Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-20
-m1soEIEArEoUs NEWS.

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TIE Hon. A. J. Hamilton has been sppoints
ed Military Governor Of Texas.
PACK mules will be used to great extent
this winter to carry subsistence. The cavalry
will be supplied at once. -aa.'..
By an order from the Governor Of ConneOti-
cut, tho draft, which was to have taken place
yesterday, has been indsfniisly postponed.
TEE conaagration that took place in Troy,
N. Y, in May last, has not yet been totally ex-
tiDguished. It Is supposed that quantity OF
coal, which was In cellar, is still burning,
causing q little smoke.
DISPATCHES from Washington speak Of an at
tack upon Charleston as an event certain to
take place within q short time, and 1t Ia inti-
mated that the destruction Of the city will be
the result; that Ia, If the rebels mean what they
say.
CHICAGO papers notice the fact that tor the
first time since 1855, there is an active move
ment in real estate in that city. The demand
is for the most part confined to business prop
erty.
The President has recognized Rev. John B.
Pinney, who has been connected with the Amer
loan Colonization Society for many years, as
Consul. General to the Republic of Liberia for
the United States.
REGULATIONS with regard to ladies going
South have just been established The persons
to whom leave may be granted will be sent with
suitable escort from Washington to the linea
of the United States forces In Virginia, with
such personal effects as shall be allowed to
pass.
TORONTO paper assumes great indigna-
tion, because the Government OF Washington
proposes to pay into the Canadian treasury fifty
thousand dollars In deprecated paper" due on
account OF mail service performed by ocean
steamers Our neighbor ia easily dissatisfied
FRoM General Wetzel's official account Of
the fight at Lsbadiesville, La, IL appears that
two hundred of tho enemy were killed, wound
cd and taken prisoners, and one piece OF artil
lery was captured. The rebels were pursued il
the direction Of Berwick's Bay, where Governor
Moore was supposed to be.
No order has yet been issued by the Govern
ment for the Imprisonment of Rev. Meesrs
Goodrich, Lsacock and Fulton, who were sen
North from New Orleans, under arrest for re
fusing to pray for the President of the United
5 ates, and for the present they are on parole
among their friends in New York City.
The Washington correspondents Of the Phila
delphia Inquirer says that Gen. J, G. Fremont
on reporting himself for duty, was told that h'
must remain there and await further orders
Dispatches have been sent from st. Louis re
quiring his attendance again in connection
with the trial of McKiustry. He will probabl,
have to return there.
"SEYMOUR RIFLES" is the taking name Of
new regiment whose organization has beei
started under the auspices Of number Of die
tingushed citizens OF New York. -
PRAIRIE FIRES are reported to have been yer!
frequent and destructive Of late in northern
Kansas and southern Nebraska. Whole farm
have been ruined and their occupants beggared
10 Lssslle county, Illinois, large tract o.
prairie country has been burned over, causing {
great loss In houses, crops, etc. Is
IL is said that large business has been don't
in Connecticut in the oollection and restoration
Of old postage stamps The method of pro
cedure 10 to offer two or three hundred dollar
for million Of stamps these are collected b!
benevolent societies and sold to the spectators
AS a million Of three cent stamps are wortt
$50 900, and the collection and restoration cost
about one-tenth of that snm, II follows that i
is business that remunerates some one Vety
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