The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-09-11

volunteers, shall also be paid for accepted
colored recruits. The recruit himself is
entitled 10 this premium il he presents
himself to the recruiting officer.
The Union meeting at Springfield, H.,
was great successful that was an,ici-
patcd by the most sanguine, The at
tendance was immense-the unanmiy
and enthusiasm unsurpassed. Speeches
were made by Governor Yates. Senators
Doolittle aud Trumbull, Generals Nc.
Clcrnand, OsIesby and Lane, o! Indiana,
and by other distinguished gentemen.-
Patriotic resolutions were adopted. and
the Union cause in the State g,eatly ad-
vanced.
The Globe's Paris correspondent says
!; is reported that sundry vessels, mod
elled after the Alabama. are quietly
building in French port. He also alludcS
to the canard that instructions have been
sent to Mexico 10 protest against the con-
tinued recognition al Washington of the
Juarez Mexican Representative. ii
Special to the Times from Washington
the lst, says The best attainable in(or-
nation locates Gen. Lee in Richmond, and
his army scattered from the line OF Blue
Ridge on the west to Port Royal and the
Rappahanock River, on the East and
South MS Tar MS the lines Of Virginia Cen
trail Railroad. His troops are widely
scattered 10 facilitate subsisiing.
A Memphis special says the steamer
Progress from White River brings news
that Gen Davidson, with cavalry and ar
tillery, in advance OF Gen. Steele's army,
on the 20th ull. drove the enemy, 1000
strong, across Bayou Meteor bridge,
killing and woundng about 100 and
carturing 200. Our loss 80. The reb
els burned the bridge after crossing
Steele was at Duval's Bluff on the 3lsl.
/ From Alberquerque New Mexico.
! papers we learn that on The 2Glh OF July
Colonel Kit Carson, with part Of the lst
/ New Mexico regiment, had a flight with
the Navajoe Indians, beyond Fort Candy.
/ The Indians were defeated, with loss of
/ thirteen killed and over twenty wounded,
and many prisoners were captured.
! The rebels have been reinforced at
Charleston by 5000 troops from Lees
army. Operations there move slowly -
Admiral DAhlgren and General Gilmore
are in couhict in regard to the situation
Of Sumter. The latter claims to have 81.
| leuced it, the former believes the North.
west wall as sound as ever, and that six
guns are mounted on the parnpet. II
Snmter is not slenced it must be before
the Admiral can proceed, for that is the
| key TO the whole situation. On the 3lst
| the Monitors and Iron nsides engaged the
! Sullivan's Island batteries at a distance oI
| 1000 yards; not much damage was doIe
/ Al the same time our land batteries en-.
gagged Fort Wagner, eHecllng so much
injury that some sanguine arlilIerists were
OF The opinion that the fort would be in
our possession before the next night. The
Rebels il Wagner have much difficulty in
getting water and provisions. all trans
| portaton being Of course done at night.
| AS the operations on our side are now
exclusively Of an engineering character,
the people must be content 10 wait for
the inevitable result, as they did in the
case Of Vicksburg, though we hope no,
so long. ........ ..... ........
The Richmond Government has made
a pressing appeal to the Spanish Govern
men; to obtain the recognition Of the Con
tedera,e Sta,es--oflciing all guarantees Il
Spain for the possession OF Cuba and Port'
Rico. The Spanish Government declined
: A Memphis letter Of the 25 h denie
the death of Pemberton, but his men ant
officers have sworn to kill him. He ha
been taken to Richmond under stron!
, guard. Fully two thirds Of his army ar
in the field under Hardee.
7riJune's special--The report lha
there will be TO draft in Ohio is untrue
The present draft will send 100, 600 ne,
men into the field besides 20 900 deserlers
Burnside's official dispatches detaiGn
his advance upon and occupation {
Knoxville have been received.
: The Mobile Register states that Alex
ander IL. Stephens is at Nassau. ...
J What His Friends Say of Him.
:" Nothing is uuer than that "a man