The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-02-20

GOVERNOR CURTIN sent message to
the Pennsylvania Legislature, with ref.
erence to arbitrary arrests, contending
that Congress alone has the power to
suspend the writ of habeas corpus, and
recommending the passage of resou-
tion requesting Congress to take such
action as may bring the guilty to pun.
ishment and relieve the innocent. While
he admits that these arrests were neces-
sary at the commencement of the rebel.
lion, he does not think there is any oc
casion for them at the present time.
A threatening insurrection has broken
ont in Poland, in the provinces around
Warsaw. Simultaneous attacks were
made on the troops in the various can
tonments, and many soldiers were killed.
A second st. Bartholomew massacre is
said to have been intended. At latest
accounts Warsaw was tranquil, and en-
ergetic measures we're being taken to
suppress the revolt elsewhere.
BY order of the Secretary of War, a
court of inquiry is to meet at Cairo, and
inquire and report whether any and what
officers have been engaged in trading in
cotton and other produce on the Missis.
sippi river or its tributaries, and whether
such officers have used Government trans.
portation or other public property for
private purposes.
RUMoRs of French meditation in A.
merican affairs still circulate in England.
1t is reported that the French are sound.
ing the courts of London, Berlin, Vienna
and 81. Petersburg, as to the propriety
of offering the Americans, not medita.
tion, but counsel, simply.
IT is stated that the left grand divis.
ion of the army Of the Potomac is about
going to Suffolk, Virginia, by way Of
Fortress Monroe, whittier, it is said.
Burnside's old corps, the ninth, has al.
ready gone. The rest of the army is to
fall back on Washington.
REAR ADMIRAL FARRAGUT's report Of
the loss of the Harriet Lane, and of the
vessels c'ptnred in Sabine Pass, shows
that the reports of the loss Of life on the
Harriet Lane we're exaggerated. He
declares the surrender of the vessels an
act Of cOwardice.
The Shipping Gazette remarks that
should the Emperor Napoleon's propo'
sal be rejected by the Cabinet at Wash
ington, he has left himself apparently
but one alternative: to recognize th'
South and raise the southern blockade
ISAAC Cook, late Postmaster at Chi
t cago, has brough libel suit agains
Horace Greeley, who charged him will
being that other Cook, (paymaster il
the army,) who was aeeched by tn
s gamblers.
Col. NEAL Dow has been cited to ap
pear in the District Court, at New Or
y leans, charged with stealing silver. ware
&C., valued at $1,000, belonging to Gil
izen of New York. Bad business fo
i Neal
r The draft of the French Senate's ad
: dress to the Emperor expresses regr
that the proposals Of France for medit
"a tion in American affairs we're thought
d be premature by the other Powers.
Y SINCE January lst three thousan
8 three hundred and sixty.niue immigrant
7. have arrived at New York. In the sau
le period of 1859, their number was tw
: thousand and seventy.
- - THE Government is now dischargin
Il from our armies in the field, disable
= = soldiers at the rate of one thousand
"a week. Poor fellows
ly PEACE resolutions passed the Illino
Ig House Of Representatives, on the l2tl
by vote Of So against 90.