The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-01-01


south eastern border of Maine, in con
sequence of an apprcheDded irruption
OF rebels and their blue nose sympa-i
thsers from New Brunswick AsI
will he seen from the accout Of the re-
capture of the Chesapeake and the
rescuc of the pirates by the mob at
Halifax, the Secession spirit in that
portion of the British provinces ruHsI
high, There is little hope of the ar
rest of the pirates by the police, as
the latter sympath,ze with the marrau-
ders.
The New Orleans Bee, DccemberI
9th, SAYS official information has been
received at headquarters, that all the
rebel works at Poat Cavallo, Texas,
have been captured by our forces. -
Not n man was lost on our side i
Port Cavallo and the captured works
are situated on the point of peninsu-
la which separates Matagorda BayI
from the Gulf. The possession of
this point clears the entrance to the
bay, and gives the Union army COM
mand of several important places
Saluria, Port Lavacca, and Matagor-
da. A short distrnce back from the
bay is Victoria and several other
towns, all of which are open to the
Occupation of our troops. A large
Quantity of cotton had accumulated
at Victoria at the time of the captureI
of Brownsville, and rs there was no
chance of the owners getting it out
of the country, and no means of re-
moving it except by the slow process
Of OK teams, it will probably soon be-
come property of the United States.
STRANGE FATALITY.--The Ninety
Third Ohio Regiment went into the
fight at Mission Ridge with one hund
red and seventy muskets, and out of
that number eighty-one were killed
and wounded. 1t is stated that n
large number Of our men, who were
only slightly wounded, have died
with gangrene and erysipelas, 1t is
believed that in some instances pois-
ened balls were used by the rebels.
One hundred late rebels from Camp
Douglas, who have taken the Presi-
dents oath. and enlisted in the Navy
passed through Cleveland yesterday
on their way east. The Herald says
they were mostly young men and de-
cidedly "hard looking"
ES-It is said that henceforth Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher desires to de-
vote his time exclusively TO the work
of preaching the Gospel-that he is
disinclined to appear any more as q
professional lecturer.
ETA good story is told Of man
in Jamaica, l.. l., who, one evening,
, found baby in q basket on his door
step, with q note, naming him as Its
father. A scene ensued, OF course
Mysteries on the part of the wife, res
olute denial on his, and row gener
ally, when he was informed that il
was his own lawful baby that the wife
had placed there too see if he would
know his own child by instinct.
The Supreme Court of lows has de-
r clarkd the law allowing soldiers to
vote to he constitutional. This dispo
ses of the contested election eases il
that State.
sed ali techniicaitieesg," Shd dhG tGfiel9df il9dff L
storm the Court by the force OF elo
quence, was once uttering these words
''In the book ofnaturc, my lords, it i.
written'-when he was stopped by thi,
question from the Chief Justice, twill
you have the goodness to mention the
page, sir, if you please?'
EVTht Montreal WITNESS, refer.
ring to the arrest of Mr.. Giddings
United States Consul General, gives
the Canadian authorities this hint:
There is such n thing as going toe
far with national prejudices and antip-
athies, and we think a portion of ON
people, excited by Southern emmissa.
ries are doing their best to bring on
war and reduce Canada to the same
state of misery and desolation with
Virginia and Missouri. May these
evil passions be allayed, and the ma
chinations Of these evil counsellors
frustrated.
Az ANCIENT LAWSUIT The SUI
premc tribunal of Madrid has just
given final judgement in suit which
had been under litigation 240 year,
and which involved the succession to
the inheritance of Francis Pizzaro,
the famous invader and conqueror Of
Peru in 1882.
Eight Paymasters went to the army
Of the Potomac on the 22d inst, to
pay veteran volunteers who are re-
enlisting.
The Union men OF Arkansas, as of
Tennessee, are enlisting freely in the
National service. Reports from Lit
tie Rock state that over 2000 had al
ready been recruited in that neighbor-
hood. This is new element of
strength that was not fully calculated
upon.
Years Losses in the War.
From the voluminous report of Gen.
Halleclk, the Commanding General,
the following interesting facts in re.