The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-01-12
General News Items,

ject.
The Times says Gen. Thomas has
been made q Major General in the rcgu.
lar army vice Gen. Fremont resigned, ;,
dating, from his victory over Hood.
1 Similar nominations for Sherman, Meade
snd Sheridan have been sent to the Sen.
ate.
Advises from Mexico cay that since
the capture OF M0satlsn by he French,
| the Jusrez government has no sea port
J. on the Pacific coast. The Imperial gov.
eminent 10 actively engaged in putting
dow n guerrilas and establishing order.
The Herald says cditorially that the
law OF nations " III justify our seizure Of
the property of Canadians the United
1 States, TO indemnify the St Adams
banks, II the raiders aud their plu der
are not given up.
The Times cditorialy notices the fac,
that in recent suits shippers of irCight
and owners Of blockade runners, for
damages for failing to fulfill contracts,
the Judges decided In favor of the plain
TIL; but that they were entitled to nomin-
al damages, because the contract WIS
/ illegal, decidedly opposed to the Queen's
Proclamation, aud having direct ten
dcncy TO involve the county in war. Ii
The decision is sustained by the Queens
Bench, Il will be severe blow TO block.
adc-running enterprise.
An Aust, ian military Journal calls the
advance OF Sherman from Atlanta to.
ward Savannah one Of the mos, inlcres.
ing operations in rilitary history Of mod
ern times, and hardly less important for
the fate Of Richmond than Waterloo was
for Paris.
The London Daily Telegraph says
Lord Wharncliffe should have rreighted a
fast steamer with the articles purchase
with the proceeds Of the Liverpool Fair.
and then run the Wilmington blockade.
General Sherman says, in recent let.
ter, one hundred thousand negroes have
desired to accompany him on The march
through Georgia, but he was unable to
r.. 4 them Oh the march. Il .. |t
Av 'ashington special says, tho gold
-d,, M 'horized by Congress to b,
a'.t Gov r.. n. Grant, after the fall OF
w. viuta.nrr has Neen flushed, aud reached
Washington, Th.' TIM, ana manner OF
is presentation. have MOI yee o'en de'e''
mined.
Ii is reported that list Of o'' persons :
paving an income tax is /. eing "ePn'IN .L
at WSshogton, and will soon be I 'ohsn'
ed. The reason ass sigued is, tha; aHm -
Gus frauds have been prsctised oh the
Government, large numbers Of pcrsors
returning incomes far below their appar.
ent excuses.
The Hcrsd's Shenandoah special says:
JEFF. DAVIS recent orders to hoseby
were 10 take no more prisoners. Ey ry
Northern man, whcihcrs 'ldirr or civilian,
falling into HE hands was to b killed.
hnseby's command was t0 be raised 10
eight baitaiions. of fuur companies each,
and scattered through the mountains,
and complete sigma code established.
The whole number of cmigrsnts ar
rived at New York to Dec. 7lh. the pre-
sent year, was Is0,540 against ISL $40
10 The same date Inst year.
The total receipts of the Sanitary
Fair held at Pl,sburg have just hcen
published. They amounted to The round
sum of S36l,356.
The brave Col. Stephen J. McGroar.
ty one vi the real 4 !hters Of the war hos
recently submitted to third anputntion
OF mis- arm. The Colonel is now rapidly
Never tell young lady you love her
Ask her II she could love you. That's
the new ParIsion style Of opening nego-
! tiatious.
The namber Of rebel prisoners nov in
our hands is about 10000. rhe exchange
Of prisoners is to be resumed at once,
and soon our mon will be released from
rebel pens. -,...T
"What are you looking after, my
daushierl" "Lookiug utter a son.in law
for you aud father"
The bee; kind OF ugrieultursl fsirs--fur.
mers' daughters. --.-.r
To act with common sense, according
TO the moment, is the best wsdom; and
the best philosophy, to do ones du., S,
take the word as il comes, submit re-
specially with ones lot, blcst the good.
HNo9 'hUh hho ElNNu US bt hiuNli HiDDiutSo
with 1t, whatever il be, and despise az
lecta,ion 4..
1 What three words did Adam use when
he introduced himse II to Eve, and which
read The same back aud forward? "Ma-
dam Pam ADAM" And Ewes poIi,e
reply is said 10 have been: .. r o.
.tl i trust, the time viii never be,
When I'll not care Adam for thee.
The Illinois Legislature passed, unani.
mously, bill making legal.tender notes
receivable for taxes. Al amendment,
including National Bank notes, was de.
feated. In the HJusc, a motion 10 reaf.
6rm the odious Black Laws was defeat.
ed, 46 10 81. A resolution instructing
the Judiciary Commiurc to report bill
repeating the Bhck Laws was adopted,
4s to 80. A resolution in favor of the
constitutional amendment nbolishing
slavery wns adopted, 40 to 80. All He
pro-savery votes were lust by Copper
heads. na't'r 200. a'r a.f.sa- .r,5 5.
! Secretary Fesspndeh's recollection 10
the, United States S,nate from Main in
wolves, of course 4, his resignation as Sc
e'Niuty VI thV iIeuS uIy. iH's VIII PTo-
duce no unfVorable effect on the fnan.
ces. II is to be hoped a. practical man
viii BIZ apPointed To Gil his place. ~
A dispatch from Courtland, Alabama,
announces tht Steedman's cavalry had
captured Hoods Dontoon train: also 600
mules, 100 wagons, aud 200 hogs. Hood
was retreating to Tuscaloosa, 70 rcorgin-
ize his shattered army. ROddy's rebel
cavalry command was almost entirely
disbanded. ,....-l. -i-..E a
/ fH--." Va o .lIN -ff
Y The town of Mount Tabor, Vermont,
in 1850. gave Mr.. Lincoln % votes, aud
none tor any other man. In 1864 il gave
Mr.. Lincoln s6 votes end none again for