Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-01
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.

CoMPTRoLLER's REPoRT.-We are indebt-
ed to JOSEPH Fl. RILEY, Comptroller Of the
State Treasury, for copy of his official re-
port for the fiscal year ending Nov. Is,
1868. The report is principally filed with
tables, in form for convenient reference, re-
lating to the financial affairs of the State,
and evidently prepared with great labor
and care. It is document that speaks
well for the ability and diligence of our
present worthy Comptroller.
A PETITION from merchants of Philadel-
phia was presented in Congress on Friday
by Representative O'NErI, Of Pennsylvania,
praying Congress to tax the circulation Of
all State banks to such an extent as to COM
pei them to call in their issnes, that the
country may have nothing but national le-
gal tender currency. They say that State
bank issues have deprecated, and are liable
to further depreciation. r
THREE thousand eighthundred re-enlisted
veterans passed through Louisville on
Thursday. .F
ONE of the rebel organs at Richmond ex-
claims, 'whither are we drifting?r 1.-THE
Devil knows" responds Prentice,
The 77th o. LEFT Marietta on the oath
ult- going again to Arkansas.
THERE has been on exhibition at WASH
.ington for some days fine sword, with q
gold scabbard and hilt, studded with dia-
nionds, and the scabbard engraved with
names Of his Mexican and later battles, pre-
sented to General Grant by the citizens OF
Jo Davies county, Ill.
The Provost Marshall General WASH
ington special states, Is isexpected to issue an
order suspending the draft till the lst Of
April, based on the bill which passed the
House on Friday, extending the bounties
till that time. ........s.. ..s ..... s.
Another special says that the draft q post
poned till April !, and adds that the total
number Of new enlistments, since the Pres
ident's call Of last November, is two hun
dred thousand men. Out Of one hundred
and thirty thousand men now In the army,
comprised in four hundred batteries and
regiments, whose terms expire on or before
the LIST Of June, one hundred thousand have
re-enlisted.
THE Goth o. v. I. has re-enlisted, and Is
expected at Hamilton, O, in q few days,
from Chattanooga.
THE SD o. ". /. passed through Cincin-
cinnati on Saturday on its way TO the front.
ENLIsrMENTs In the Invalid Corps are,
by Late order, to be credited to the locali-
ties where the enlistments took plate.
THE sd O. v. L, Col. James Robinson,ar-
rived on Saturday at Cincinnati from Della
ware on their way to the front. Theynum-
bered $50 re-enlisted men when they came
from Chattanooga, and 90 back COO strong,
having recruited nearly three hundred men
while at home on furlough. ,5
RAILROAD AccrDESr,--It Is stated in an
Indianapolis dispatch that the rear car Of .
train on the Jeffersonville road containing
recruits for Illinois regiments, broke an
axle and was thrown from the track on
Saturday. The car turned complete SOM
ersault and was broken into frsgments.--
Fourteen soldiers were wounded, six Of
whom were 50 seriously injured that they
had to be removed to the hospital. II Is
said all win recover. The accident occur
red two miles below indianapolis.
Two soldiers on guard were recently
found murdered at St. Petersburg. Il was
suggested that the eyes OF the murdered
soldiers should be Immediately photo
graphed, in the hope Of successfully testing
the discovery recently made, when, to the
surprise Of all, the result was the produc-
ti0n of the portraits Of two soldiers Of the
private guard Of the palace, on whose
breasts were the insignia Of the cross Of 81.
George. The murd4r6rs were At once sought
out and apprehtnded-
rpkno Govrzxor Caleb Lyon, of Lyon.
dale. N Z nomhsted ;csssrnor of Idsbs
by President Iincolns hzs been confirmed
By the Senates There svm strong opposI-
lion, especially BY Senator tSnness, of csli-
fornia. 3 X I: & 4 4,
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