The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-03-13

Con, Butler IA spoken of ~ trovost Mar,
bhnl 0cnef1i pot|nR tlie ContefIptlon l9r.
AZ laitsl accanhis lfom t|tksDefs tva
dredeine something's had arrived. add rbuId
sepat, 20 seri % thc, n nnl N psaIaioly =
Tho rivcf is rising hast, and tho water e in
t.rfcrine much with the camps ai the head
OF leland No pS. Tho iesees afe broken, &
tho ~a,cr is pouring oyer at fearful rate.
Aanibst 1iaibpht Srso psertbe baliariasR a.
vicksburr. Sho was hred on BY tho rebels,
aud s,ruck three tines. ~
A dispatch from Nashville says that
the,fiKhtine NJ Springfield, thifteeu miles
koathi. .of iisahtlin lenhtspee.A continued
afF1IAy Thursday, between The rebels un
der Van DORM aud Eve regiments OF Fed
eral infmtYy. one batlery.an two regil
ments Of eavalay. The result cfthe Sight
wss ihe capture o. q large part q four Of
our regiments. with most Of their officers
The cavalry and artillery escaped. No
Ifeinfofecments from General Gilbert, at
'FfhnkIin, reached the scene OF action, al
though athere were sesen regiments of
Federaldroops ~ that plnce. Van Dorr
,iR represented to'havc 4 Q 600 vmenin mis-
command.e ..lsast4gas al sa.gisisatl (
A speeialto the Gazette from Murirees-
boro' gives adSilionsl particulars OF The
fight At Tbompson's. Station, There is
no evidence that our force was surprised.
Van Dorm was known 10 be 10 force ahead
and one brigade was slowly advancing
ana constantly skirmishing, whenthe reb-
Ftlsl with their superior Ioree. engaged us
10 front and on both fsuks. ni The Ie4th
Ohio, which was IN the rear with The wag
on. train atyllfe time Of the Rebel flank
movements, was, cutoff from tho main
body. and escaped. Tbe 9ed Wisconsin,
.69h Michigan. 33l and Ooh lnGiana
were ilen completely surrounded. Afier
.the xhausiion of. tbeir ammunition. hav-
ing Inflicted sttere loss 90 TIC febels, they
were Forced 10 surrender. a fiag Of
'uuoe WAS =, Mt to the rebel lines TO obtain
EinformRtion Of our losses, but was 2Fohib-
Iiied from approaching The battle'feidsela
The Rebels acknewledge loss OF acc
killed and 400 wOanded.s Oar loss wal
], l,4CG--l2o. killed and wounded, ,be res.
/ prisones. The Rebels had 10000, en-
gagged. Our force was 9, 1000, The Rcb
els say they were nearly whipped. On,
ip;ckeis were driven in Yesterday. The
enemy are believed TO be in force thre,
miles dis,ani-4a battle Is imminent Z"
EssuA .ss1z-LA-- 80 - ae1 2 a-Zr iSn'si'
~ Great Union Meeting in New York.
The magnificent .u2riSing OF The people
and the nobly loyal speeches of the mos
popular men d Tie Democratic party, las
evening atilse great mass meeting Ia anc
about the Cooper institute, viii fall viii
cutting weight upon armed Rebels of III,
South as well as upon sympathising Cop
pcrheads Ia the North. New-Y.rk hai
seem no mseiitg of such intensity offsel
ing since he memorable day in Unior
Square. Though earnest and telling
speeches were made by Dre Hhchooel
and David, Dudley Field, ) ct a,he mos
effective blows were struck by James II
Brady, Judge DAILY. and John yan Burel
a--sSen whose great popularity wih th
Democratic party eniiIles their opinions 4
I be taken rs those OF .a very .lsrge massso
their fellow Democrats.r Mr.. Brady de
clared thai he was ready 10 be- calledii
Ynphee il thet Rebels insisted upon Il ,aud
after quoting asremark Of Gen. Shields
that wherever shcs Yankee located a black
smi,k shop, atayeru, ora schoolhouse b
was never known 70 recede from ,its b
went on TO advise his Southern bre,hrel
that II these Yankees, who had o s,heoie
about The war; once got down into th
Southern tarriory and put arms intoth
hands Of ahe negroes and put their ION,
feet on ttetables Of the estates OF yhicl
they took POSSESSION, he did not want 4
be the lawyer employed in an action Q
sjectmen,. John, Van Burens exprssse,
his hearty ,support oi the President. an.
approved ef .heiacts giving him full con
troll Of the purse and tho swordal Ther
shouldabe no ontcry against "exstaofdi
nary powefs'' except from those VIII
wanted 10 see the Rebellion prosper. H
did not question the consiituli0nality I
The ProclAnstion, he, questioned msrel
is sIuiiiiiy. Till the se,cslled Coaiederai
! Government was destroyed he held "a
] propo itions for peace TO be entirely pre-
Z posterous, and absiird, n lie would sustai
n this war 10 the bitter end, and he though
: thai BY uniled action that might 4
reached in ninety daysr-7lyew Fork q hi
!. rns. Narch 7Etsl has4isa "a aiBos easa
:a'aan sI-a4.gss..al .sass-a sasias
An Attack Upon Charleston. ,.' =,
!. " We are in momentary expectation
hearing that ourlforces have made an a
|, tack upon Chatieston. moSemsnt
. that direction cannot be deferred mus
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