The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-02-13
MISCELLANEOUS CLIPPINGS,

chosen TO the Senate from the State OF
New York.
The venerable John Fierpoint has
been made librarian of the Treasury De.
partment at Washington.
--Wendell Phillips spoke at Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, en- Tuesday evening
to a crowded house. His subject was,
"Our Future"
"A meeting ofnewspaper publishers
is called to meet at Washington, to urge
on Congress reduction of the tariff on
paper.
Miss Ella X. Hays, of Great Falls,
N. II. on the 2lst inst. skated the whole
length Of Lake Winnipisseogee, twenty
m les, in less than three hours.
Gen. q. D. Mcclellan was repudia-
ted yesterday by the Boston Aldermen.
A resolution to extend to him the hospi-
talities Of the city was voted down.
Dispatches from Washington to the
Navy Yard have ordered four ironclads to
sea Immediately. 1t will probably be
three or four days before they are ready.
The Democn ts of Wisconsin hold a
State 'conventiol at Madison on the 25 inst,
for the nomination of a candidate for
Chief Justice Of the SnpNme Court.
"A mother and her two daughters
from Nashville, charged with strong
secesh proclivites, were on Wednesday
incarcerated at Camp Chase.
The rebel loss in the recent engage
uent at Fort Donelson is stated at seven
hundre,. in killed and wounded; the total
Federal loss less tlan one hundred.
The United States Senate has con
frmed the nomination of the 800 Col
lectors and assessors under the Internal
Revenue bil.--a! with the exception of
six Of them.
"A Memphis dispatch Of February 2,
states that Gen. G. W. Morgan has been
relieved, at his own request, of the COM
mand Of the 18th army corps. lie was
eiek at tho Gayson House. .... q.
"A Nashville dispatch records a
smart cavalry dash at Middletown, Is
miles from Mur(reesboro, on the ed inst.
Our Tennessee surprised Rebel camp
and captured a hundred prisoners.
--Fitz John Porter has been dismissed
from the service for crimes, which, COM
mttod on smaller and with far less
mighty consequences by a common sol
der would have cost him his life.
"A Rebel paper at Houston, Texas,
says that "every place in our State that
had been taken by the enemy had been
redeemed, and to-day the Union flag
floats over not foot Of the sacred soil of
Texas"
ten. Rousseau is lying i'll at Lancas-
ter, Pa, having been attacked there
shortly after delivering speech recently,
by his old disease Of the throat, for the
medical treatment of which he was then
on his way to New York.
"A snow-Storm Of unexampled Sc
verify set in at Norfolk on Tuesday
morning. A like storm has not occurred
in several years. No news from the
Black water. The roads are completely
showed up, and will hardly be passable
for month.
"A lady who has long resided in the
immediate vicinity Of the Bull Run bat
tle-ield, states, as an actual fact, that the
roosters in that vicinity have abandoned
all attempts ito crow since the first con-
nct. The cause of this phenomenon nat
uralists must explain, if they can.
"A bogus banking operation under
the title of 1.-The Free State Bank of the
District of Columbia" has been exploded
by the activity of Washington and st,
Louis Police, The bogus bonds of the
concern were left in bundle in an irres-
ponsiblo manner at the Office of Mr.. S, A.
Milla, banker in this city.
Speculation RACES high in Memphis
in cotton buying, as it goes at ninety
FIVE cents to one dollar per pound, being
more than it is worth in New York.
Gold is 5o@50 per cent. premium
Southern bank notes are passed readily,
some firms advertising to take them at
lar for trade.
"A Washington correspondent, wri
ting under date Of Feb. 4, says the House
Committee had meeting last night, and
the whiskey tax was fully discussed.
They could not come to decision, but
will probably do so to-day. Opinions
varied from so cents to 81 SO per gallon.
They will probably compromise some
where between these figures.
The Airline Railway bill before
Congress provides for road to be done
in two years from New York to Washing