In
tention to withhold any interesting information
from the public, except such as could not be
forwarded without embarrassment to the mill
tary operations and dangerous to our armies.
The Secretary Of War, upon application of
Representative Ely, has ordered he-release OF
Col. w. F. Baldwin, of Virginia, to be ex-
changed for Col Corcoran. Capt. Parish and
Lieut.. Dempsey, recently, released as prisoners
Of war, from Richmond, who have been week
in Washington, had represented to the Presi.
dent and Secretary of War the necessity and
justice Of this arrangement, on account of Col.
Corooran's health, Aided by Mr.. Ely, they
have succeeded.
Representative Kerrigan received, through
one of the lately returned Union prisoners,
letter from Richmond, which was hid In piece
OF soap, urging him to use his political inhu-
IN nffo al nf Gam ptaip DnEnau
and Griffin, and Lieutenants Underhill and Fay,
Of New York regiments. He also received two
photographs Of the Union hostages, as they ap-
peared In Castle Pinckney.
The Senate to-day confirmed the nomination
OF Brevet Majo General Wool to be Major
General, for gallsnt conduct upon the 10Th Of
May in taking the city Of Norfolk, and 70. other
gallant services Also, of Chas Case, as Post.
master at Winchester, Va. fi. ID.
The mail for New Orleans will be made up
ct New York, to be forwarded by sea in every
steamer which may leave for that port. There
fore the communication between these cities
will be frequent. Postmssters are requested to
forward all mail matter for New Orleans to the
New York POstofice. ,. .... ....-......., .,,
Isaac Newton, OF present connected with the
agricultural branch of the Patent Office, has
been nominated by the President Commissioner
OF Agriculture, ..... ,,,.....-, .... ......
Benz. y. LushbAugh, Of Nebraska, is con-
frmed az Agent for the PsWnee Indians in that
territory. -'
The Navy Department has information tina:
on the lst inst, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant
Niokels, Of the Onward, despatched Acting
Master Shopper in his vessel Launch in chase Of
the schooner Sarah, about one hundred tons
burden, endeavoring to run the blockade of
Bulls Bay, on the coast Of South Carolina
Her crew thereon run her ashore and burned
her, themselves escaping. .
On the 9Th, the United States gunboat otta-
wa captured the schooner G. G. Pinckney, from
Charleston for Nassau, with ninety-four bales
OF cotton, rosin, etc.
On the night Of the 9th, the Alabama ran
schooner on shore at Light House inlet Next
day the Pocahontas endeavored to get her. but
could not, as she was under the protection Of the
shore batteries. 'l.'
General Sickles was to-day ordered to resume
of the Excelsior Brigade, attached |
10 the army of the Potomac. r-rr ..,.~