, 1862-11-26

hanging the Leaders, VIII give aay security tor
the good conduct Of those Indians in future.
It is suggested that the President Is likely
to adopt q middle course Of executing sen
tence On dozen or SO Of the worst cases, end
pardon the remainder.
Edward s. Waye, eaid to have some con-
nection with the large drug store OF suire,
Reckster Il Co., corner Of Fourth and Vine
streets, Cincinnati, has been attempting to
engineer through the surgical department the
adoption OF the gran1lated beet tea as an addi-
lion to tue hospital stores for the entire army,
which be professed to furnish The Surgeon
General Was On the point Of giving 3 heavy
order for if. but on an analysis it was found to
contain 10 beef or muscle at all, and to be
simply preparation Of starch. The swiudle
would have been one Of very handsome pro-
portions, and 1t came very near being SUCCESS
cesstul, through the respectable character Of
the house from which It was supposed to en-
aua1e.
George n. Lane, brother to Senator Jim
Lene, has been appointed, by the President,
director Ct the branch mint at Denver City,
Colorado Territory. It is alleged here that
the new appointee is rabid pro-slavery DEM
ocrat, and Tas unfortunately notorious in
Kansas troubles, and it is intf1nated That re-
Eistance will be made, in The Senate, to his
confirmation.
The court, in Fitz John Porter's case, met
and adjourned. It seems the1e is some hitch
about papers being ordered here. The order
was issued by the Secretary Of War, but hes
not been forwarded from headquarters Of the
| amy. It begins to be suspected that scheme
is On foot to keep Pope from coming and to
| quaEh tho whole investigation, from pruaen'
| tial reasons.
| Among the lafcet arrivals Of Western Con.
etessmeu aye Senator Trumbu1l and Messrs
Mckee end Dunn.
It has transptEed that during John Van Blu
! reD's recent interview with the President, h
was very emphatieally told that no peae4
| proposition could be listened to save ancon
dit;onel surrender Ct the rebels, and that b
meant to stard by his emancipation proc1ama
tion 10 tic end.
Horatio Lombard Of Chicago, Was the sue
cess!ul bidder tor hoofs, horns, tallov, etc
Of beeyes killed by the army Of tile Potomac
| to l1e collected at his risk. His bid was SIS
| Der head.
An officer arrived from Richmond and We
den to-day, ssEs that great apprehension &
attack by the Union forces is felt at bot
places
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.--Ex-Prcsident B1
changn In the Natioaaz z;stelligeucer to-da
closes the controversy between Gen. Scot
and himself, and claims thst he has alread
! furnished clear and distinct responses to a
the alleged a1legatiors OF Gen. Scott.
Mr.. Buchanan says that he should have ha
netlipg more to add had GeB. Scott, in hi
rtioinder, confined himself to the topic
embraced in his original letter.
Gen. Scott has extended tue topics, an
, noW for the first time, and in sarcastic an
11nk!ndly spirit, relers to the alleged staalin
OF the public arms by Secretary Floyd, al
! their transportation to the South in anticip
| ticn Of the rebellion
, The 1ncst conclusive answer TO this alleE
lion, Mr. Buchanan remarks, is That, notwli
y staG6ing the boastlng Of Floyd at Richmon
= evidently with q view OF coneiliasing b
c allies, there cited by Gen. Scott as his AUTH
y itF, no public arms were ever stolen.
Had Gen. Scott reflected for q moment
could aot have fallen iato this blunder.