The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-05-06

the city Hall in ~Columbus. for theV
deficiency In the Franklin District
Inc nsmber Of men required in that
District is given at Gl4. Doubtless
u VIII Immediately go forward in all
the Districts of the State until the
entire deficiency Is made up. We
understand about COO men are re-
quired in this District The state.
ment by telegraph some days since,
THAT only two thousand were rcuuir.
cd in the State was doubtless q mis-
take of one ciphcr--twenty thousand
heing the real number San Reg.
IDformetion from various sources
indicates that the rebels are rapidly
concentrating their available forces
in Virginia, to resist the expected
movement of Gen. Grant. Gen. But
lcr reports that the troops were being
withdrawn from North Carolina, and
refugees at Washington yesterday
stated that citizens were prohibited
from riding on railroads leading
south from Richmond, and that large
bodies Of troops were moving toward
the latter city.
The n Y Metropolitan Fair closed
on Saturday night last. after sue.
ccssful run Of three weeks. The
total rcceints exceeded million of
dollars. The Lword contest was fin
nllv decided In favor OF Gen. Grant.
Forty. -four thousand votes were cast.
The contest ran very evenly, until
the last day, with Mcclellan n little q
head The admirers of Gen. Grant,
however had been reservinr their
strength and drawing the Mcclellan
men out when, by grand coup de-
ImqiD, they at once reversed the decis-
ion and putGrant head $1,000 votes
hv the Clepositc of IA many dollars
J The naval swerd was voted to Com
Rowan.
j A Washington special Of the 25th
says "Gen. Grant has taken meas.
{ ures to add numbers enough to the
regular armies in the field to make
them irresistible. Concentration is
= the order of the day. The troops
f are now massed upon such lines as
the lieut. General believes lead to
r the vital strategic points of the re-
, bellion. Instead Of being discoura.
, gcd at apparent weakness shown by
2 our forces in Tennessee, Kentucky,
North Carolina. and elsewhere, the
country should he encouraged by
, that fact, as the explanation is that
, our forces are massed against points
and armies ofmuch more Importance
when The next shock of fbattle comes
it will Gno the Union armies in stron.
/, ger force than they have ever beer
, before. 1t is tie rebels who arc now
pursuing the "scsttc ration policy ,
hence recent successes in unimport
ant quarters"
p. The Copperhead papers seem 20 HI
- wonderfully shocked, Mt what thc'
t term Sherman's barrarity, in his re
5 cent expedition. They make hin
+ ont worse than savage. o, dear
) but rebel svmpathizers svmpathiz,
. deeply with their Southern brethren
hut not word Of commiseration o
pity do they utter for what the South
=. crn brethren do against us--no dif
ference how thev starve our men
their prisoners-how many railroads
. they dcstrov--how mahy towns the,
! burn. how many houses they pillage
!. or how MANY of orr me" ther muir
', der II sucn svmpathizers are no
rebels against the Government, wha
are they 2
The National Gusrds organization
D are now rendezvousnga Mt camps Den
L nison, Chase, and Cleveland, whcr
i they will be consolidated into reai
i ments of not less than the minimn
Z strength. The regiments and batta'
: ions will he furlOughed until Orderc
D 10 report at either of the three place
D II is designed TO avoid the confusio
) Of over crowded camps. by allowin
; the men to remain at home until the
can he mustered into the United Stare
: service This will, however, be ac
/; complished in few days,
The calling ont of the Nationa
. Guard makes strike among tn.
Professors of the WESLEYAN Unive-si
, ty Mt Delaware. Prof. Harris is Col
and Prot. Hnyt, Williams and Whit
. beck hold offices in the same reei
ment. Hurrah for the Professors.
:, The ladies of indianapolis are vol
, unteering in large Numbers to supply
, the places ofclerks who enter the hun
. dred day service. They engage tc
serve for S13 a month, the merchants
; being required to pay the clerks theil
salaries during their absence, with
> out deduction.
, The Sub Committees report on the
, Fort Pillow disaster continues as fol,
lows:
, Among the witnesses who were eX.
/, amined is negro who was buried
, alive, and dug himself out of his owl
| grave. There is no doubt Of the fac,
/ that one or more persons were nailed
! through their flesh to pieces of woot
and then burnt alive.
=, Not only on the day of surrender
, were such llendish acts pcrpetratcd
but next day in cold blood. The vic.
tins seen by the committee were some
of them sore eyed, and cut in the face
and eyes with hayonets and swords
while other parts oftheir bodies were
smashed and diSfigured either by stcc