Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-02
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SUNDAY MORNING. FEB. 2, 1862.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Reported fol, the Ohio Statesman.
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| NRw YoRK, Jan. 81 IA special TO the Fri
bune says: Jesse d. Bright will be expelled from
the Senate, but probably not till Tuesday, az
there will be long executive session on Mon
day. cs..5....& \, v-Sa-u .saa.uy /.
In examining acts Of the Western Department
have written here for authority TO require Gen.
| McKinstfy to render his accounts, without
which they profess themselves unable to proceed
with the inquiry.
The postal receipts for letters carried during
the last quarter OF 1861 are but little less than
during the same period last year, when the
mails went all over the Union. The cost of
transportation is S30O0O0D less, N fltg IN
A. new development in reference tc the Nor
gan purchase of vessels for the Government,
has juss been made. II appears that before the
Savannah steamers were sud the owners agreed
TO give certain broker two per cent. If he
would sell the property to the Government. He
sold to Morgan, TO whom he paid Two and half
per cent. The broker now owes tho owner for
bis two per cent. The owner contests the claim
and insists they are not bound 10 pay; and de-
clare they can prove that plan was formed by
some parties to fleece the Government in the
purchase Of their ships, by making five per
oent.--An exorbitant prlce. The matter will be
exposed In court. -, .....s
The Times's dispatch says: Private letters re-
ceived In Washington from persons abroad,
confirm the impression that the Governments Of
England, France and Spain mediate an early
recognition Of the independence of the Confed-
crate States. This recognition, II will be pre-
tended, 10 made in the cause of humarity.
Il Is now confidently asserted that there are
not ten Republican members Of the House who
are prepared to advocate the immediate and
unconditional emancipation of slaveei ell hope
of leg station favorable to this class Of politi-
clans is abandoned, and the Administration pro.
gramme OF preserving the Union and Consti.
tuition, and enforcing the laws, Ia said to be
omnipotent In the House.
The HeraId's dispatch says The President
has submitted to Congress the correspondence
In reference to the Spanish bark seized by U.
s. cruiser and brought In as aprize. Moses
Taylor, Who Was appointed by the Government
and accepted by the Spanish Minister as ref.
cree, has awarded $2,79l9l damages to be
paid by the Government to the master of the
bark.
A deserter, from the First North Carolina
Cavalry, giving his name as N. Emmit, con-
firms the statements of previous deSerters as to
the condition of rebel troops and entrenchments
about Manassas. The term of enlistment Of
over eighty thousand men, he alleges, expires
at the end Of this month. OF this number not
one @ tenth will re.enIist. and If an attemnt at At
coe,c;on Il made. he 1pyonbesies desnerate and
bIoody ras;stsnce51rsg iTITfI Tr''' : -
Tbs PSssIdent. sa,retasv ne War and O mar.
termaster Gsneial havS been IN oonsnlts stion
~ith ns,,;ss lIron, tina vsst Sfo.dsv in rsosrd h
,hs fls,Ss IN tbs Onss,srmsstsrS dsns1tment
AZ I Ca;so % F,suSs IN tbe vay Of oSntracts are
said to exist, which will be investigated to the
= Ths Tnvas.iost;ng oommittee, And that nm.
marous nar.ias in P6iladelphis claim fTom the
GovesSmsnt for sunplies of difYafent ooods
over els J0o) 600. Specimens Of acme ef The
0oods for tbe navmept of which a nor,ion of
us M snormons ar @ ann is demanded. wars bronobt h
news hv the com mItaee and is nositIva svids9ce
that The Government has been defranded -
Messrs. Covode and OdelI reported the resplt
of their inveatIeation 10 the Seoretarv Of war
so.Sav1' ' : - . - - 80
The Richmond Dispatch admits, that the 40.
oyepate fotoe Of the rebels NOW In the field Ia
i6ut two hundred and Iifty thousand. M m