The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-08-14
NEWS ITEMS.

One hundred aud twonty-thrce OF Nor
gan's officers have been sent from John.
sons Island to Allegheny City.
The Columbus, Piqua and Indianapo.
lis Railroad was sold on Thursday under
a decree in the franklin County Courl
to the Trustees of stockholders of the
road for reorganization.
All rebel officers in our hands are be-
ing gathered OF Johnson's Island, neal
Sandusky where they arc to be kept un.
I'll satisfactory reply is received from
the rebel authorities in answer to the
Presidents order Of retaliation, which
has been forwarded Ivy our Government.
While there is no difficulty in procu-
ring other officers for tho colored regi-
mehts, there is such a scarcity of sur
geops that the Surgeon.G cncral Is COM
PEELED to advertise for them.
All rebel territory west of the Mssis-
sipp river will soon be cleared Of every
organized rebel force. Gen. Davidson
3 marching down the center Of Arkan.
sas, and in several little affairs with the
enemy has been entirely successful.
We now hold $4,000 rebel parolled
prisoners. Against this they can only
offset lS 600 Of ours whom they have
pnrollcd. An exchange is likely to BE-
made, us far as the rebel balance will
enable them to 60, some tine next week.
The War Department issues All order
disseminating the 4th Army Corps, the
troops composing it being transferred to
the 18th, under Gen. Foster.
The officers at the Smithsonian Ius,i-
tuition say that the last week has been hot
ter in Washington city than any continu-
Gus period Of equal length for forty years.
An inquiring clerk in the dead letter
Office is said to haye found that out Of six
thousand eight hundred and fly letters
written by females, only three hundred
and twenty-five were without postscripts.
Some OF the letters contained three.
During his recent visit to New York,
Secretary Chase, on consultation with the
capitalist of that city, determined to con-
tinue the sale Of 5;20's ill after 10 days
notice of their discontinunnce.
The report of Gen. Hurlbut's resigna-
tion is untrue.
Mobile News Of the Sd says: ave
have a multitude of frcports, horribly de,.
rimcntal 10 the character and patriotism
Of the peoplein many places in AL
ALBANIA and Mississippi, some Of them too
disgraceful to publish. A portion of our
people have gone stark mad. They are
bastard Southcrners and recreont Confcd.
crates"
Johnson's army, 25,oco strong is still
at Meridian and Enterprise, ready to 90 to
Mobile or East, as circumstances may re-
quiie.
Bragg is at Chattanooga, with part of
his force at Rome, Ga.
Extensive preparations are being made
to finish the Qualifications of Mobile.
A private letter from Morris Island,
Ang. LIST, says 1t is reported here that
rcinforcements, numbering rcarIy 5000,
arrived outside, and will be landed to-
night on Folly Island,
VALLASIIGHAM's friends having failed
to get him to withdraw, it is said are now
cndeuvoring TO prevent him from writing
any more letters. II is doubtful whether
he will submit tamely to this gross inva-
sion ofhis right to freedom Of speech.
THE letter of VALLAsDIGHAM to the Lu.
cns county meeting is attracting general
attention from the State press. 1t is u
greed that nothing has ,ranspired since
his nomination which is liLely to have SO
damaging an effect on his cause.
o. IT is stated, on what the Toledo
Commercial pronounccs perfectly relia-
BILE Su,hority, that party visiting VAIL
ASpIoHIN recently, at the Clifton House,
upsn touching the Canada shore, cheered
for JEFF. DAVIS aud VALLANpIGHAs. In
this connection we will state what is a
well known fact, that when JOHN MORGAN
was passing through Ohio, Butternuts in
many instances, upon the approach OF the
chccred for vALLASDIcnAN,
expecting thereby to secure protection
All this is important, as show ing the close
connection, in the minds of Copperheads, 4,
between VALLASpIonAs and the leading
rebels Of the South. The leading Cop.
psrhcads are restrained only by fear or
shame from openly csPousing the cause of
JErF. DAVIS.