The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-02-12

or proposed leglslatlon.
CY" Five hundred reble prisoners at Point
Lookout have enlisted in the service of the Uni.
ted States Three thousand express the determ.
ination to take the benefit Of amnesty proclama.
ton.
eTy" The hills around Cumberland Md, are
proved to be well adapted for grapes. About
5000 gallons of wine were produced there last
year. ...
C3y- A iealons woman in Washington cowhi
ded her husband for dancing with another lady
and cheerfully paid the damages in the police
court for the operation.
sa'- Forty reble deserteT came in from the
front a few days since filled with great disgust
at the Southern Confederacy, The amnesty
proclamation and slender rebel commissary de-
partmcnts were the immediate cause Of their de-
sertion.
sB- The Missouri Legislature have passed
the Emancipation Convention bill by vote Of
ON ~ ~, altci anlcndiS ~ so us ~ IosuPohe Ih'
election of members of the Convention to No
vember. The amendment was adopted by the
close vote of GO to 81.
nE- There are 5,254 rebel prisoners at Camp
Dougless, Chicago. Among them are probably
fifty boys under II years of age. In one rcgi.
mcnt there one boy of IA, two Of and five 9TH
e,s but little if any older.
GFs" The Michigan Legislature propose to ap.
propriate $25OO toward laying out and beatty,
ing that part of Gettysburgh Cemeptry allotted
to that State.
cT" John Clawson, of Cincinnati, who figur-
ed in murder case at CinGinnatt some years
ago, and who is now in the Penitentiary, was
awarded a new trial, few days ago, on writ
of error to the Supreme Court.
r1y" Hon Charles B, Goddard, distinguished
member of the Zanesville bar, and intimately
connected with the history of Ohio for forty
years past, died of paralysi in Zanesvile, last
week
ey" 1t is thoroughly ascertained that the on
ly recommendation on file at the War Office for
the promotion of General Schofeld to Major
Generalship is from Governor Gamble.
sy- The Douglas Monument Association at
Chicago have authorized the preparation of
design for the proposed movement, the cost not
to exceed less than fifty thousand dollars 1t is
designed to commence work on the monment
about the lst of April
CB' A Union Lincoln Association has been
in New York City, the purpose Of
which is to secure the election of Mr. Lincoln
Simeon Draper is President. Subordinate As.
;ocations have been formed in Brooklyn and
other central points in New York.
lY- We learn that the Hon. Thos. Ewing Is
very i'll at his home, in Lancaster.
cSy" The Hon. Hooking Hunter, one of our
Supreme Judges, has rendered his resignation to
lovernor Brough to take effect on the 10th inst
The Judge is impelled to take this step, we
earn by the protracted severe illness of his
wife. His resgnation is just cause for serious re-
,ret, and we hope he may be prevailed on to
ecalI it.
eB~ Major White, of Pennsylvania. Republi-
an Senator is confined in the Penitentiary at
salisbury, North Carolina.
az" Sawyer and Finn are now treated like
ther prisoners The rebels are believed to
ave tried to feed the prisoners as well as pos
ible. Eleven hundred officers are in six rooms
n Libby Prison, but they are generallyin good
pirts. Seven or eight thousand privates are
onf1ed on Belle Isle. They have had no
,eat for fortnight. ....
eE- The depreciation of the rebel currency
eight per cent. daily. The difference between
reenbacks and Confederate scrip is twenty or
,irty dollars to one. Wood is sixty dollars per
ord newspapers thirty cents apiece.
sg- At Gettysburg 2s,0oO muskets were ia
en-. Of these $4,000 were found to be loaded
, 900 containing two loads, and 5000 from
,ree to ten loads each In many instances
alf dozen balls were driven in on a single
large of powder. In some cases the former
ossessor had reversed the usual order, placing
he ball at the bottom of the barrel and the pow
er on top. a vr.. t.,
cY- There are fifteen savings banksin Maine,
aving an aggregate of deposits of $2,64l 900.
D 1861 the deposits were $l,62O,37O, and in
S62, $1,S76,l50.
rY- There is great excitement in Michigan
yer the discovery of silver near Lake Superior.
he Detroit Free Press says speculation has al
lady commenced. Men who have taken lands
! one dollar and twenty five cents and are sell
ng out at advances of thousands of dollars
lie owner bought it few weeks ago from Gov
,nment for two hundred dollars. The speci-
lens Of ore contain liberal quantities Of lead
nd silver. sf.. t.s...-.ql f1.
w- In England the tax on all distilled Ii
uors, is ten Shillngs (s2,5O) per gallon.
eB- 1t is stated that North Carolina has fur
ished over hundred thousand men 10 the