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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28
Fort Sumter Reduced 90
The Nest OF Treason be-
ing ShcSied!

The very latest news from Charles
ton is the very best. Private dispatch
es were received yesterday afternoon
stating chat Sumter had surrendered
This is repeated and also contradic'-
ed in our dispatches this morning.
but advices through rebel and Union
sources represent the fort as a heap
of ruins Whether there has been 4
formal surrender or not, it is quite
certain that it is thoroughly disabled
In addition to this, we have the news
that Moultrie has been silenced, and
still better that Gen. Gilmore was
shelling the city with S-inch Parrott
guns Richmond papers state that
non combatants were leaving the city
in streams. The precise situation Is
net definitely stated, but it is suppos-
ell General Gilmore had obtained i'm
portant positions, additional to those
ofwhich we have been advised. How.
ever this may be, it is evident, taking
ing even the rebel dispatches which
are the latest, that Gilmore had gain
ed splendid successes; that the de
fenses of Charleston harbor are crum
bling; that we are pressing forward
with irresistible force and that the ci
tv itself is now reached by shells
thrown from the Parrot guns. Al
ready. therefore, the calculations o
the Richmond papers, reproduced IL
another place, are upset, and there Is
hardly any reason to doubt that th'
original seat of rebellion will soon b'
rs Sumter slready is, either in tn
possession of the Union forces or
heap Of ruins II the chiN airy prov
equal to their threats, "tighting fron
street TO street, as long rs Il foot 0
ground remains TO stand upon, tn
general desire of the loyal people vii
be gratifed, and Charleston, as a pa
triotic Union officer remarked, VII
be valuable only as camp for con
valescent mules.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28
Nailnndigham SYMPTOMS

/. A deep-seated cowardice. The
longest poems and shortest poems of
the Courier are slavish appeals to the
fear of death.
2. Hatred Of churches and minis
ters. This they havein common with
all the inmates of Sing Sing and the
Ohio Penitentiary; but the latter do
not mob churches as acknowledgements
do.
3. Continual praise of treason and
love of traitors, while they have not
courage enough to commit the former
nor initiate the latter.
A. Insulting women mobbiug church
es and sunday schools, and egging the
houses of quiet citizens in the night.
5. Fault-flnding with our govern.
ment, insulting the President, the
Congress, and the courts of our coun-
| try.
6. Fear ofsoldicrs, and their votes
I. Whispering their reasonable
sentiments, (as Whiteley hints that
they did some time ago because they
are afraid to tell the whole truth.
s. A falling off. The men who
shed glory upon the name of Democ-
racy in our country, forsook and are
forsaking Vallandigham and his prin.
ciples. Such men as Cass, Douglas,
Andy Johnson, Butler, Stanton, Dick
Iinson, Meade, Burnside, Mcclellan,
Grant, Rosecranz-and in our owl
State Payne,J Jewett, Tod and Brougl
were never Vallandighammers; no
were Carlin, Colt, and other privat,
citizens of our country, or. Brown
would not be but for the vain hope o
office, for before he found it necessa
, ry to pledge his support to Nallandig
ham at the Convention, he had declar
@ ed repeatedly that he would not sup
e port him. Allother honest men VIII,
:. at first acquicsced in the nomination
). of Vallandigham, are forsaking a
: fast as they come to know him.
h 0. Fearful lying. They have almos
Il worn our amiable Judges tongue t
> the stump in the business, Thei
l. falsehoods are getting so stale that n
"a lover oftruth can object to their rel
: etition.
e. Those who love the symptoms ca
e catch the disease of JEFF Davis. II
le virus went through so many rotts
ID politicians as it passed from Valla
a digham to Whiteley and Gribben, til
the latter gentlemen are incapable
at spreading the contagion.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28
TIE SITUATION.

The prospect Of an carly termina-
tion of the war ia most encouraging
The fall Of Nicksburg and Port IIud.
son practically restores to the Union
everything West of the Mississippi
and Gen. Grant Is loyalizing the
country East of the Mississippi as
fast rs possible.
There is no force ofany importance
in front Of Rosccrans, and in conjunc.
tion with Burnside he will shortly lib.
crate Eastern Tennessee. Mobile
and Savannah will soon I've In our
hands; and the fall of Charleston Is
certain In few weeks. Then all
that remains tn lie done will be the
destruction of Lees army, and the
capture of Richmond; which, with the
combined armies Of Meade, Grant
Rosccrans and Burnside, will be 9
short job. Let the people have pa
tiencc. a few more months and the
old flag will wave over every foot OF
American soil, aud our brave boys,
loaded with honors. will return to
their homes. In spite of the opposi-
tlon of armed rebels IN the field, and
unarmed rebels at home, the Govern.
meut established by Washington, Ad-
ans and jefferson will endure, to
prove to the world THAT man is capa-
bic Of self government "There's q
good time coming-wait little Ion
ger"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28
~% h,A

Of the Register of Deeds were in the
safe, and are supposed to have been
saved. Every safe in the city but
two was robbed.
All the hotels were destroyed, ex-
ccpt the City Hotel. The loss in cash
lis estimated at $3.50, 900, and on prop
ertv and all at two million dollars
This IL low enough estimate.
The number Of bodies, up TO the
time we left, was 1873; of which about
twenty were so badly burned "a to
render recognition impossible Their
Was a large number of strangers in
town, and when the entire loss is as
certained, we think it will reach 200
killed; Many were doubtless killed
Ivy the rebel pickets in the bush
Tho people have not yet recovered
from the terrible blow sufficiently to
appreciate the full force of their des-
solution, and when they do recover
from their shock, many more will
doubtless be missing.
We have seen battlefelds and
scenes of carnage end bloodshed, but
have never Witnessed spectacle sc
horrifying as that scene among the
smouldering ruins ut Lawrence. Nc
fighting, no resistance, but cold
blooded murder was there.
The iicnds finished their murderou:
work in nearly every case.
Persons just FROM Lawrence report
that the number of dead will reacl
one hundred aud seventy, perhap:
two hundred, as bodies are constant
ly being found.
The excitement throughout til,
State is intense, and our citXieus unan
imously regard the Lawrence mas
sacre rs the legitimate result Of tn,
Schoield Ewing policy in Missouri
and Kansas.
When last heard from, Gen. Lane
was at Heckman's Mills, in, Missouri
with his half.clothed, half-armed me
in pursuit. lie attacked Quantri
about ten miles south of Lawrenc
and kept up q running fight with hin
to Missouri, killing, up to this time
nineteen of the rebels.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28
Time llus shown.

Time has most triumphantly vindi-
Gated the wisuom of the Administra.
ton, and the soundness OF its policy.
Its policy has been carried out in
the face of an opposition made as bit
ter rs men who had determined upon
the ruin of the Government could
make it, and to-day ninc-tenths of the
Democratic party would not have it
changed
The system Finance Of Secretary
Chase has not only carried oi,e oo-
ernment safely through, but aside from
war considerations has proved to be
a positive blessing. Who is there
who would wish to exchange the
/ Treasury Note System for the Wild cat
issucs of other duysE Who is there
who does not appreciate the benefits
ofa uniform currency; and who wo'd
now wish to dcStror II?
The arming OF Negroes has already
saved the 1000 white men; and the
work is being pushed forward so fast
that before Winter 100, coo will be in
arms.
The Emancipation Proclamation
saved us war with England, and has
actually crippled the South. The
thousands anil tens of thousands OF
slaves who tot day aro within our limos
were each worth n man to the Confcd
eracy. This element of strength i:
not only deducted from their totter
ing cause, but adds so much to tn,
strength of the Government.
The Contiscaton Bill has made
Unionists in the South. Those who
had not fully committed themselves il
North Carolina, Tennessee, and Ken
tucliy are doing good work for tn,
Union, that their property may not b,
swept away. Besides it has lesseneC
the burden Of the war upon the North
The system of Taxation is such tha
no one feels it, and yet it yield
revenue enough to carry on the war.
Yet every one of these measure
are to-day denounced by Copperhea'
orators, and are the burden of thei
invectives against the Government
a few may be deceived by them int
. opposition, but the number win b
few. The people who are prospcrin
in time of war-who see that war RAJ
idly approaching termination, wi
acknowledge the wisdom of those ;
the head of affairs, and will not,
crafty party preJudices, refuse the
1 support.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28
The Issue.
j. d. DUNN Sec'y.

The voters OF the State Of Ohio
have to choose this fall between the
Government made by our fathers, and
the bastard tyranny of JEFF Davis.
The demagogues who have got pos
session Of the machinery of the old
Democratic party, have nominated
for Governor man who boldly pro-
claims his sympathy with the Rebels,
who denounccs the war for the Tn
ion as unholy and unconstitutional,
who boasts that he never voted o man
nor dollar to carry It on, and who
is pledged to resist the General Gov
ernment with all the power of the
State, If elected. These are not mere
assertions--the proof exists in Mr..
Vallandigham's letters and speeches.
What will be the result Of his elec-
tionp We give him credit for enough
rashness and courage to attempt all
that he is pledged to, and as the Gov
ernor Of Ohio he is Commander-in in
Chief Of the militia OF the State, lie
has the power in his hands to do mis-
chief He has pledged himself to re
sist, and resistance is civil war w,
may as we'll look this square in th'
face, for SO sure as he is elected, anC
attempts to carry out his pledges, {
collision is inevitable.
We ask any reasonable Democra
what he expects to make by votins
for Vallandigham. What principle i
involvedf There is but one question
before the people, and that is the sup
port of the Government. The nstiol
is engaged in a struggle for existenc
---vallandigham has espoused tn
cause OF its enemies, and II is for til
people of Ohio to say whether til
State shall support the Government
or not. The eye Of the South is ur
on the State, and the progress of tn
AaAyess 10 watched more closely theI
than here. Last fall the success {
the Democracy in Ohio was halle d b
she South With joy, and encourage
them to persevere in their work
destroying the Government. The
know vallandigham. and they expe
something more than mere NOR
support from his election.
The termination Of the war Is som
thing that all have an interest in.
cal only be ended by successful figl
In .-th, sword alone can settle IL
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28
Union Nominee for senator.

VIM. Sheffield, Esq, of Henry Co.,
was the nominee ofthe Senatorial Con-
vention held at Perrysburg, on Tues
day last, Mr.. Sheffield is a man OF
ability, who has from the breaking out
of the rebellion, stood firmly by the
old Government, an unmasked hatel
of treason, and fervent supporter Of
all measures necessary to successful
prosecution Of the war, and speedy
restoration Of the Union. He is al
old citizen of the District, a lawyer by
profession, and an able speaker, whc
will not fail 10 do good service during
the present campaign. Mr.. S. viii
no doubt have u handsome majority
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28
Attention, 3rd Regt. 0. Nj.

DY SPECIAL ORDER no. IT'S, THE UNDER
I'D signed has been assigned TO- and taken
som mand ufthc 81 Regimen Ohio Militia Han
cock county composed OF the fol Towing com
yanies; AID until further orders, permanent
" designated by letter, Ms shown In said or
Ter, as follows:
Co. A-Capt. Geo. Siahl. lst Lieut.. Stmust
u. Thomas. 2i Lieut.. Rass ". More. LIST CO.
d district BIZ li,k rp.
Co. B Capt. Joseph W. Pickett. lst Lieut..
Jno. NPwhouse 81 Lieut.. ID. Williams. III Co.
District Bil Lick Township.
Co. c. Hpt. Ira PutLs, 1t Lieut.. T.. j. Shell
don, 81 Lieut.. z. L. Lee. LIST Go. ID trict A.
manda Tow ship.
Go. D-Capt. Corrclus lark, LIST Lieut.. z.
| H. sampson, III Lieut. I. Newkirk. I'll Co.
| d strict Amanda Township.
| "a. E-tHpt w. O.. AlspACh, lst Lieut.. Jno.
Batbd;ul, 2d l. eut. W. Paxson. I'd Co. District
Marion roWn-hip.
! Co. F-Cspt. Nicholas Sampson, LIST Lieut..
| D. W. Engle, 81 Lieut. >. J. Siddall. jackson
| Township.
! Co. G-Capt. Henry G ecr, LIST Lieut.. A. N.
Srout 81 Lieut.. Noah KrOut. LIST Co. District
Delaware Township.
90. Ii Capt JeH. Darrah, lst Lieut.. John
WI Sun, 81 Lieut.. Geo. Gesihser. al District
Delaware Township.
| Go. Capt. Th1s. Iollif. lsi Lieut.. Jacob
shine, Jr, 81 Lieut. D. MartZ. MSdisunTp.
The company officers Aforesaid, will pro.
ce rs rapidly rs possible Ia make nut and
IpcriecL your rolls and company organizations,
amt report at once any vacancy that may Oc-
lCur in y, ur company OF commissioned nicets.
HENRY GREER, Capt. Commanding,
Mr.. BLANCHARD, August 81, 1858.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28

Seven Of the most prominent Dem
ocrats of Cincinnati, have issued o
call ior meeting Of the war Dernoc-
racy. They repudiate Vallandigham
aid his platform. Among the mum
Der is Joseph Egly, the prominent
German Democrat.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28
fIKDLAY. OHIO. AUG. % 1898
UNION STATE TICKET.
SO, ~ cid Fisgs

FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN BROUGH, CT Cuyahoga.
ToR LiEurENAsr.oorERN
CHAS. ANDERSON, of Montgomery
FOR surREME JUDGE,
HOOKING Hu NTER, of Fairfield
FOR AUDITOR OF STATE,
JAS. A. GOODMAN, of Marion.
FOR TREASURER os STATE,
e.. VOLNEY DORSEY, of Miami
MEMBER BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
JNO. NJ BARRERE, of Highland
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-28
Eg-If the blood thirsty Billy

Gribben still desires not "t'leave one
g. sto non mother brick" at Charles
ton, let us entreat. the great brick
smasher to make haste or Gilmore
will have it done without him. And
William when you get there do please
I forget TO come back
New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-16
THE RILL OF COSTS.

when all these troubles are over and busi-
ness resumes its usual course, we shall have
time to count the costs of these WOod-Brooks
riots. The reckoning will be q pretty one to
contemplate. Fifty houses burnt, score or
more of stores and shops piaged, large fac.
tories laid in ashes, Station Houses and bell
towers leveled to the ground, church and
asylum destroyed, families made fstherless to
support, aud parents remunerated for the
manning of children, are all to be brought
into the account Beside all this, two millions
and half appropriated by the Common
Council to apPease the passions Of demonlac
mob. These are the items in this precious
bill of costs which a few secret emissaries OF
jeff. DAVIS have run up for US. The $500
exemption clause in the Conscrption act
worked no real harm upon the laboriug men,
for the ices of the rich pay substitutes to go
for the poor. There was no pressing need,
therefore, for the swift passage Of the apPro-
priation ordinance yesterday. If it were found
a fortnight hence that our poorer classes were
in real need of municipal help, that would
have been the proper time to act. But when
the city was possessed by ON infurate mob,
and peaceful community was throitled by It,
1t was neither prudent nor wise in the Common
Council to pour the public treasure at their
feet and beg them to stay their bloody hands.
They should have treated these disturbers OF
the peace as We treat Rebels in arms-tell
them to cease from violence, disbapd their
rotous assembages. and 90 to their homes.
and then we would listen to their grievances,
if they have any. aud remedy them.
New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-16

Deputations were sent yesterday BY the
rioters to several large printing establishments
with orders that they should be closed, and
those orders were obeyed! The public will be
at loss whether most to admire the inso!ence
of the mob or the pusillanimity OF the pro-
pretors who yielded to their threats OF vio'
lence. Accounts of some of these shameful
occurrences will be found in other columns,
and we believe similar notices have been
sent in many more cases than are recorded. Do
the men who thus surrender their rights, not to
force but TO the fear of force. consider what ID
the effect of their cowardice Z Aside from dis
grace to themselves and the city, they aid directly
and materially the plans Of the mob, by turning
away their own workmen and leaving them to
be won over to side which shows that it pos.
sesses at least audsucty enough to control the men
whom these wOrkmen have heretofore been accus'
toned to lock up to with certain respect. This
;imidty of their employers may well destroy
the regard of their men not merely for them,
but for the class to which they belong, and for
the laws which they fail to uphold. Whoever
at this moment fails to defend his own rights,
helps to sacrifice those of the whole community.
New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-16

in their true coIors only when they have
local and temporary ascendency, or when
they fancy that they have popular party.
cry which will insure them a measure OF
tacit il not active cooperation from those less
depraved than themselves. The No-Popery''
riots in London eighty years ago were first
melted by bigots and zealots; but they were
mainly kept up by mscreants who cared no
more for Popery than for tho Equator. Only
LET the villainous class feel tOlerably sure OF
impunity, and they will get up riot sny Day
and on any pretense. or mono.
The time has come for deciding whether
this City can keep its own ruffianism In
reasonable subsection to Authority and Law
The action of the People who have either
character or property to lose must decide inc
question. Let us be sure that it is now set
tied decisivcly and settled just right.
New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-16
A MOUNTED PATROL.

We have received the following suggestion
FROM. the Headquarters Of the Department OF
tie East: "It has become a matter Of vital
Importance in the present disturbed condition
of the city that the streets should be properly
patrolled, that speedy information may be thus
obtained of the first signs of gatherings of
disafected persons. To this end, the sons Of
gentlemen, merchants, and others who own or
can control the use of horses for the purpose
are invited to report, mounted, to the senior
cavalry officer in command at Union Square.
All who are willing to contribute their assist
auce to this object will be gladly accepted and
imme ediately assigned to duty"
New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-16

because there were no public conveyances then
in motion, and spending the day about bis
business as usual. IN. B.-The fighting ar.
rangements did not require renewal.) He left
at proper dinner.hour as before, and expects
to be back at bis post in good season this
morning. He may be murdered. as The World
threatens, but he does not expect to be fright
ened. And if The World will advise It's friends
not to devastate the dwellings Of inofen'lve
people who kindly watched over him in sick
ness two years ago, but with whom he has
never boarded" since, and who are nowise
related to him, it will be all the favor ne asks
from that quarter.
New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-16
OUR RECENT VICTORIES.
Dy the President Of the United Statcs--A
Proclamation.

nv the President Of the United States--A
Proclamation.
1t has pleased Almighty God to hearken to the
suppcations aud prayers Of an afflicted people, and
to youcLsae to the Army and the Navy Of the United
States on the land and the sea, victories 90 siy-
nal and 80 effective az to furnish reasonable grounds
for augmented confidence that the union Of these
States will DO maintained, their Constitution pre-
served and their peace and prosperity permanently
preserved but these victories have been accorded
not without sacrifice of life, limb health and liberty,
Incurred by brave, patriotic and loyal citizens
Domestic tffction in every part of the country
follows in the brain of these fearful bereavements.
II is meet and right to recognize and confess the
presence of the Almighty Father, and the power OF
HIS hand equally in these triumpts, and these sor-
rows.
Now, therefore, bs 1t known that do set apart
thursday, the sixth day of August next, az day
for National thanksgiving praise, and prayer, and
invite the people Of the United States to assemble
on that occasion in their customary places Of wor'
ship, and in the forms approved by their own
conscience render the homage due TO the Divine
Majesty for the wonderful things he has done in
the nations behalf, and invoke the nfusncs OF Hi.
Holy Spirit to subdue the anger which has pro
ducsd and so long sustained needless and crue
rebellion; to change the hearts Of the insurgents
to guido the couuscls Of the Government with wis
dom adequate to 70 great national emergency, ant
TO viii, with tender care AID consolation throughout
the length and breadth Of our land, all those who
through the vicssitudes Of marches voyages, battles
aud seges. have been brought to suffer in mind, body
or estate, and finally to lead the whole nation
through paths Of repentance and submission to The
Divine Will back 10 the perfect enjoyment Of Union
and fraternal peace.
In w,tpe.s whereof hsvs hsreuuto ny hand snt
caused the zeal a he United 5tstes TO BE- affixed.
Done At tho Guy Of this l5.h day Of July
three and Of the Independence OF ths United States
| America the eighty eighth. Ashnm LINCOLN
Secretary Of STATE.
New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-16
GRN. uEADE,s DELAY.

Dispatches received yesterday represent that
Gen. Meade was bimself in favor of attacking
the Rebel army while it was yet north of the
Potomac, but yielded To the adverse opinions Of
four Of his corps commanders. At . moment
when be must regret moro kcenly than
any ono else can, bis disastrous mistake.
We are unwilling to press criticism beyond what
is necessary, but it 10 our duty to declare the
strength Of the popular disappointment, and to
indicate tho expectation Of the country that
Con. Meade will in future command bis own
army and fight it in accordance with his own
judgment.
The di,oyal press Of this city soizes on the
fault OF Gen. Meade a. the justification of the
Far more ineIcusable and ubaccountabls blum.
der of Gen. Mcclellan by which the half.beaten
Rebel army was suffered to escape after the
battle of Antetam. We fail to see how two
wrongs make q right. On McClellan's imbe-
city We commented with plainness, when
the evidence of it became 90 overwheln-
ing % to be irresistible. In the pre-
sent case We partially suspend judgment
till all the facts are known. If it shall prove
that Gen. Meade erred only in Difference to
the opinion Of bis commanders against battle,
we Ahall still deem that fault to be moro
leDently judged than its reverse; than the
unwlllingness of Mcclellan to hazard battle
which all his Generals and all bis army cx.
pected and besought him to fight. But be the
measure of this error greater or less, it shall
receive, as McClsllan's did, just, and only
Just, condemnation. The country has como to
understand that it can no longer afford to ex-
pertinent with incompetence and educate mex
perienced generals. Success is the touchstone
Of merit, and Gen. Meade has still the oppor-
tunity, which we trust he means to improve,
to repair his error and annihilate his enemy on
Virginia soil.