Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-08-30
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

TIE rebel Government has imposed Gsx o.
tMo dollars upon every male resident OF the
confsderacy, for the support Of the families oi
men who have gone to the war under the CON
script ac.. This is In addition to The heavy
taxes already imposed for earning on the war.
IT was not the veteran Statesman, CHlRIEs
JAaEp IKaRRs IL, who was arrested at Paila-
dslphia, for utsrAncss made in aspeech In In
dsoen1ence Squire on Saturday sveDIDg, Au-
gust %, bus his con, CHAhLEs ISoERsoLL.-
The father, CHARLEs J. IEoEAsoLL, departed
this life several months ago.
TaE Philadslpbis (FonsEY's) Pres says IL
gsvspsbloIly to the rumOr that General siesL
had shot General MCDOWELL on the battlefield. !.
asa ssnsatioaai report, for what IL was worth,
not being able to contradict, improbable as Is
Seemed 70 be. qFe-R 'sns
Anoko the funny stories Of the espsdients
adopted to avoid being drafted, 10 one told BY a
druggist In Egypt" HssiyS he has receGtly
sold fur dcxsn trusses, which have been CD
hand in bis store from iime immemsrial ano
loaR regarded as dead stock. The demand if
20 brisk that be has concluded to make large
osdsr, provided they can be delivered to him
before the draft bssins.
ALpIRr PIEs, says the LouisvilIe JSuraal, re-
signs bic command In Arkansas on tho ground
thai he Ia unpopular with The Indians, and fat.
He must be afraid that bic brother savSges, If
thsy should get hungry, might sss him.
lr is given out from Washington that the
policy Of the Government In suppressing the
rebellion is regarded as legitimate subject Of
popular discussion, but the rebellion itself must
nos be defended, nor the recruiting service pref
udIced.
ILLINOIS, says . Chicago paper, is again
threatened with an avalanche Of Wildcats
TIE banks are making profuse applications for
currency, the granting Of which would, IL Is
said, infios upon the people q shinplastsr isane
Of shout IS 100000. The rush from Chicago
rag-makers 10 great. nj
TN reception Of General Wilcox, one OF
General C5nconAN's companions in captivity at
Richmond, Va, on "Wednesday, August q, at
Detroit, vas one Of tAe gfandest demonstrations
shat ever occurred In the Weat. Over twenty
thousand strangers we're In the city to witness
the ceremonies; business was completely sus-
pended, and the widest enthusiasm prevail
ed Governor BLAR made the welcome adj
drsss, 10 which General Wnosx made alsDgthy
sspIy.
GrsrRAL JoHmoH. captured BY MoReAE, near
oalIatir, on the 2lst Of August. arrived the
other day At Louisville, having been parolled.
Our loss in the engagement was tweuty.six
killed and thirty-shree wounded, and the rebel
loss thirteen killed and forty wounded. MoR-
aAn's farce numbered eighteen bundred- more
than double that Of The Fsderals.
A vsw msoths sgc Commander WmLIln d.
PonrrR was accused Of disloyal,y BY abolition
inilasness, and put upon the retired llst BY an
Abolition Congressional committee. ISwss he
who Destroyed the rebel ram Arkansas the
oshsr day, On che MissiSsippi, psAr Baton
Rouge.
Iyis mentioned az q remarkable fact that
shsro is pos Gsnsralof German or Irish birth
In HE rebel army. They have no MEAoHER,
snIzrps, o. cpRe1aAn, o. MglIiaAn, or o.
Baizr, o. DpiEEEb-no sioEt, Or HEinrEErMAN