Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-06-20
From Warrington.

| NEW YoRK, June l6.-The Tribune's Wash
ington correspondence says: A naval officer whit
has for several months belonged to the squad
ron lying OFF Elizabeth City, says he has fre
quently noticed bodies which he supposed to bt
those of Union men, floating by his vesse
down the Pasquotank river; cot few of them
horrible TO say, were headless.
The Times dispatch says: Gen. Doubleday
has arrested two or three Of the leading seces
sionists of Fredericksburg, and given protection
to the Union men, who complain that notoriou
rebels have been treated with marked consider
alton and their property guarded by Unitet
States troops, while Union men were allowed q
suffer.
| On Saturday, Col. Gregory, Provost Marsha
of Alexandra, informed Rev. Mr.. Betting
pastor of the Baptist church, that If he coulC
not pray for the President of the United States
and the success of the Federal arms, he would
be compelled to close bis church. Mr.. Betting
informed Col. Gregory that he could not comply
with his request Whereupon Gregory imme
diately took military possession Of the church
and closed its doors. Several other churches Of
secesh proclivities have been taken.
WASHINGTON, June l9.-It is believed that q
correspondence is now progressing relative to q
general exchange of prisoners.
Secretary Seward has returned from his visit
North.
The Postofice Department has concluded an
arrangement with the Hamburg, Bremen and
Liverpool lines of transatlantic steamers, by
which the fastest steamers of each Of these
lines are accepted for the United States mail
service throughout the;year, thus securing fast
steamer for the conveyance of the mails on
each of the United States sailing days, vice on
Saturdays from New York, and on Wednesdays
| fpau,
ment, 30 long desired by the Department, will
give increased efficiency to the United States
mail steamersi service, and prove of great ad-
vantage to the commercial interest of this
country and Europe. -.a.
The Postoffce Department reopened to-day
the Postofice at Beaufort. N. c., being the fret
Postofice regularly re-established since the
occupation of that place by the United States
forces.
According to general order just published,
furloughs will not be given by Captains OF COM
panies, or o furlough from such authority will
not relieve soldier from the charge of deser-
| tion. Enlisted men absent from their regiments
without proper authority, are in fact deserters,
and not only forfeit all pay and allowances, but
are subject to the penalties awarded by law to
such offenders.
No plea of sickness or other cause not off
cially established, and no certificate of physl.
clan in civil life, unless il be approved by some
officer acting as a military commander, will
hereafter avail to remove the charge of deser.
tion or procure arrears Of pay when soldier
has been mustered as absent from his regiment
without leave.
In the House to-day Mr.. Lehman presented
the tender Of the Philadelphia Municipality OF
Lsgue Island for navy yard. He said the city
had purchased IL for three hundred and ten
thousand dollars, and offered the land as free
gift to the Government. Il was referred to the
committee on Naval Affairs.
And order has been issued by Gen. Mcclellan
extending the department of Gen. Dix 80 as to
include Yorktown, Gloucester, Williamsburg
and West Point.