Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-16
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W.sHINaToN Dec l4.-There are additionai reaBeni
for beiesug that Cen schoheld vi, soon os M rem1vs
Gals put In his place As to any chsnge In e oaDueH
nothing Is positively known.
keuAtor BaJ ard OF Delaware never navipg sken inc
aprebeon oath required by the act OF the last ses
,ion was Informally reminded OF the TACT by the vice
President to-day aod requested to sy whether ne was
prepared to take It, and he replied 10 the negative ad
ding "If the Senate, by formsl vote, required MIN
taAe It, he IN ud resign" The question will prooaolJ
ke brought up tomorrow, and there Is no douD1 M
keeps his promhe Delaware will have more n'hna
Representative.
urteer officers Ia the navy by the Government Thet
names will DO inserted underneath, In register, In ex
actly the same manner as regular naval otncerS.
A letter from Morris leland eays Tne reDels Az
working very hard on Sullivan Island incre sing the
works and sheing Forts Gregg aud Wagner. The reoe
iron clads occasion Ally show themselves but are Away
careful to avoid Sht The rebels are SAID 70 % vsr
savage, and do not spa'e our men when they catcl
them. econnosssuces are frequen ily made from th
feet, and much valuable information obtained on
forces are not idle. ,,.
TO ssnsder what egisaon % Deceafy to enable loya
peo |, Routh to rest their Bates TO the Union, Of
the basis OF the'Pesidents message and proclaim tuon
To this committee probably will be referred ollIs DO,
bef re Coosre,s on the suject OF slavery, and sue
other bills may he introduced, which bear upon ID
Nrw YoNS, Dec. Is The Times special from Wash
ipgtun l4,h ssyt Lees cavalry endenvoied on euhoa
40 eut Msade's communications with Washr gton by de
stroJ log the bridge across Cedar creek near ua'e''
staten About seven hundred made dash AZ the guar
p-sed az the BRIDGE but were driven Oh a'ter shor
nsht. III
IN, Iiue OF railroad from the front to Alexandra VII
bs protected By both cavalry and nsr try hereafter
The President hiss yielded to the demand made og 10
Loyal Lea ue representatives.. General eenoneid ma
bsen removed aod ordered to report to Washington.
Letters have been received here from prominent cor
seryatiye members Of the rebel Congress from Mort
Oarolina asking unoficaly upon what terms the sou
thern States would be permitted to return to ihs unor
The lnundaticn OF the army with political Brigadle
Generals has received such earnest protest from Gt,r
and Hooker that 1t Is not only very certain the moo
will be stayed in the foture but that CONGRESS vi
correct mspy errors OF the past In this respect
The Clerk Of the Senate Military committtee, hou
Librarian and several her minor officials at me cap
taf suspected Of sympathy with the secessionss wei
to day removed
meut AZ there ae along the frontier OF the CapadI
up psards Of ten thousand deseres. most OF them 10
suffering condition and anxious to return and Join me
regiments. 1t 10 probable that pr clamaucn wi
shortly TO Issued by the President, Offering pardon
all who will relnrn to their regiments within thlr
dsyS. .,.i" .H..H
The Times correspondent, dated In camp, near Port'
mouth Va, rays, Brig. Gen. Will, Commanding colo
ed troops In this department, has undertaken mo-
important expedition. Bis brigade lett this vicinity
Saturday last in two columns, one taking the Ioul
through lTlncess Ann County, via KempsVile and u
Great Brdge, and the other folloWing The tow PAIN
the Dismal swamp Canal, now for some months ounie
OF our lines. The columns united at Hentonsville
o., whence an advance wa, made on Elisabeth CIT!
Which was occupied yesterday without opposition