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FROM COLUMBUS.
couuMnus. Monday. Jan. u. SO

= CoLuMBUs, Monday, Jan. IL, 63.
TO the Editor Of the Enquirer:
81 Nothing Of interest Itranspiredin either
branch of the Legislature after the close
of my letter on Saturday.
In the Senate this morning, the aver.
age number of petitions and memorials
were disposed of -..--.z-----
The Military Committee made report
upon the subject of the means adopted BY
the Governor for the relief of our wounded
at Murfresboro, which was ordered to bt
printed The Committee also reported a
bill appropriating $4,000, from any funds
in the Treasury, to the Governors Con
t'nsent Fund, for military purposes, which
was read three times, recommended ant
finally passed.
The committee toiinvestigate the subjee
of alleged excessive charges of railroad
companies for passage was further instruct
ed toreport whether or not such railroads
were also charging higher tariff fo
freights than was allowed by their charter
Mr. J. O'Connor introduced pream
BILE setting forth that the late election il
Ohio, was condemnation of the emanci
patton policygof the. President, &C., ant
the following resolutions:
Reso1ced,. That while We are willing tt
contribute all Of our blood and treasur,
for the purpose of putting down this re-
bellion and preserving our Magma Chart'
of civil and political rights-the Constitu
tion--we do, in the name and in behalf o
the people of Ohio, enter our solemn pro
tesla against the Emancipation Proclamation
of the Executive, of January l, 1868.
Resolpea. That it is made the duty O
the Governor to forward copies ofthe above
preamble and resolution to our Senator.
and congressman"
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Secretary Chase and the Pay
ssr ment Of The Soldiers.
WASHINGTON, January 13.

J
The Secretary of the Treasury, in an
swering a resolution from the House, says
the soldiers have not been paid, because
he is not authorized to raise loan by
practicable methods under existing laws,
and that the fve-twenty bonds have not
been sold because theyocould not be under
the restrictions imposed by Congress. He
says the arrears of army pay amount to
treble the sum he can raise by the exist
ing act, exclusive of that providing for
the fve-twenties. The original act for
their issue provided also for the conver
sion into them of any multiple of FIVE
United States notes at tLe pleasure Of the
holders, and permitted sales only at the
market rate, ascertained from the daily
quotations of the New York sales. Had
the supplemental act passed omitted the
conversion. and market rate clauses, the
difficulty would have been averted. As
is acting in accordance. with the letter
and the spirit of law, he has made no
sales, excepting to the amount of S24 ,500,-
900, in that mode Had the expendi-
lures been less, or the military success
greater, more might have been sold.
There has been obtained since July l,
from all sources, S2S7, 300, ,61e, exclusive
OF receipts from Custom houses, ETC.; total
1926 600, 900. in round numbers. There
has been paid to the troops $40, 1856, ,523;
to the Quartermaster Department, $780,
4S2,4S6, to the Commissary Department,
S30,617, ,4S3; Miscellaneous, $31, 1886, ,209;
total S243, ,76I,771.
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WHAT NEXT?

s. p CHASE, Ex Governor of OHIO
Ex-U. s. Senator and now Secretary oi
the Treasury of the UNITED STATES Of
AMERICA, writes letterl He writes q
letter to the P. nj. at Sharon, Noble
County, Ohio, and it ought to be preserved
in the arehieves of the nation as an evi
dence of the very small business in which
a great man caa, be. engaged in, as we'll as
men of lesser note. .
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ,
WASHINGTON Cry, Sept. 19, 1862 {
To the Post Master of Sharon:
SIR-There is a rumor here in regard
to the loyalty of William Parrish, mai
contractor of your town. want you te
report to the Second Assistant Post Mas
ter Generalwhat YOU know and have heard
him say about the war and the Admins
tration; do this under your official oath
Have you ever heard him say that this
was an abolition war? so STATE. I'D. State
whether You have heard him say the pres
ent administration was more corrupt thar
any that had preceded it. State further
whether you have not heard the said VIM
Parrish declare that President Lincolr
was greater traitor than Jeff. Davis, ana
oughtto be hanged. Your early answer
to the foregoing interrogatories will musf
oblige. Yours, trulyi ylsg0ss
- s,efs,-@ S.. p. CHASE,
Washington, D. G..
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THE DISASTER AT GALVESTON,
TEXAS.

On the morning of the first of January
our fleet at that place was attacked by FIVE
rebel steamers protected by double rows
of cotton bales, and loaded with troops.
The contest appears to have been brief.
The Clifton and Owasco escaped with small
loss, but the casualties upon the flag skip
Westfeld and the Harriet Lane included
the principal officers and large number
of the crews of both vessels. The Harriet
Lane was captured by boarding, after her
commander, Captain Wainwright, Lieut.
Lea, and all the crew but twelve or ff-
teen had been killed The crew Of the
Westfeld, which veslei had accidentally
ran ashore, were transferred to transports,
but unfortunately, before her commander,
the gallant Renshaw, had left his ship,
after giving the order to blow her up, the
explosion took place. and himself, Lieut.
Zimmerman and the, ,qboat's crew were
blown up with the vessel.
The small military force which had
landed at Galveston, after short but gal
liant resistance, were also compelled to
succumlb.
Subsequently the remainder of our feet
returned to New Orleans.
The rebels were under command of
Gen. Magruder, he Of Virginia notoriety,
who not long since was reported to be en-
route for an important command IN the
Southwest.
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RUMORED FIGHTING NEAR FRED
ERICkSBURG--BRAGG REIN
=

Especial to the Times from Washington.
| New YonK, Jan l5-Rumors oi' fight
ing in the vicinity of fredericksburg
have been current to day in the street, but
are pronounced by General Haleek to be
unfounded. aass
Senator Wilson will, Tomorrow, report
from the Military Committee a bill to pro-
mote the health and comfort of soldiers In
hospitals, and to increase the medical force
in the regular and volunteer service.
1t provides for a conimutation of the ra-
tions of invalid soldiers at thirty cents IN
stead of eighteen, the present rate, there
by greatly increasing their likelihood to
secure delicacies indispensable to. THEN
convaleseepce.
The Herald's dispatch says that Leoni-
das SWEET, of Illinois, Judge Otto, of In
d ana; and Hon. Charles r. Train, loi
Massachusetts,. are mentioned in connect
ion with the Office of Assistant Secretary
of the Interior 1t is understood that
Judge Otto is the favorite of Mr. Usher,
but under the administration OF MIR
Smith .there were so many appointments
) in that Department from lnliana that thi.
will hardly be given to that State.
Colonel Wyndham returned from his
scouting expedition last night. He Was
not allowed to take with him the force lie
desired, and went no further than to Rap
pahannock Station and ground to Allie
He obtained the information that fifty five
regiments have been sent from the rebe
army, under General Lee, to reinforce
General Bragg in Tennessee.
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OFFICIAL FROM SPRINGFIELD
MISSOURI.

WASHINGTON, January II.
The following dispatch has been reeeis'
ed at headquarters here:
- s'ST. Louis, January11, 1863. s,
To General Halleck:
; sss'I have good news from Springfield.
Our troops have repulsed the rebels, and
we hold theeplace. The rebels were re-
treating. l have three columns going to-
ward them General Brown loses an arm.
Col. Crabb, of the Nineteenth Iowa Reg
iment, succeeds him in command. The
troops, including the enrolled Militia be-
haved nobly. ~ s.1g..5ss =
ISigned,1 IS. r.. CURTIS,
Mai. Gen. Commanding"
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"A Resolution against Taxing
White Mea for The purpose Of buying


VIC take the following from the report
of the Legislative proceedings in the Sen
ate.s. Hon. j. D. O'Gonnor offered the
following resolutions:
WHEREAS, The loyal citizens of the
State of Ohio are burdened with taxes to
the extent of their ability to pay; and
whereas, from the policy indicated by the
Chief Executive of the United States in
his late message to Congress, and in his
more recent proclamation of emancipation,
we have every reason to believe that eur
national taxes will be very materially in
creased upon our people who are already
'overburdened with taxation; therefore,
be it
Resolved, BIZ the Senate and House OF
Representatives., That while We do and
will willingipay all taxes that may be lev
led for the support of our State Govern
ment and of our National Government as
our Fathers made it; that while we are
willing to sustain even onerous burdens of
taxation for the. benefit of the Anglo
American race, we do mostsolemly, in be-
half of the people of the State of Ohio,
protest against any levy of taxes, either
directly or indirectly, by the National
Government, for procuring the emancipa-
ton, or for the benefit of the so-called
ssAmerican citizen of African de scent"
Rseolced, That it be, and is hereby
made the duty OF. the Governor of Ohio
to transmit copy of these resolutions to
the President and Congress of the United
States. ~ s-fse e8fa a
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The Soldier and his Friends

The man who goes forth to battle in
defence of his country, sacrificing the com
forts of home and subjecting himself to
the many priyations and haraships of a
soldiers life, should have the sympathy
and support Of those that remain at home.
But how is it? The contractors, specu
iators and everybody else are paid, and the
soldier must do without his hard earned
money. The soldiers wife suffers for the
necessaries of life because the pay due
him is withheld, while the administration
and II hackers are devoting their ener-
gies to the negno!
Again Four-ffths Of the soldiers from
this county vent into the service upon the
express contract that this was not to be a
Isrsorthe sole purpose of freeing negroes,
but that it was higher and holier motive
that actuated them. The administration
and It's friends have therefore, by divert
iAg fhs war from its Legitimate purpose,
neglected the wants of the soldiers and
their wives and children; violated the con-
tract upon which one-half of them enlist
ID, and are nov equandering tho money
Due 10 the soldier in emancipating slaves.
Every friend to the soldier and every
lover Of his country must protest against
this abuse Of power.
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A QUERY,

IF the Abolition minority in the Indi-
ana Legislature have right to impose
upon the majority their terms, before they
willal the State Legislature to resume
its functions under the Constitution, may
not the Democratic minoritysin Congress
refuse to vote supplies, or do any thing
forthe prosecution OF the war, unless Persi-
dent Lincoln, in accordance with. their
idea, revokes his Proclamation of Emanoi
patton? Has not the minority in Congress
the same right to dictate as the minority
in tho Indiana Legislature?
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LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post o ofhoeat Woodsfi

Remaining in the Post Ofioeat w oods6eld,
Monroe County, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1863.
A-Daniel Andrews, B-Pleby Bracy,
C-Mrs. O. B. Colby, D-AMary Jsns
Dowell, Martin Draiss, F-Jacob F.rben,
Miss Elizabeth Flock, G--L. 1Golanark
H-Solomon Huffman, Rudolph HedinI
ger, KVJames Il. Kinkade, L-AbrahaH
Leath, Wm. Lawrence, johnson. Leslie
r. Liddle, M-Hannah McDonald, Rev
l.. Mcpherson, P-Wm. Parker, Clariu.
da +. Pearcc; Nancy Price 2, RA-Gsorg<
T. Rood, S-John Smith 2 Mrs Chris.
tena Caroline Swartz, Henry Smith, Henry
Slime, vi. Walters, Isaac Windland
IL. Il. Waner.
Persons calling for the above letter.
viii please say they arc advertised. i.
II. FLEMINa, p M. =
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FROM NASHVILLE.

NASHVILLE, January 13.-rhc rebel.
destroyed the steamer Charter, sixteer
miles down the river, loaded with Commis
sary and Qunrtermasters stores, and cap
tured sixteen men,
Five hundred of Wheeler's rebel cav
airy are encamped on the Hardin Pike
twelve miles from Nashville. Genera
Mitchell ordered General Stanley to pur-
sue them. Skirmishing all day. The
enemy is retreating toward Harpett
Shoals.
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ENGAGEMENT AT HARTSVILLE
ass1 y ~ MISSOURI - 1@ 'N'eA

( Sr. LouIs, January 12--7:20 p. M
Gen. Curtis received a dispatch from Ma
jor Collins, commandinga postat Lebanon
Missouri, stating that at three O'Clock
Saturday morning, 700 Federals at Harts-
Vile attacked A 900 rebels with five can
non, under Marmaauke and Porter, and
drove them FIVE miles south. The rebels
then took a circuit and returned to Harts
Vile, when the fighting recommended, and
continued till sundown. Our loss is 35
killed and wounded The rebel loss il
|150.. "a sst95<ae asAa
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Rebel Account of q Battle near

Sufolk-They Claim a Victory at Aur-
freesboro.
Headquarters of the Arms of she Potomac,
Jsn. 13.-The Richmond Wing and En-
quirer of this date are received They
contain the following q.
PETERSBURG, Jan. 12.-Gen. Pryor
encountered Dodge's mounted rifemen
about five miles from Suffolk, with two
of cavalry, and routed them,
inficting considerable loss. Gen. Pryor
remained in line of battle until Sunday
morning, but the enemy would not1eave
his stronghold. Learning that five hun
dred Yankees were at Carrsville, Gen.
Pryor pushed across to intercept them.
They fed on our approach, escaping
through Gates county. 81 .ssfs
The Enquirer still contends that. the
battles of Nurfreesboro were victories for
the South, 1t says this victory is by far
the most complete won by our arms In
the southwest We do not regard the
falling back by Bragg as defracting in the
least from the glory of our arms or the
Importance of our victory. - Es&
The most boastful dispatch Rosecrans
may write, can never recapture the prison
ers, arms and artillery carried off by Bragg
nor rebuild wagons burned by Morgan
and Wheeler. 's
Gov Letcher, in response to requisi-
ton by President Davis, had by Procla-
nation called out the militia in the coun-
ties bordering on the North Carolina line,
to aid in repelling any invasion in that
direction. They are to rendezvous at Pc
tersburg. A camp of instrustion is to be
established there. @
The Tredegar Iron Works advertise for
five hundred negroes for the ensuing year
to besemployed at the blast furnace and
at the coal mines on the James river.
The Wing says the Murfreesboro pris-
oners are to be sent to Richmond, the
Yankee Government having refused to re
ceive thom unless their officers are also
paroled. The latter, some two hundred
in number, will be held in confinement, in
accordance with the Presidents preclama
tion, until Gen. Butler shall have beer
delivered up for punishment, and the men
retained until the abolition magnates con
sent to take them on our terms.
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FROM NEW JERs.

TRENroN, N. J !, Janusr5.Ss -
Both Houses organized without diiks1S.S
ty this p M The Governors Message
is plain State paper; giving very full
account of the state Of affairs.
MI. Holman, of Bergen. offered some
peace resolutions and moved that they b
made the special order on the 22d Of jan
,uary, at IL A. NJ The resolutions, which
are lengthy, were SO disposed Of.
The Democratic caucus has jzat notis
natedsC Colonel James w. Wallfar Uniked
States Senator for the short term.
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The Writ of Habeas Corpas in Fiiscon.
sia.-MADIsoN, Wis, January 13-The
Supreme Court of Wisconsin has decided
to sustain the writ of ha6cas corpus issued
in behalf of the Ozaukee rioters, arrested
for resisting the draft, thus denying the
right of the President to suspend the
writ in such cases. a ae
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INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

The abolitionists have ene-third in num-
bers in the Senate ofIndiana, and because
the other two-thirds offthat body would
not be dictated to by them, they seeded
thereby disorganiaing the Legislature
Comment upon such doings are ealtogethel
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DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.

BINGHAMpToN, N. Y, Jan. .13-A
very mournful catastrophe at Haspers-,
vile, Broome County, occurred yesterday
A pleasure party of thirty y-seven ladies
and gents were skating on apond in that
vicinity, when The ice gave way. and TWEEN
ty-seyen of them were drowned.
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January, 81, 1853,
Attachment Notice.
F. A. Lamping, Plaintiff,
7 l. Dre Defendant.

,s@ j. L. Dye, Defendant,
BEFORE John. Bearimore, J. r. of Wash
ington, Township, Monroe County, Ohio, on
the Slst day Of December A. d. 1882, said
Justice issued an an order of at achment in
the above action, for the sum Of ons hundred
and seventeen dollars and ninsty-nins cents;
whichscause is set for hsa, ing on the 2lst day
Of Feb. A. d. 1863, at 10 O'Clock A. u.
+. "A. LAMPiNG, Plaintiff
January 21, lS63.-4w.
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IMPORTANT DECISION.

MADISON, WIs., JAM 13.-The Su-
preme Court of Wisconsin has decided to
sustain the writ of habeas corpus issued
in behalf of the Ozankee rioters arrested
for resisting the draft; thus denying the
right of the President to suspend the writ
in such cases.
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THE HABEAS CORPUS.

The Judge of the Probate Court 'oi
Franklin County, Ohio, while holding
Court, was served with an order from the
War Department requiring him to sus-
pend business! If the War Department
can suspend the proceedings of Couri
for one. half day, they can suspend bust
ness in GH'Courts for one year or longer
Is not this beautiful state of affairs?
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THE CoNDUoT OF THE GOVERNMENT
The. President has lately received some
very vigorous remons frances from his ola
friends in the west on the general conduct
of the administration. They assure him
very plainly that the present management
cannot be endured much longer, and that
the people from among whom he cams are
the most dissatisfied with his conduct of
the Government. Special shs Patsbwy
{Isf1effe5 lts ~ ~ 4 -
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ssA. 1t is well understood that Gen.
Burnside, having insisted upon retiring
from the command of the array of the rol
tomac, will soon he succeeded in that post
by General Hooker OF some other officer
of distinctions. That the army calls for
Mcclellan is generally admitted ,1a but
there is no probability that he will be
selected, Notwithstanding all rumors ON
the subject. aEa pas ,s stsE5l4
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PHILADELPHIA, 13.-The Bulletin Of
this city publishes letter from the
blockading squadron off Charleston, dated
the 4th, announcing the capture of arebel
boat with a Major and important dis
patches for Europe.
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Democratic Platform.

1.-THE UNION AS IT WAS, AND
TIE CONSTITUTION AS It .Isp'
-ssss hold that THIS Gove,nmentw was made
on the WHITE BASIS, by WHITE
MEN, for the BENEFIT Of WHITE MEN,
and their POSTERITY forever STE
pHEE A, DouGLAs.
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Master Commissioners Sale
John zenny,
OVHH HoHuyb - =
= against

dSainst
john Harman and Ernestina Harmpn his
wife, and Christian Dan kworth, against
John V. Herman and Elizabeth Her
man his wife. -Asios, iss.ss' g
BY virtue of mandate to me directed from
the c,nrt of common pleas OF Monroe couuty
Ohio will offer for sale at public auction, at
t ,e .fr ,et door of the court house, in the town
OF Woodsfeli, in said county, on
Saturday. tie 2lst dag of February, 1868,
b tween the hours of 10 clock a. IN. and 1
o c,ook p. M, on said day, the following de
3 ribed ell estate, in said county, to yit:
The north ives, quarter of the south west
quarter of section twenty mine, township three
and range three, containing 40 and 60-loO
acres, -,nore or less, except five along the
line of John Jenni on an agreed lins along Of
agreed breadth along the whole length Of said
land to contain i've acres. ssss
JOEL F. RANDOLPH,
Is Pa Mas. Com. NC. o.
Jauuarv 21a 1864 - ANf< : -
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WAsHINeToN, Jan. IA, 1868.
HOUSE.

Mr.. Stevens reported a joint resolution
to provide for the immediate payment OF
the army and navy. The jeint resolution
authorizes the Secretary the Treasury,
if required by the exigencies of the pub
lie service, to issue oE the credit Of the U.
s. $50. 100000 U. S. notes, in such form
as he may deem expedient, notbearing in
terest, payable on demand In denomina-
tions not less than one dollar, which notes
shall be lawfuland legal tender, like sim
liar notes heretofore authorized and re-
ceivable in payment of all debts, public
and private, except duties on. iInposts, and
the payment ofthe principal and interest
on the public debt. sa
Mr.. Lovejoy suggested the resolution
be amended,so as to provide for the issue
of 500, 900. 900 of U. S: Notes.
The amendment was agreed to, and the
joint resolution was then passed. ~
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ELECTION OF U. s. SENATOR IN
MAINE

PORTLAND, Me-, january ia speci-
al dispatch from Augusta says the Hon
Lot NJ Morrill, was elected United States
Senator to-day by a vote in the House Of
95 against A, and in the Senate by vote
of % against /.
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niAlS GOVERNORS q MESSAGE.

2 s~ Gov. Tod makes the solemn decla
ration in his last message, that the qaes
sstion Of mans capacity for self-govern
d1neft Is get unsettled The neares
g demonstration we have of that fact is the
Z. election of Gov. Tod. Next fall the
Democrats will satisfy him that the peopl
hS.,s capable Of self government.
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Ds~ The present Administration has
shown conclusiyely that it does not know
now to conduct a war. As great diff
Guilty. which it has now to contend with.
is that it does not know how. to end the
war.
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Master commissioners S;lle.
f. A. Lamping,

f. A. Lamping,
against
Joseph Dye, Mary Dye his wife, and Al
fred Philips.
BY.virtue of mauaate, to rAs directed from
the court Of coalrIon pleas OF Moproe county
ohio, will offer for sale at public auction, vt
the front door of the court-Louse, in the town
"f Wooasfeld in said county, on
Satar.lay, the 2lst day Of Fstruary, 1869,
he,ween the honrs of 10 o'clock q. M. and s
O'Clock ?. M, en- said day, the following de .
scribed real estate, in said county, to wit:
The east half Of the north east quarter Of
lection twenty TIVE, township foHr. range six,
containing seventy nine and So 10, acres.
WM OKEY, Mas. Com.
Monroe Common Ploas.
January II, 1868.
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TIE UNION FOREVER.

MARRIED--Jan. 7th, 1863, by Rev.
James Logan, Mr. MARTIN p. SAyERs
and Mss MARTHA HATHAwAY, all Of
Noble County, o. zsis ~ st~fsan 20