The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-02-26
MEMS.

SpOhc NtSlcliiN. lUcN lnIlnnte bnat
sherman army is heading towards
Montgomery, once the capital Of reb
eldom. a rebel dispatch warns the
icitizens Of Selma to prepare TO re-
ceive non n-combatants from Mobile;
for an attack by the Union army is
expected. This will he n poor plaoc
for the Mobiites to flee to. for the
reason that Selma lies directly in the
line of Gen. Shcrman's march ints
Alabama. Alas, poor rcbs! Like
''the dove" they can find no place OF
rest from the deluge they have
brought upon themselves.
The latest advices from New Or.
leans indicate the election of Mr..
Hahn as Governor. Mr.. Hahn rep.
resents The Lincoln wing of the here
tolore divided Free State men. The
New York Tribunes correspondent
says that he will have hut little op-
pa.;.ua On the 10th great pub.
lie meeting was held to ratify Hahn's
nomination; Mt which lie made n
speech, claiming that he had denounc.
ed secession three years ago, and
had done so ever since. Resolutions
were adopted indorsing the Prcsi
dents Emancipation Proclamation
and his other acts, and denouncing
slavery rs barbareus and odiou. i'm.
stitution. In Orleans Parish 2.29l
loyal voters have been registered un-
der Gov. Sheplcy's order, and 2.23l
who have taken the amnesty OATH
Total 1880. Ia Jefferson parish I'M.
der the first named order, there 9. 2.40T
voters, and 2,461 who have accented
the amnesty-total 4,S6S, making n
grand total of 0,39S. An immense
assemblage of colored persons gath
cred at Lvccum Hall, on the evening
of the 10th, to meet Colonel Mckay.
one Of the Commissioners Hs,pointed
by the President to investigate the
condition ofthe cmancipatcd negroes.
The audience embraced large num-
Der of fashionably dressed quadroons
octorOons. The commissioner made
a friendly and encouraging address.
after which resolutions were adopted
expressing the gratitude of the col
orcd people of New Orleans to the
Administration, and inviting Frcder-
lex Douglass to visit New Orleans
Judge Whitaker, in the Second Dis.
trict Court of Louisiana, recently de
livered an opinion in regard to the
status of four slaves. left bv a man
named Gould, recently deceased
The parish where Gould lived was
not included in the Presidents eman-
cipation proclamation, but the Judge
decided that the slave laws of Louis
lana had lost their power, and that
there nowhere existed any means by
which the ownership of slave proper
ty might he made available. The on
~ possible relief the heirs could Oh
tain would be through an appropria.
tion by the General Government
The curator. or administrator of the
estate. was directed to retain his trust
for the present
re- The Memphis Bulletin pub.
fishes q card, signed by thirty Of the
citizens, addressed to the citizens of
Tennessee, upon the subject of the
reorganization Of the State and re. ~.
tablishing relations with the Nation
al Government 1t recommends
emancipation, immediate and uncon-
ditional, MS the best and truest policy
and the only alternative, and calls
upon all TO support the same by meet
ing in Memphis on the 22d inst.
Refugees who have arrived at Wash.
Ington report that the rebel authori-
ties have seized all the meat in the
markets for Longstrcet's
army. The necessity for such step
Is very plaisly shown by the confess
ions of n secret circular issued hv
Major White, the Commissary Gener
al of Florida, to the thorough going
secessionists Of the State. He tells
them, and publishes coniirmatory cx-
tracts from the communications of
other quartermasters, that Bragg's
army is on half rations, and must be
on none ut all unless Florida comes
to the rescue; that at Charleston there
arc but 10000 pounds of meat and
10000 persons to he supplied; that
working cattle have to be killed for
food, and that at Savannah and 9th
or point the same state of things ex-
lists. This important document was
captured by our troops in their re-
cent expedition into Florida.
From Knoxville we have n conflr.
nation of the reported retreat of
Longstrcct. rio intention of the
enemy was not known. At Chattan-
ooga it was suspected he would try to
oin Johnston. Longtreet and John
ston's combined forces would. il was
estimated, number 10000 men. A
lispatch from Stevenson says it was
reported Claiborn's division of the
'cbel army was marching against
Bridgeport 10 destroy the railroads,
Government property &h, Arrange
nents had been made to receive the
enemy. The tone of one cf the dis
patches indicates that live times are
oXpecled In that section, The wcath.
er was fine,
NEw YORK, Feb 23.-A Washing
ion letter says: "Adviccs faom near