The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-05-27

lllninalN 10 the great struggle, should
be withheld, until results are reached.
Ibis conclusion is 80 obyiouly cor
rect that no one win question the wis
dom oF the decision Sympathizcrs
with ihc rebel cause will consliqc This
silcnce rs evidence OF unfiyorahlc
news. and grapevine stories will hc
current for the time being: hut the
public may rcst assurcd that the rcti-
cencc with reference TO Gen. Grant :
movements, is for the sole purpose OF
wi'hholNing information of our pau-
from The enemy. Results will he
promptly reported, and having assur-
anrc rsom reliable sources that all was
vel with Gen. Graut UP 10 the latest
'icnr that he could DC heard from, we
can afford to wait for thc details OF
his preliminary operations, and ac-
counts OF The great battle, which. if it
has not already hccn fought. must he
near at hand. Secretary Stanton in
/ his official bulletin, announces that the
grind Army of the Potomac is now
stronger, better equipped, and better
supplied, than when the campaign
opened. Tie bold movement of c. en-.
Grant, by which he ttttAcd the cncmy's
right, and placed himself plumply on
their line to Richmond, shows that he
has entire confidence in his ability to
meet aud fight the enemy. whether
his back or face be turned to Wash
ington
I NEw icHK, May 23.-Dispatches
from Grants army to the Philadcl-
Iphia Inquirer, state that early on Sat
urday morning, Gen. Birney silently
advanced and captured the rebel pick
cts, pushed on and cut olra portion of
the rear cPlumn Of the main rebel ar
my at Ny River, capturing some four
hundred prisoners. Three stands Of
rebel colQs were taken Oh Friday
morning.
New ftrk GA Washington dis
pat"h of yesterday afternoon states
that the rebel army have been retreat
ing since The attack on our right, on
the 18th.
At fouro' clock Saturday p. VI.
our forces occupied Guinca's Station
and Bowling Green, and not enough
rebels had there been found 10 fight
with. Two men were captured near
Annapolis, with Il large rebel mail
destined to Baltimore, with letters for
-, New York, Boston. and Philadelphia
parties; also 81, 900 in gold and $50,
600 in greenback5 The letters speak
of s"orritv,pr Good, tc, and contain
highly important information.
We have Il very limited amount
ior army news by telegraph Wcdnes.
day. There is failure of our
Washington specials owing to the
breaking Of wires over which they are
transmitted. The official War Bul-
ictin also failed. The main body of
:. Gen Grants army, on Sunday, was
thirty miles so,th OF Fredericksburg.
In Gen. Buffers department there
had been no fighting since Saturday
night, when the rebels maze night
attack and were severely punisi.c;i.
There is the very best authority for
stating that up to Saturday afternoon
May l4th. reonforcomcnts to the eX-
tent Of 5000 men had been sent to
General Grant.
/ Geh Seymour; who was captured
! in one Of the recent battles near Spott.
| syIvania, was taken by the rebels to
Charlottesville, where quite crowd
gathered around him. He improved
the opportunity by making Il good
| loyal speech, telling his audience that
| even if Lee were successful, and
should capture Washington and Phil
adclphia, the effect would only be to
thoroughly unite the North and rem.
der the punishment Of the South more
Thorough and severe. The Richmond
Examiner is very angry that he
should be permitted to speak, but he
trays the cause Of its Indignation by
admitting that many persons were
pleased with the generals pluck
The attempt which will be made in
the Senate to strike out the $500 eX
emtion clause in the enrolment act,
will probably fail in the House.
There Is some prospect that Sena-
tor Wilson's proposition to draft for
a single year, win he adopted.
Colonel Hobart, of Wisconsin, one
Of the prisoners just escaped from the
Libby, while on his journey was in
danger OF capture by the rebel pickcts,
and only escaped through the kind
ness of Il negro. He offered the lat
ter an opportunity Of accompanying
him, but the slave declined to 90 with
ont his family. lie asked, however,
just rs the colonel was leaving him:
"Now, massa, how soon is you all com
ing down here, we all want to go wild
yeu?'
Gg- The Illinois Staats Zeitung
says: Adiutant Leaning, the only
officer who escaped the Fort Pillow
butchery, has returned to his home in
Laporte county, Indiana. He was
seyerly wounded, after the capitula-
ton, in his side by bullet. The
wounded wcro thrown by the rebels
with internal yelling into the barracks,
which were thon set on fire, and thus
roasted alive. He also was thrown
in town into Il wpodshed, for the same
purpose, whom he made himself
known rs Precursor to the barba-