Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-03-08
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SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 8. 1862.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Reported for the Ohio Statesman.
FROM WASHINGTON.

saws: A reconnoiterin0 party' Of the sixtvlthjr
PENNSYLVANIA. Hejntzelman'e division. was n m
Ibusbed. yeaterday mornIng beyond ths Occr
louau. two or three miles In advance Of an
pickets. and received the fire Of about fnrtv con
lcealed rebela. who then immediateIv Ho
through the woods. Cant. Chairman and Lient
Lylse were killed: forty.two priyatea war,
wounded. one of them mortally. -
One hundred and fifty rebel soldiers reeentl,
Ideserted from Savannah In (iensrai Shorms y
| When asked Wbv thev did thev renlied ,hai
thew vsps a,sd os Gght,ns 'ney eu rIoh ,.sn, sns
war - f7r*Te 20 '-o"
| Numerous civil and military nominations q,
secondary imnottance ware nassed unon nv ,br
Senate IN eyecutiv ve aession to.dav No Gan>
erals were cunkrmed ar aet aside ~ w
/ The folIowin0 statemant of tha st,a,otb a nd
dispoaition of t6e rebel force opnosed IN tbo
Union army of the Potomac. was perfeotlv aeon.
rate four days aro.. Changes have nSohahlv
occurred aimee. bus the main tacts mnat s,;il co,,
respond with the fe,irss. AZ Centreville which
is now the strong point ~ tbe rs6eli ihsra 20
.ifty thousand INFANTRY. eleven. thousand cavaI.
ry, and one hundred and tventvd niecas ~ car
non, light and HEAVY: bebI0d Inc bstteries
along the Potomac. there are from twelve
thousand to fifteen thousand men, at Cum
Spring, between LeepburRh and Centreville
there are three repiments of infantrV. with a
squadron Of cavalry, at Leesburqh there are
three regiments Of Infantry, oue battery and
four hundred cayaIrV: at a point Eve miles
south OF Brentsville, that is to say, ten miles
south of Manassas. theSe Ia ono hrioada ~ in
fsntrv three thoussnd fvs bnuS,sd @ s,ron uo ~ vhn
do not include apy part of Jackson'a armv
forming the rebel left wing. npainat which
Gen. Banks Ia operating. Al Manassas there
Is not single full regiment, whole compspies
and even regiments having gone home on fur
loughs of ten, twenty and thirty days. All of
the troops from North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Tennessee and Louisiana have gone home
within the past two or three weeks. Verv few
of the men, whose terms of service have az.
pired. are re4enlistinp.
! The Herald,s dispatch says: The punboata
Satellite and Island Belle discovered ON " Wednss.
day a number of reheI cavalry near Aonia
Creek, and fred a few sheII. when ibe rebela
ran away and the steamers returned. l-lTi7
/ A brisk FIRE was opened this morning bv the
lower fiotilla. causing great alarm AMONG theI
rebels. The long roll was heater. commsncno
at Aouia Creek and extending along nm the
river as far as Evansport The call NJ The
roll extended through greater number of
camps than at any lime before. Camp fires
within few days passed have materially in
creased, showing considerable augmentation
OF the rebel force in this vicinity.
The rebels opened fire upon the Budd Ferry
battery this morning; about twenty or thirty
shots were fred without doing any damage.
The steamer Yankee to-day went within half
a mile OF the Virginia shore and shelled a new
battery in process Of erection, in the rear of
the position of their old battery st Free Stone
Point. The rebels were forced to evacuate.
The Worlds dispatch Gays; Mrs. VIM. Norris
and Mrs. Rogers, ladies occupying high social
position in Baltimore, were brought here to-day
and placed in prison, on charge Of supplying
the enemy with aid and giving them important
information. Both have sons In the rebel army,
and were permanently connected With an asso-
citation in Baltimore Tor the manufacture OF