The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-03-14

ma regiment of volunteers. lie was
again wounded at Chepultepec. In
July, lS4S, his brigade was disband.
ed. From lS49 to 1850 he repre-
sen'el the State of Illinois in the U.
S. Senate. His subsequent honora.
bic career is we'll known to the pub
lie. The trust which has been re-
posed in him will be found 10 be
not misplaced.
Fort DoneIson's Strength-What Pris-
oncrs Say.
The Worlds correspondent says: -
Fort DonelsOn must be appreciated.
I;s ormidablcnrs5 must be witness
Cd to be.comprchendcd. It's hight,
length, breadth, and eXplnse, and
tae outline OF lis method of construc-
lion, you have in numerals and dia.
grams; but its di;ches ana dimen.
sions, its batteries and its battle.
ments, must be looked up st, aud
down ut, aud in at, in order to get
At its comm inding AMI august ap.
pearaucc. The men oi-war's men
here, who have been rounl the
world, C Ill it the third b.st insti.
tuition Of the kini they ever laid eyes
on.
Tho Mr.. Lewis. the proprietor ol
the Cumberland Rolling Mills that
were burned Ly our boats is nov
prisoner. lie ia u person ot con
siderable culture and sense. confess
es- to having helped on the rebel
lion 70 the >x'cnt OF his vast iinan
cial ability, but also that he, like
thousands of his c,ultrymOn, were
d,eply d, ceiv,G in the matter. ii,
obtained his information solely from
southern newspapers and seceS'
spouters. He had no opportunity q
discovering what ke now knows to
be the genuine Sc timrut OF the peo.
pie OF the North. He says: 81
give it up now. You've carried ouI
Sebastopol. It's all over with us!'
A rebel officer informs me that
in his opini n, the surrender wa'
mainly attributable to tho fact that
Maior Fos,, OF the Eighth illinois
who was ono o the 500 capiives il
the early season o. the engagement
told the rebel chief that Gen. Gran
had $4,000 troops under his COM
mand.
The prisoners continued to pom
into Cairo from the tort. Tive
thousand have arrived to-day. AuC
such n group! Th'irglrmen's are vi
olet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, or
ango, aud red and every other shad
or tint possible in a combination O
these. Sons are in blankets, som,
in carpet, and some in huge petit
coat. They vary in age from six
teen to sixty. in size from the low
est to the loltiest, in countensnc,
"lrom grave TO gay, from lively t.
severe" But most carry face O
stupiincss aud detection all
sure that nine tcntbs OF them woul
"a soon fight on one eide os on til
other OF this or any other conflict. =
The officers are soclable and com
municativo, and, with very llrg
proportion o' the priyates, preten
ut least 10 have peen Overrnlei /
judgment aud preference in lhei
taking up arms against the old llal
How sincere such professions ma
bs We have miserable means Of dc
termining. certainly cannot i'm
agine more pitahls picturesqu
, spectacle than that Of these rcbt
captivcs 1t would move the Gallon
to look upon these blank, low faces
and theso beardless faces, and thes
sad faces. and these filthy blanket
aud these matted heads, and thos
mutilstel breeches. Two iilths {
one boatload should guess, are III
der twenty one years of sge-msn
OF them under nineteen.
"Ain't you tired OF fighting Un
, Gle Sam?'
Yes, Sir; wouldn't fight again
r Uncle Sam would spit in my face
> "Woll, why did yon fight Unc'
Q Sam anyhowW
: "Because we were deceived =
They stuffed us with all sorts
, yarns, and we believed every thin
D they told u.s."
From the learnedest to the lowest
them yon hear the ono story of the
; deception and delusion and beioo
; ment by their political lerders.