Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-04-03
From Washington i.

New YoRK, April 2-The Tribune'e dis
patch says: IL 10 said the Senate Military com
mitite dissents from the rule that volunteer OF
fcers muat seek for promotion in Their own
branch of service only. They think vacancies
10 the regular army should be filled by expert
enced men from the volunteer regiments In
preference to civilians. 81
Mr. AmEs, OF the Chippewa manufactory, has
presented Fag.oficer Foole with o sword, and
Lieut. Worden with cItlass. s.
Tho HerAld's dispatch says; About one and
a half millions Of 8 per cent certificates were
issned to-day, chiefly OF the denomination Of
$l00. The checks and warrants now amount
10 ten millions. -.-
Yesterday the Jacob Bell and Stepping Stone
visited Eyansport, A boats crew from each
vessel Was seHt on shore. They visited nearly
sll the batteries in that vicinity, including one
on high hill about h{t mile back Of Evans.
plrt, where Was found the gun that Captain
Eastman had attempted unsucceSSfully to burst.
| IL 10 Q 32.pounder. This battery, aided by field
Pieces, was intended to cover the retrsat OF the
rebels through the woods Ia the rear, In the
event of their being driven from the lower bat
terry. 1t was defended by rife pits. .
several men went o considerable distance
into the country, but there were no signs OF Ieb.
el troops nor inhabitants. Both parties Of Sea.
men subsequently returned on shore, in com.
mand of Lieutenant commanding MeRee, OF
the Jacob Bell, proceeding inland, where they
found Ave rebel storehousee containing hay
outing machines, platform scales and other
useful apparatus and implements. They sci
FIRE to the buildipgs, which were entirely con.
sumed, s.. ,a O..
A citizen Of Cambridge, Massachusetts,, who
went 10 Bull Run 10 recover the remains of his
brother, who belonged TO Boston company
gives o melancholy account Of the sscrilegs
committed upon the graves Of our soldiers by
rebels. Abous twenty OF the Boston company
and Chelsea company had been buried near
each other, but every skull had been taken
away, and nearly oil the principal bOnes Of the
bodies were gone. Some Of the bodies had
been dug out, and others pressed out Of the
graves with levers, and In some the sleeves o
the uniforms were slii to obtain the bones oI
the arms. M gi..9l
The Times correspondence says: Prisoners
taken In the recent reconnaissance to the Rap
pahannock, state that the rebel force 10 tina
vicinity consists of eight regiments OF Infantry
two of cavalry and ak pieces of artillery. Gen
EWeli, of Dreineville notoriety was in command
on the return of our forces TO Warrenton Iuhc
tion.
The rebels hover around the outskirts of ou
army, and frequently succeed In picking Vi
small parties OF our men who, contrary to ou
commando, 90 out on foolhardy toraging expe
| ditions. ~ q e-.r
Information has just been received from th,
Times correspondent on the lower Potomac
that coDtrAbsnds IRON Fredericksburg cay tha
town is now occupied by thirty regiments Of th,
enemy. The main body has arrived within |
few days, clis se'.
The steamer St. Nicholas, and one otbe
which formerly piled TO different points on th,
Rappahannock, 10 being held in readiness Il
transport rebels down the RapPahannock to SOM
point. +m
Other rebel troops are reported 40 havinI
gone up York river, to reinforce the enemy
position at the mouth, where the rebels hAv'
batteries. Bee SffMf 8&EbEER 1
Small detachmentv Of rebel cavalry stii
occupy Aqua Creek, and 40 far up as Dam
fries r.. 40 aat y.
Another magazine has bOen found AZ Ship
ping Point, containing large quantity o
Bhells. 3ifA- ~ -'-
i wAsHrNoroN, April 2.--Iutelllgence has bee
received iron Richmond, via BLumote, ihA
the rebels are seudipg their tobacco to the il
terror tlWaId D4nville aud F4,mVllle, and bt
yord Petersburg, IL 10 added, that private c,t
sens have'no control over cotton and tObsccC
the military having assumed charge Of them.