The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-12-25


State, and urge the Importance Of
rcconstructing the State Government
Immediately. lie reports that i'm
mense Union meetings are being held
in all portions Of the state, and that
the citizens are the most ardent aud
incorporating adhcrcnts to the ma
tional Government he has ever met
They adopt resolutions at nll their
meetings, indorsing, without reserve
all OF tie acts OF the administration
for the suppression Of the rebellion,
and recommend that state Con-
vcntion be called. and at an early day
to take measures for rCOrgnniZing the
State Government without Slavery.
re-" The peace Commissioners are
at the head of our armies. Some few
/ of them we can mention. There are
/ Graut, Meade, Banks and Gilmore.
/ The treaties they propose arc written
with the sword aud In good time will
be abundantly rati.ied.-Ciecetaad
/ Picin Dsaler.
CoNsCRipTIoN AMENDMENTS
1t is pretty certain that the distinct
ION of classes in the ConscriptiOn bill
will he abolished before Congress takes
q recess for the holidays, so that the
draft which comes on in January may
not fall simply upon men under thirty
five. but upon the whole able bodied
adult male population Of the country.
General Schcnck offered such bill
in the House. 1t was unanimously
approved 10y the Military Committee.
The Senate Committee il also said to
! lnvOr IL. Tic House will resist any
attempt to pass further amendments
to the Conscription law, till after re.
cess. on the ground that as the bill is
imperfect now, any hasty attempts to
patch it are ouly likely to make mat
tcrs worse Statistics have been laid
before the Committee. showing that
one-siXth Of those exempted under
the last draft got of for being the only
son OF Il widow. Men worth great
fortunes. whose widowed mothers
happened to he living with them, were
expmptcd uudcr it. This viii hc care
fully guarded in the contemplated a
.mendments,
TIE New Orleans Times Of tho 5tl
announces on official authority that
lall the rebel forces Mt Port Clyalic
have been captured hy Gen. Wash
burn, without losing man. Tho
captured works are located on poin'
OF the Peninsula which separates Mat
agorda Bay from the Gulf and give
our forces command of Saluria, Port
Lavaca. and Mat1gorda.
\ RTrhe Boston Courier unwitting
p ly pays q high compliment to Pre-i
D dent Lincoln. 1t says, referring t.
his message and Proclamation, tina
he is liberal toward everything eNccp
: slavery. The Gon, ier actually say
" this by way ofcomplaint. Tbs Pres
d idcnt is liberal toward everything eN
cept the cause OF all oar trouble
+ BgBaio Erprcsj.
The appointment Of General Rose
crlus TO the command Of tho Depart
3 ment OF Missouri. is, announced. b.
:, this act the President has placed hi
II official reprohatiOn on the SANDERS ut
II, tered against this gallant officer an
u noble man. Con. Curtis is to com
-----.l tho Department of Kansas
g which has been separated from Mis-
y souri.
c Says an exchange: Some Of the Ia
o dies in Hartford appear in the street
e without any hoops, but with dcas5c
o that come down only to tic anGlC
disclosing Balmoral boots and strip
-, ed stockings. One Of the, Hlrtior,
!, papers thinks this pheasant reform
y According to an official table ofti
I, Home and Soldiers vote, pablishe
in the O. S. journal n tew days since
Gov. Brough's majority is l01, ,09C
He was elected, slightly!
+ Accounts given hr desertcrs froa
Lees army, shoT that She work o
f disintegraton still goes on; ant that
as the rebels become acquainted wit
the terms Of amnesty proposed by tin
o Presidents Proclamation, they ahan
o don the rebellion in masses. We dC
p not attach much faith to descrtcrs
!. stories, though this is not improbabl
. more especially in reference to th'
Border States men.
c The correspondent OF the Rich
70 mond Dispatch with Bragg's army
p gives detailed report Of that officer
e defeat at Chattanooga, of which TIN
/, following is the opening paragraphs;
Q The ConIcderates have sustained
f to-day the most ignominious defea
q OF the whole war-a defeat for whicl
p there is but little excuse or palliation
: For the first time during our struggle
p for national independence, our defea
G is chargahlc to the troops themselves
and not to the blunders or incompe
tency Of their leaders 1t is din
10 cult for one to realize how a defeat 81
Z, complete could have occurred OF
Q ground so favorable, notwithstandin,
Y the great disparity in the two hostil
= armies. The ground was more il
e our favor than it was at Fredericks
+ burg, where Gen Longstreet is saic
c to have estimated that Lees army wa
. equal to 100000 men. And yet w
= gained the battle Of Fredericksburg!
J. and lost that Of Missionary Ridge
The DEMOCRATIC WAR PAINT
, is reported that the Democratic mem