The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-03-11

Gen. Thomas had Withdrawn his ar
2 my from Tunnel Hill, and his ad
8 vance is no further out than Ring
I gold. Rossville, where our lines ar,
| said to have been driven in, is onl,
twelve miles from CHATTANOOGA. -
/ Ringgold is several miles further out
: but rebel cavalry might reach Ross
= VILE without enoountering the troop,
/ at Ringgold A rebel attack on on
outer lines is not improbable, but tn,
? recent heavy rains, which have eaus
ed ireshet in the Tennessee, viii
render necessary the postponemcnI
of any formidable movement on both
sides. A scarcity of coal has put 4
stop to manufacturing operations n,
Atlanta. Wealthy families therea.
bouts arc moving away, in anticipa.
ton Of The clash &c arns which is i'm
lpcnding in that section.
a correspondent of the Boston
Herald writing from the Canandai-
qua off Charleston, describes the des-
truction of the Housatonic on the
evcning of the 18th nit. by an infer
nal machine. At 81 o'clock a long
object, just on the edge of thc water
was di covered stern of the ship
In an instant the cable was slipped,
and the alarm sounded, but before
the Housatonic could he moved the
torpedo exploded under her larboard.
The propeller was broken off, the
stern torn in pieces and the ship sank
in 8 minutes in q fathoms of water.
Her guns and many valuables may
be recovered, but she cannot he rails
oil, as hor stern is completely blown
or Her crew had been recently
lpaid off and the survivors have lost
their all. The letter says nothing of
the destruction of the torpedo men,
toned a day or two ago in extracts
from Richmond papers. The num-
her of lives lost is not stated Many
of the officers and crew were picked
up by the other vessels of the fleet,
hut the ensign, captains clerk, and
quartermastcr and several other Off
GERS and scamen were drowned or
killed by the explosion.
Correspondence from New Orleans
of Feb. goth, states that the Rev. Mr..
Cox, Methodist minister, long a
resident of Louisiana, who was the
chaplain of colorcd regiment, was on
VISIT to his family, near Donaldson
vile, In that state. Several cOlored
soldiers residing near Chaplain Cox's
place; accompanied him on visit to
their families. While Mr.. Cox was
in his house ono evening, several
guerrillas seized him, and knowing
to have been an old Union man, they
dragged u i'm away and hanged him
to tree near his house. The sol
diers got away and reported the fact
to the commanding officer oil the reg.
iment. Surely the time has come when
our Government is justified and even
required to take some rctaliatory
measures that shall serve to check
such barbarism practiced by rebel
desperadoes and cut -throats.
COLUMBUS, March 8.
Gen. Grant, on his way East, in
conversation with distinguished of
. iicer Of Ohio, expressed himself as
. entirely satisfied with the situation OF
military affairs. He said he could
see the end clearly, and that it woult
restore the National Union. III
He spoke in the highest terms of thC
, late expedition OF Gen. Sherman
which, he said, hal given the rebel
lion the severecst blow since the fal
of V icksb burg. 1t had been organized
in secret, carried ont with remarka
BILE pro onptness and dispatch. The
fruits VIC re as yet unknown to the
country. Sherman has destroyed
forage and provisions enough to sub
sist the rebel army for from three tC
six months. In one place he des
troyed over two million dollars worth
Of property, and in other places i'm
mense stores. Thousands of bush,
els of corn, and large quantities ol
wheat were consumed. He brought
in on his return lar,,e droves OF cat
tie, several thousand head Of mules,
eight thousand negroes, and over
fonr hundred prisoners, with tri-
fling loss of men and material Oh our
side. In addition to this by the des-
truction of very important railroad
lines, Gen. Sherman has released the
corps OF Gen. MCPHERSON from guard
duty along the Mississippi and res
tored it to active service. There
was only one object aimed at in this
expedition which he did not accom-
plish-that was the destruction Of
the railroad rolling stock at Selma.
Unexpected delay enabled the rebels
to remove it, Gen. Sheaman is now
at Viclsburg. Gen. Grant stated
that he would return to the West
within ten days.
Quartermaster- G eneral Barlow re-
turned from his inspecting tour to-
day. He has visited the hospital and
agencies as far west as st. Louis, and
south as Louisville and Memphis
The Ohio soldiers were well cared
for and in good spirits. He was
warmly welcomed.
ENThe Louisville Journal says:--
"While in prison, after planning his
escape, John Morgan wrote to a lady
friend in a peculiar cipher, which,
when read in the usual manner, con
tanned nothing contraband. Acting
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