The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-04-22


Gov. bradford has published y
proclamation announcing tie result of
calling State Constitutional Conven-
ton. The Governor states that the
whole vote cast, was 81 .3i4, ofwhich
i8l, ,593were Cor, and a., ,524 agaiust.a a
convention He, therefore, as requir
ed by Act of Assemble, proclaims
that the convention authorized by the
act, will be convened in the city OF
Annapolis on Wednesday. 9th inst.
iwnen the delegates LOCALLY elected
thereto, will assemble aud enter on
the discharge Of their duties.
/ MEMPHIS April l5--There is not
much said, but general gritting of
teeth among officers here when the
massacre Of the brave garrison at
Fort Pillow is alluded to. | have
heard several officers say that unless
Government takes rctaliatorv steps.
they should consider it their duty to
shoot every man of FORESTS com
maud they meet, taking no prisoners.
The soldiers have threatened to
shoot FORESTS men now in IRWIN
prison if they could get n Chance
This is the general feeling.
y PHILADELPHIA paper rcproduccs
y the record of votes in Mexico during
the war in IS47 for State officers in
Pennsylvania. One record reads /:
Castle or Perotc, Mexico, Skunk, G6;
Irwin, DO The votes were counted
in the aggregate OF the ballots cast
for candidates, and were allowed the
same as votes at tome. The Dem
ocrntic party of that day does not
seem to have been opposed TO sol
dicrs in the field voting on home elec-
tions,
Eight or nine regiments Of slave
iblacks-over eight thousand men in
Iall-haye been raised for our army
in Maryland Some of these rcgi-
ment have been sent down as far as
South Carolina, and others will soon
follow These eight thousand men
were nearly all slaves, and were en-.
listed voluntarily, mainly from the
plantations. Very few Of the free ne.
grocs Of Maryland have entered the
ranks Oar cnlistmcnts already must
comprise three rourths or the able.
/. bodied slaves Of the State. The re-
moindcr are culistng rs rapidly as
| they can find Opportunity
The Maryland Convention Election
on Wednesday, was IN overwhelming
emancipation triumph. The majority
for n Convention is 10000. In Bal
timorc only 7Svotcs against the Con
vcntion were, cast Other counties
report Il similar unanimity. The Sc
cessioniSt were excluded from tho
polls under the order of the last Leg
islaturc. but the number ofyotes cas-
for the Convention indicates a very
. strong sentiment for freedom. II
one country district The Copperhead.
destroyed the poll boxes, but the pres
ence of troops sent out TO look up til,
matter will render theirtriumph any
> thing but Il pleasure to them.
We have Europcan news by two
steamers, the Glasgow and Saxonia
= both of which arrived at New Tork
= yesterday. The Austrians and Prus
clans have gained some advantage il
the siege Of Duppcl, and have, it /.
@ said, llauked the placc. Sondcrhcre
( had been homhardcd and at last &c
. counts was in llames \ number o
@ women and children were killed by
i the fire OF the besicgcrs. The Brit
=. tishlIousc OF Lords have decided the
: Alexandra case against the Govern.
: ment. Gariballi has arrived in En-.
i gland.
A rebel mail carrier was recently
!, captured by the gunhoat No 20, ncai
l Crockctt's Landing, Ark. Five hun
r drcd letters, many Of them ollcia
communications for Shreveport, from
; Richmond, inclosing quite IN amount
in grecnbacks, were taken the un
e lucky postman also had G0,000 per
cusson caps for Prices army.
+ The New York weekly bank state
mcnt shows decrease in loans. o
\ S5,329, ,403, and in deposits 80, 1G2,
= 800 specie increased 81 G33.397.--
a The latter is the result Of disburse
D ments from the lb-Treasury on ac
count Of interest due May lst.
CARo, April S.-The steamer Con
tinental from New Orleans on the eve
ming of the 2nd, has arrived, bringing
large number Of government mule,
and wagons from Vicksburg.
; Nine hundred contrabands, men, wo
: men and children, arrived from Alex
andria.
Officers ofsteamcrs from Red river
report considerable fight on Cane
river thirty-fiye miles above Alexan
dria on the 2Sth between Genera
4, Smiths forces consisting of 5000 in
fantry under Gen Mower, and Dud
ley's brigade Of Lees cavalry corps
and Dick Taylor's army estimated at
10000 strong posted in an advanta
geous position. The fight LASTED
about three hours. Ourloss is repor
ted at Is killed and wounded. That
of the rebels was much greater, somC
! placing it ut 200 killed and wounded.
We captured 500 prisoners. Other;
are still b ing brought in.
Dudley's brigade in the advance
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