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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-12-04

night.
Sherman this morning attacked tht
second line Of hills with Ewing's, j
E.Smith's and M. l.. Smiths divisions
and after some desperate gehting in
which the 18th, SD, Goth and Tooth
Indiana, 30th. 37th and 10th Ohio,
2Gth, 10Th, Goth, 99d, and 1881 Hi.
nois, 9th Iowa and 18th Virginia par
ticipated, and lost many In woundcd
The canonading was furious. Oui
men fought like heroes.
About II o'clock Hooker crossed
the valley, from the mountain. and
attacked and drove the enemy from
the lower end OF Mission Ridge tc
where Sheridan's and Woods diyi
sions charged up aud drove the enemy
off, and united their right with Hook.
oi. The contest for possession of tn,
Ridge, in the center, was short. Not
a regiment filtered
Tie Illinois regiments and the II st
03d and l25th Ohio were among the
first on the Ridge. Hawkins brigade
in which the l2jth was planted the
first Gag there. a full battery of ar
tillerv was captured, md thousands
of prisoners. it Is one Of the most
brilliant achievements Of the war.
The enemy is falling back, and can
not stand fight tomorrow.
Hooker fought Stephenson and his
men, captured at Vicksbu.g, but said
to be not exchanged.
Thomas corps fought Brccl>in-
ridges forces, while Sherman is still
Cheatham and Wyndham's $
divisions. as | am Informed by pris-
Oncrs.
Our loss is estimated at 900 to L.
800, mostly slight wounds. The
enemy fought Sherman obstinatcly.
Three Co.ouels and one Major are
among the prisoners.
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Auuforh S5sIffrsoniau.
F1NDLAY, ONO, DEC. II, 1858.
A pGu FIX

The Democracy are, at The present
time. in n sad flx. They arc not
ngrecd us to what to believe; they
have no fixed creed; they are split
and divided. and the efforts they are
making so to compromise their ditcr-
ences, that they may unitt and net
together, shows how utterly devoid
of anything like principle they are
The beautiful faction, headed hy Sam.
Medary, represents the Vallandigham
wing. They insist on the carrying
out of the Vallandigham policy to the
bitter cnd-ofnot mellowing his views
or opinions, but of maintaining the
ground held by the party last Fall, Of
unconditional opposition to the war
Of peace at all hazards, on any terms,
and at any sacrifice, even to n surrcn-
der to the rebels. Another faction,
headed by the Ohio Statesman and
Sam Cox, supported Vallandigham
last Fall, but. admonished by the
wuucr1uv 'SvsvrO e[,s;, wet ',.ith, ava IL,
favor of sinking Vallandigham and
his hcresies, and taking stand in fn-
vor of the prosecution of the war,
providing the Administration will
change its policy TO suit their views.
OF the two we much prefer the
Vallandigham faction. 1t has at least
the merit of boldness. They are the
friends of the South--the friends of
its institutions--they believe secession
was right--that the South was justif-
ed in seceding--and the war is all
wrong. and they do not hesitate TO
avow all Of these things. Cox and
his crew believe precisely the same;
and if Vallandigham had been elected
they would have held that ground to-
day. They only aUanuUu IL urcnuev
the people put the seal of condemna-
tion on 1T; and because by concealing
their real views, they hope to gain
power and place. The people under
stand them too well to make their
success ut all probable. The anti
war men will never abandon Their
ideas; and the Democracy who believe
in maintaining the Government--who
arc willing that the war shalt 90 on
until it is restored, have sense enough
to know that the very principles Mr..
COX opposes, are necessary to the
success of the armies. AS low us Val
landigham fell-the Cox faction will
find n lower pit. There can be but
two parties--tor and against the war;
the one will support the Administra-
tion without any ''ifs" or 'sbutsn-thc
other will oppose it the same way.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-12-04
TIE PROSPEEr.

Let the reader take map of the
Southern States, and see what ri.
diculously small amount of territory
the Confederate Government occu-
pies. To n loyal man Geography is
the most interesting Of studies at this
time. Look at it.
The rebels hold parts only OF the
following States
Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi.
Their ports are scaled by Uncle
Sans cruisers, so that successful
running of the blockade is very
rare occurrence. They are complete
ly isolated and cut or from the rest
of the world. Texas is ours, Arllan-
sas is ours-wc have the Mississippi
from source to month-in fact, terri.
torially, the progress has been all that
could be desired
How is it in regard to their armies?
Bragg's army is an army no more
There ore few thousand panic stricli.
en- men in Georgia, but an army there
is not. Bcaurcgard has q force de
Tending Charleston, and Lee has prob
ably 10000 effective men in Virg n
la. These, with the guerrilla robbers
in Tennessee anl Gcorgia--the M.
disciplined. uno9zanized forces seat.
tered through Arkansas. Louisiana,
and Texas, comprise all that is left of
the Confederate military force; and
they can't swell their number. The
most relentless coascription has failed
to augment their force; they have cX-
hausted their strength, and whatever
they do, must be done with the men
now in the field,
Financially they arc worse than no
thing; and in the matter Of supplies
they are nearly as bad rs they are in
finances. Our prisoners in Richmond
are starving because they have not thc
means to feed their own people much
less to waste on their enemies
Truly, the end is near at hand
The enemy is broken and exhausted
We are as fresh and vigorous ss n
the com nencement of the contest
They can recruit no more; if every
Federal soldier were swept out Of ex
istence Tomorrow, We could pnt n
large or larger armies in the field in
month. They have exhausted theiI
resourees--we have not commenced
on ours. They are defeated at every
point, and are disheartened. We art
the victors of every field, and are
hopeful and encouraged.
Let the Government have the 300,-
900 called for to pour down like an
avalanche upon the broken ranks o.
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The Chicago Post, the leading De.
mocratic journal of Illinois. in speak.
ING of the late elections, use the fol
lowing language. We cammend it tc
those men in our community who are
harping for ''pelcc,' and that on "any
terms" The peace they ask for the
Post says means dlsuuion, "and be-
can,o they want disunion they de.
mand pen2n." The Post ought to
know whereof it speaks, for it is into
the Democratic secrets. and its i2@il-
tiles for gaining information is good.
1t says.
1--WE know that the recent elections
will in no way change tho policy of
those who cry peace peace. -
Those men know that the peace they
ask for means disunion. and it is be
cause they want disunion that they
demand peace With this faction
we have had and viii have no political
aspirations. The Democratic faith
which we have practiced and taught
during lifetime of labor in the par
tv, tolcrates no partnership or alillia-
ton with disunionists, foreign or do.
nestle; indeed it teaches that the
American citizen who seeks the de
struction fthe American Union under
any prctence is tcn-fold worse than
the foreign enemy. For the former
there is no apology--it is the unpar-
donable offence against the Constitu-
ton for which the Democratic creed
knows no forgiveness. In the long
catalogue of official folly, and moral
and political crimes committed by the
Administration and the Republican
party, there is abundant means to
rally the American people to support
the Constitution and the Union, by
thrustiRg those in power out of power;
but the American people will refuse
to do even such a righteous act as
that, when to do so involves the ne
ccssity of clevating to power men
whose hearts beat for dissolution OF
the Union, who clamor for peace that
rebellion may gain new vioor, and
who would by destroying the Ameri-
can Constitution, give over this conti-
nent to years of anarchy, national
and personal degradation, general
bankruptcy, ruin and dissolution
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Conf,dcrnte. Prlcas.

The Richmond Examiner of No
vembcr ) gives n list ofpriccs of gro
ceries and provisions in that market.
1t says, There is plenty in the coun-
try, but the trouble is that the farmers
will Withhold their supplies, though
every thing has been done to excite
their patriotism; many Of the COM
mission merchants having offered to
sell flour and meal consigned to them
without n charge of commission
1t is almost enough to impair ones
confidence in the virtue of the agri
cultural class when their patriotism
cannot be moved by such induccment
whom the patriotic commission men
of Richmond offer to turn The farm
er's produce into Confederate paper
without charging them cent But
it seems, by another Richmond attack
on rural patriotism, that the merce-
nary farmers have taken to calculating
on the rate their currency kite is 90.
ing up. and have cipherel that the
price will be about Glty per cent, Il
month, and it is better to hold on.
The Examiner sadly says of this
disintercsted offer of the commits
sion men: "Yet this has failed to open
the doors of their oranaries, and the
consequence is. that though the wheat
crop Of last summer was q splendid
one; there is not a barrel of flour 10
he had in the city at any price. -
Providence has been bountiful, but
the farmers will not give down. II
was ever thus. The very first agri-
cuiturist, Cain, SEEM to have brought
his offering grudgiDaly, and then hC
tried to balance matters with u club
The Examiner says also, "lhc mar
ket is well nigh bare ofcou meal and
corn, both Of which reaGi!r command
Si3 q bushcl.' How can the farmers
contain when prices ere 50 bouudIoss
and the money ditto?
The followinE prices are given: Su
gar, per. pound. common brown, S3
80 to $500 rorhog roJud. fresh meats
81 % to $3.50 a pound, tne same for
sausage; chickens, - to Sj u pair;
butter, 81 30 TO > pound; cohee,
$S5, tea. SIS to $50 pound; molas-
ses, SIS q gallon; sorghum, SD; lea
ther, sole, So 10 81; upper, Sc to IS
4 pound.
There is however some satisfaction
for this uuyicldingncss of the rural
bowels, in the reflection that the Con
fcdefate military officials 90 about
like q moral retlibution Hnd take the
produce from the farmers for patriot
ic purposes at very moderate prices.
The Examiner says also that rage
for gold watches has broken out,
equal to the tulip or the morus multi-
caulis mania, aud that the possessor
Of q gold watch can command fabu-
lous price for it in Confederate notes,
and can hardly pass along the street,
or pull it ont in church, without being
besct for II trade, All this shows the
rapid ascent OF the Confederate hal
loon, and the utter nothingness that
will be left when it collapses.
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Rebel Accom-, of:rheBatie,. a, Chat.


FoRTREss MONROE, Dec. 1.-The
latest news from Richmond is the fol-
lowing: "The city is full ofconhcting
rumors of the battle of Chicamauga.
We have lost many prisoners, estima-
tion ut 300 and upward. All our
dead and seriously wounded are in
the hands ofthe enemy. In the attack
on Lookout Mountain, the enemy's
loss was greater than ours, They
drove us back by force of numbers
Sl;irmishing commenced on Saturday
and there was intense firing Sunday
and Monday. The enemy charged
on Lookout Mountain 10000 strong
lat the same time occupying the at
tention of our right wing at the foot
of Mission Ridge The corps of
Gen. Breckenridge met the shock with
unfinching courage and determine
ton. In the afternoon the enemy in
creased in numbers aud ly repeated
attacks succeeded in making an i'm
preston on our lines. At 1 p NJ
the left of the center gave way, the
enemy pouring through the valley
like flood. Our troops seeing them
selves cut off, got confused and re-
treated in disorder. After repeated
charges we evacuated Missionary
Ridge on Wednesday. Our army is
now at Chicamauga. We have 600
prisoners Washer and Cobbs Bat
terry lost all their pieces General
Waltham was wounded. Our wound
ed are arriving here and being cared
for. Gen. Bragg's headquarters arc
now at Ringgold.
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Rnsnlfs of Emnncinnfinr.


The editor Of the Nashville Union
writing from Washington, gives TIC
follow ing in the respect to The results
Of emancipation in the District of Co
l1mbia:
Many Of our friends in Tennessee
are asking, with much solicitude, what
shall we do with the slaves when lib
Grated? Let me give the substance
Of conversation which / have had with
several latc Shareholders, who reside
in this District, and after an expert
.encc OF negro freedom Of over two
years, thus bear testimony in this i'm
portant case I inquired of these
gentlemen, all Of high social position
rs follows:
What has been the general effect Of
emancipating the slaves in thes Dis.
trict?'
DECIDEDLY beneficial to both mas.
tcrs and slaves" d.
Have you suffered any considcra-
BILE social convulsion in consequence
"Noue at all; matters have pro-
gresscd as smoothly as ever"
"Arc the negroes insolcnt and law
less?"
"Not so much SO rs formerly
They feel that they are now standing
on their good behaviour alone"
"IIavc you much trouble in procur-
ing laborers?'
"Nono at all; the negroes work
readily and faithfully for wages
They do their work better than ever
because they know that they must
either fulfill their contracts or Get no
pay"
"Do the people regret the change
which emancipation has cliictcd?'
"No, hardly one man in the whole
District. except n few politicians
would vote for the restoration Of Sla-
very. Mr.----and Mrs.--,-
who were large slaveowners, and OPP
posed emancipation bitterly, now dc
clare openly that they never want to
see Slavery restored
Certainly this evidence is import
ant, and worth the consideration OF
Tcnncsseans. Let us act honestly,
toward the slaves, and then the con
sequences will take care Of them
selves. Let us offer "grecnbacks''
instead Of cowhidcs to the negro, and
he will work with fresh alacrity and
hope. He has soul. let us treat him
accordingly. Ifw use our numeric-
al superiority to rob him of his natu-
raj rights and defraud him of his wa
goo. wn will pull down upon our own
heads and the heads of our chiiGreu
the just penalty of our guilt, amid the
mcrciless tempests ora social revolt
ton. s. c. NJ.
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TIME HAS SHOWN.


sight, wisdom aud prudence OF the
Administration. It's acts did not suit
the rank coppcrhcnds--nor do the re-
suits that have followed, for they new
or desired the success of the Govern
mont, or the crushing of the rcbcllion;
but the honest, patriotic citizen who
really desired the restoration of the
nation, no matter how much he differ
ed with the Administration at the time
Of adopting any part of it's policy-he
now sees the wisdom of It and is its
ardent supporter. The radical found
fault with the President for tLc re
moval of Fremont, and the slowncss
w.t' which his emancipation policy
was adopted. The conservative found
fault with him for adopting it at all.
lThis one found fault with the remov-
al Of Butler; that one for the holding
on of Mcclellan, and the other one
1
for the giving up Of Mason and Sill
dell The radicals have discovered
that Fremont was about one year in
advance OF tho public mind in his
emancipation plan; that it was adopt
el just exactly when it should have
been; the conservative has discover
ed that the adoption of it was the
best thing for the nation, and the
worst thing for the Confedcracv pos
sible; those who demanded McClel-
lan's head have found that it rolled in
the basket at the precise moment il
was necessary; Butler's friends have
discovered that Butler had done his
work-that the change from him to
| Banks At Mc time. was the best thing
that could have been done; and the
GROWERS at the Mason and Slidell af-
fair are willing now to accept it as
having not only saved us a war WIN
Great Britain, but established a prin
ciple that we always demanded. Who
would have the currency system
| changed? Who would ask the abro-
CATION Of the Tax LawsI Who wo'd
demand the recall of the Proclama-
tiug? Great and glorious as was and
is RosccraGs, who would have him
put back in his corGmand in Tcnnes-
see ?
None hut the venomous copperhcSd.
WHO desires the success of the re-
bcllion, is anxious to nulliry these
measures; for the very reason that
they are saving the Government he
wish to destroy. Every truly loyal
man who is in favor of maintaing the
Government, now supports them, no
matter how bitterly he condemned
them once.
When the war is over-when the
record is made up, the name OF Abra-
ham Lincoln will show upon every
page us the Honest, the Incorruptible,
the wise man, whom God placed at
the head of the nation IN time of troub-
lc, as he placed Washington at the
beginning, and Jackson in its first
peril. History will place side BY
side, Washington the founder, and
Lincoln the preserver of the first free
Government on earth.
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News Still More FayoTabie-- Rebels
Thoruu .hiy Rontrd.
CHATTANOOGA, November 25,l
". 4 ........-. - ..-... l -. .ln 4

CHATTANOOGA, November 2o,l
Via. LOUISVILLE, November 29.(
Gen. Hooler's advance Yesterday
arrived at Lookout Mountain, with
Geary's division on the right, and
Osterhaus' on the left. Whitaker's S
brigade formed the center. The bat
tie opened on Wauhitchie, at the base
of the mountain. We drove the rebels
from the whole slope, clear around the
mountain, to where Thomas forces
Joined in, The battle was almost a
bloodless sne-the rebels throwing
down their arms and running or sur
rendering, We captured from 1900
to 2,c00 prisoners, with the loss OF
from one hundred and seyenty-tiye to
two hundred and fifty, chiefly in
Geary's command. The battle, which
was huge skirmish, lasted from s
A. NJ. to 5 p. NJ, when we held the
mountain.
The 45th Ohio and Sd Missouri
took four pieces of artillery. The
9TH Ohio, engaged, suffered but little.
The 9th Indiana suffered most in
wounded. General Thomas corps
made no movement on Thursday, but
General Sherman, the left, engaged
the rebels with but little opposition
from the upper end Of Mission Ridge.
Our forces slept on their arms all
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Escape of John NorGan and six othet
Rebel Officers from the Ohio Pcu-
itonttnry.
THE TOOLS TvgY Used rN DIGGING
TmRoUCH THF1R CELLS.
cAnELnssNEs9 or rnEm KrnpERs.
CoLrMnrs. Novemher os.

CoLUMBUs. November %.
Major General John Morgan and
six of his officers, Captains Bennett
Tavlor. Sheldon, Haincs, Hooker
smith and Magcc, escaped from the
Pcnitcntiary this morning, between
two O'Clock and daylight
John Morgan on retiring, changed
with his brother Dick from the tor
cell to the lower tier. The floor oi
the lower cell is two and n half inches
thick. in which hole was cut. run
ming TO tho main wall around the Pen
itentiary. This wall was cut under
and the party escaped into the open
country. Tho niQht was dark, and q
heavy rain was falling. All efforts
arc being made by the authorities for
their recapturc.
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our enemies, and by the next nation.
al anniversary, the war will be ended
and peace once more return to u.s..
Let this addition to our forces he
made at once, and six months will
finish the work now going on so glo-
riously.
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soldiers Ict;erS--import,nt Notice
From tho ou'svie journal.

soldiers Ict;crs--importtnt Notice
From tho ou'sville journal.
We are requested to call the atten-
tiop of the friends of the soldiers to
the Importance of preparing in full
every description of mail matter sent
10y them, II you are not certain
about the weight of a package, it is
but little trouble to ask your post
master to test it on his scales. This
will save both time and money to the
soldiers, and relieve the postal olli-
GERS Ola great source of ANNOYANCE
TO Illustrate: At present, Nashville
Tenn is the point where the mails
for Gen. Grants army center; thence
they are taken BY military convey
nncc to the different corps. The pos
tal law forhids postmasters suffering
any mail, upon which postage is due
leaving theii custody before that pos
tage is paid a package or letter for
a soldier at Chattanooga, is received
at Nashville, "due six cents" 1t is
there detained until a notice can be
sent to the front, the soldier found,
and the six cents forwarded to the
postmaster; and all this delay is oc-
casioncd by some careless friend at
home, who neglects to pay the prop
er postage.
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Desperate Condition Of AE,irs al
IIchmond,

The Washington correspondent OF
tho New York journal of Commerce
writes that private letters have re
Gently been received from Richmond,
which give n most deplorahle account
of public and private affairs in that
city, Thousands ofthe old and wealth
Ter residents are suffering for the com
mon necessaries oflife, and are hearti
ly anxious to have the war concluded,
and quite willing to come back under
the old flag. Many of them are said
to have become Indifferent to the
question of slavery, and openly de-
clare that the institution is virtually
broken up---having lost all hope and
all heart. If this he so, the end ol
the war cannot be very far Off, and
the rebel leaders must soon be cast
aside like chaff before the wind.
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s9y~ The greatest peat fields We

sB~ The greatest peat fields yet
discovered, are those of Minnesota,
as we learn from the St Paul Daily
Press, In St Paul, a city surround
ed hy immense forests, wood is now
sold ut 81 and SS Il cord! For these
extortiOnate prices, wood dealers re-
ceive many anathemas, The Press,
very natural, rejoices at the discovery
which will bring down the price oi
fuel. Peat can he cut, dried and de-
livered at from SD 30 to SO per cord,
and n cord Of peat will he just about
an equivalent for a cord of wood. 1t
is decayed vegetable matter, form
ing the soil of swamps, almost dry
upon the surface, but few inches be-
meath consisting of mucky substance
which upon being thoroughly dried,
is transmitted into bituminous coke
or coal, well adapted for fuel. When
freshly cut it contains so to 90 pei
cent. of water, which by drying is
commonly reduced to about % pen
cent. This substance has, of course
to be cut, corded and dried in sum,
mer, and then housed for winter use
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~ Amono AN mnnv home. frnths

ED" Among the many home truths
told by John NJ, Bolts, in his letter
TO the Richmond Examiner, he said;
"Therc is not one of those who aided
to bring this war on, that would do
il, if, with their presence, it had to
be gone over again, or if they could
have foreseen what has followed
This is literal fact There is not a
rebel of any responsibility whatever
who dare tell Mr.. Bolts that lie here
says the thing which is not. Every
man of them knows in his heart that
the calculations upon which the rebel
lion was started have utterly failed,
and that nothing but the fact that
they are in the fight keeps them to
the fight Could things be put back
to the condition they were in on the
week when Abraham Lincoln was
elected President of the United States
the rebel conspirators, from JEFF. Da
Wis down; would sooner walk straight
into their graves than have knowing
ly encountered the misery and the
humiliation which the war is entail
ing upon them, and the people who
trusted them. 1t is not in human ma
ture, unless when stark mad, TO plunge
into such sea of calamity and dis
grace with a knowledge of its real
character,--N y Tones.