The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-10-30
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The ~ituation is such that Grant mus,
assume the defensive, so far, at least
as TO open communication BY river
aud railroad between Stevenson and
Chattanooga. In no other way can
iths army Mt the latter placs DC sup.
piled. The roads over The mountains
were bad enough when the ~eathci
! was dry. Since the heavy rains they
must he we'll nigh lihpassallc Be
sides, General Grants ri enforce.
ments must be well ili hant IId has
splendid army, with The best corps
commanders In the country, viz!
i Thomas, Hooker and Sherman, while
burnside is also under his direction
He is IN all respects more than twice
as strong rs Rosecrnns was when he
crossed the Tennessee. and in point
OF corps commanders, his condition
is lncomparahlr stronger. There
being n necessity; therefore for i'm
mediate action, and there being moth
ing to be gained by any further great
delay, we may, any hour, expect news
OF battle. The rebels, it is to be in.
ferred from all the information at
hand, and all the indications obser.
vable, will contest the ground stub
bornly, and another great battle on
or near the old ground on Chicamanca
Creek, is almost certain t0 occur
! with the current week. Gen. Grant
arrived at Chattanooga on Tuesday.
Gen. Sherman's forces. advancing
Eastward along the line Of the Mem.
phis d Charleson railroad arc having
warm time with the rebels in that
section. On the Dist they had sharp
fight near Tuscumbia, Ala. The
rebels were defeated and driven into
the fortilcations which they have In
that section. The Tennessee river
had risen nine feet. and was still
swelling. 1t was navigablc for gun
boats.
On the morning orthc late elections
October l3th--thc Richmond Ex-
aminer published an article in which
il freely expressed its hopes of Val.
landigham's success, hailing the
success ofthc opposition as the birth
of q peace party" and avowing the
belief that Fallandigham' if elected.
would accept dissolution as an ac.
complishcd fact"
The,lon. ]. b. Blair and Hon. W.
c.. Brown (Union) have been elected
tN EnnmroS, frnn, Wet N";,a.;,;, L..
large mnjoritics. From the Hon. X.
I. Whalcy's district we have no re.
turns, rs yet; hut we are not without
hope that Whaley has been elected
This would secure three additional
votes for the Union side in the next
House. Maryland comes next, and
there we may confidently expect an
additional gain.
The working men ofRichmond have
held an Indignation meeting over the
"ahjcct position to which they have
been reduced, and passed resolutions
expressing n determination to secure
their just rights and immunities, and
advising the Government to lceislatc
for the poor; and not for the rich. -
The Enquirer thereupon reads them
a severe lecture, tells them that the
army has surrendered it's right and
inmunities, that women rioters were
imprisoned, and that they may prob.
ably meet like fate, if they are not
shot
Rebel descrters say that the city
officials of Charleston are anxious TO
surrender, but are over ruled by the
military, and that general gloom
pcrvades all classes OF the people
We suppose the Charlestonians are
not over cheerful-indced, persons
IN their situation would find it quite
hard to be so; but has experience has
shown the necessity Of taking desert.
ers stories with many grains ofallow-
ance.
All reports Of movements in the
! Army of the Potomac betolening 4
speedy engagement are false, and de-
tailed accounts given of insignificant
skirmishes, with Il view of having
them considered important as the
Iforbplnners of q great battle, are sen.
|, sational. Saturdays skirmish was q
small affair, and has been greatly ex
aggeratcd. The rebel cavalry pickets
; are still thrown out on this side of the
Rappahannock, and it is believed they
intend to resist our reconstruction oil
the. bridge over the RappahannoclS
The movements of our army arc
wholly shaped with reference to the
protection Of working parties on the
railroad
! Washington specials contain the
reported discovery Of immense frauds
in Government contracts in Kentucky
land Ohio. The contractors are said
TO have made millions. The acts o
I Congress arc very stringent in regard
to such cases, and the offenders arc
likely to be stripped of their ill-gotter
gains, as rigid investigation will be
made.
The negro insurrection in Johnston
tcounty, Georgia, was even more
serious, if we may believe the locaI
papers, than at first announced. A
regular black army had been formed
officered from Major General down
The commander and many other:
have been arrested, and the scheme
perhaps frustrated. The people ar,
, evidently much alarmed.