The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-01-15
Our Washington Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 4th, 1863.
The weather, (what a very convenient
subject for opening letter, as well as a
| conversation with friend one mny chance
to mec! y which, for threo or four days. has
been intensely cold, showing the mercury at
0, suddenly moderated during last night.
and,u this time. tho snow is falling after the
old, down'oa fashion. auguring a sufficient
fall for tho employment of what few sleighs
our Washington liveries have stored away
in dry quarters, and which are 30 rarely
troticd out to tho gaze of the denizens of
this cmi-tropical latitude. .......
The spccuations with reference 20 the
causes which brought General Meade to the
city lato last week, are as diverse, as wild
and rs groundlcss as foolish. But the "uuick.
sighted of the Now York dalies" have
threaded tho solution" and wiihal stepped
incontnently into a ''mare's nest" Ho
(Gen. NJ. not any one of tho aforesaid
quick -sighted,') is to be superseded, and
was summoned here, doubtless. to ascertain
whether such superceduro would meet his
own views of propriety in tho premises. (!)
and whether, as q successor, Gen. Hancock,
who is now here, still suffering from wounds
received in his vigorous onslaught at Get
tysburg, would bo altogether agreeable rs
well as available" But tho truth, which
is pleasant at this time to contemplate, is
worth many such silly illustrations of com.
ing events" ha,ched up by tho "quick
sighted ) and that is, that, oil "fx ups" to
the contrary Notwithstanding, General
Meade still commands the Army of the Po-
tomnc, and gather from q source which
consider very good authority upon such
subjects, that no change for the present is
contemplated. and that, as in the past, Gen.
M. will go on in the proper reorganization
and drilling of his forces for new and tell.
ing campaign in the spring.
No doubt that EarIy's corps has been op.
Grating in tho valley, but that they contem.
plate carrying their gamo so far as to i'm.
prudently venture upon Winchester or
Harper's Ferry, is certainly incorrect, al.
though tho impression grew strong that
such was thoir determination, until sudden.
ly, and as silently as they came, they de.
parted like evening shadows, and are bo-
yond tho reach of Kelley's column, so rap
idly moving to out.Aank them, and attack
their rear.
The Stono River affair finally shows our
arms to have captured Confederate Bat.
terry, and the guns secured on board our
gunboats.
The sudden death of the Hon. Samuel J.
Bowden, of Va, from smallpox, yesterday,
has taken this community by surprise, and,
with the pail of sadness which the death of
the lamented Arch Bishop Hughes, OF New
York, throws over all hearts, tho gloom is
intense. ..
General Butler will arrive in this city this
evening, from Fortress Monroe, tho scene
of his arduous duties and labors in behalf of
our starving soldiers in the hands of the
Confederates. Poor fellows Harder, if
possible, has been their treatment, and
greater their privations, since that unnat-
ural and inhuman decision of the "cnlvul-
rous southorn.borns." TO allow no more
hospital or other stores to be received bv
them from the loyal and generous hearts at
home, whose liberality was so strikingly ex.
hibted in the amount of goods shipped and
ready for shipment to those loved ones,
who, in periling life for their country, have
found living tombs, and misfortunes ircom-
parably greater than death upon the bloody
field. Let US hope that his visit to the
President may result in the adoption of
some eficacous, methodical and immediate
system of exchange, at which humanity may
smile through the tears which now dim the
eyes Of a whole nation of sympathetic faith.
ers, brothers, mothers and sisters.
1t Is generally understood that Secretary
Chase will recommend q still further in.