The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-11-05
Miscellaneous News.

aae from Des Moines, Iowa, states that
drafting will commencein Iowa this week 1
l The rebel pickets on Monday, Oct. p,
resumed their old station in front Of our
forces at Hrrper's Ferry. A.
| Up to the 23d Of October, New York
iStatc hadrsised 83, ,353 of her quota under
the two calls for 6O0, 900 men. The num-
ber yet to be recruited or drafted il Az
t647. -
The drift in Philadslpia, which was to
take:plsce October 20, has bssu postponed
oneiwcek. Meanwhile the city expects to
raise her quota by volunteers, and both
public and private bounties are freely Offer
ed
The United States ironclad gunboat Sem
CANON was launched on Monday, October
I27, at Chester, Pa. She is two hundred
feet long, forty-fve feet wide, and twelve
feet deep. and will carry ono turrst, in
(which two 11-inch guns will be mounted.
1t is announced, authoritatively, says
the Cincinnati Commercial, that Simon
q Cameron is returning to MS. He is not 80
deeply enamored with Russia as he was,
and Cassius NJ. Clay leaves US. Tho
country would survive in. the absence of
both Cassius and Simon.
Gen. Thomas A. Morris, of Indiana,
has at last been apppointsd a Major GEN
!, eral. and ordered to report to Major Gen.
leral Rosecrans in Kentucky.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says the order
enabling volunteers to enlist in the regular
army still creates great excitement in
: camp. Some old regiments have lost one
third Of their best mcn The order ha,
been temporarily suspended until list Of
those wishing to change can be made out
Z The Military Court Of Inquiry, in ses
= sion at Washington, has concluded its la
I, bcrs and investigations of the circum
4 stances attending the late surrender o.
Harper's Ferry, and has sent to the proper
\ authorities .. sealed report of the fact.
!. involved. This report, with its conclu
9 |sions, has not yet transpired, though It j.
!, said General Martindsis is satisfied of hi,
Il acquittal. ,s,41e -.
IS The Quartormsster at Washington OF
Tuesday, Oct. 2S. opened tho bids FOR ar
c my horses last advertised for. Thre,
Thousand were duly contracted for, to b.
70 delivered at that point within twenty days
n for cavalry services, at from $i10.9o L
/ sl13, for artillery service. at from $1l3 &
'et$l15. Most OF the successful bidders wer
), from New York and Philadelphia. Tn
u ionly Western successful bidders we're tn
'e following: John i. Harsh, Carroltou
a Ohio, two hundred her.ss, at Sf12,S6
- Moses W. Wray,. Stanford, Kentucky
u fvc hundred, at Sll3.
y A Washington telegram says tho Wss,
81 ern troops are to be paid. Six handre
ttl Il ne tx>
10 for this rurpogs OFT. 2S, and three hun
., drel thousand to Cincinnati.
"A The Washington Star Of 0ctDbsr q
ia charges that the Radicals have organize
new ratified and desperate conspiras
D. to compass. t:.e renewal of Mcclellan froI
y the coInmand Of the army.
a, A moeting of the manufacturers {
al Chicago was held October ~, for the PM
X pose OF taking into consideration the NJ
10 plication of the United States tax Law q
c; affecting their interests. Tho princips
fa point of discussions was whether taxes wer
70 % to be paid Cd gross sales or ON increase
I'll values, and whether an article pasxin
u, through several hands must pay tax ,
40 each change. Such q rule, it Was COT
OF tended, would bring rnin on the smalls
manufacturers and would accamulatc
tax on some articles OF more than ninet
por cent A committee was appointed I
draft a memorial to Congress on the sui
:. Gect.
y a New Haven paper, day or two sine
commcnccd an editorial thus:
- More than q month has passed sine
in the Emancipation proclamation was .aad
th and the almost universal acqaiescencs
" it surprises the most ardent friends of I'll
ur measure. ~
in Tee radical people in New Haven ha,
not heard from Indiana. Obi. and Penn
r. syivania yet Are they sound asleep?
p, The West is divided into four Depsr
in meuts: The Department Of tho Missear
Ii under Generat Curtis; the Department
d. he Tennessee, west of the Tennessee rive
ly under General Gran; the Department I
i the Cumberland, comprising Tennesst
'cl east OF the Tennessee river. so mlch
e. Northern Alabama and Georgia rs Il
en- United States troops m.y take pn<sessio
II |of, under General k.,aecran.; and II
n Department OF the Ohio. Genera, Wrigh
ils Grants command constitute the 18th aa
as Rosecrars the 18th Army Corps.
10 Kings county, New York, including Il
:, city OF Brooklyn, has eight hunlrei IN
a. sixty men yet to raise to fill the qaota
iy The Kennebsc House, in August
al Mine, and two large brick building
ef were burned Oh the 18th inst. Lo
or S13, 900.
:. The Navy Department. has from I'm:
e aJ land a photosraph % the Eeoei privato'
- =. . 299, copies Of which are furnished
~ - the war vessels that are Likely to m.st he
- 1t probably costs not less than f.
:, No drafted men in Indiana will be her
-. =. after allowed to volunteer or furnish sal
49, stitutes.
a An Indianapolis dispatch Of Octob.
ee 20 says that Elisha H. Huntington. Judt
to of the United States District Court f,
that district, died at St. Paul, Minnesot
few days since.
ns The shipment Of gold from New Yo,
r. since January lst, ara $40, $50, SIS, again
ol, So. 294 ,S52 Same time last year.