The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-06-24

the order is vigorously enforced.
The pursuit Of Morgan is virtuaIly
at au end; he having passed the line.
with few hundred men. He /,
completely stripped Of his military
Iprcstige.
General Burbridgc is now concen
trating and reorganizing his CON.
mand for any active service that NAV
be required lie has won the thank.
Of the loval men Of Kentucky and ad
ljoining States, hv the vigor Of hi,
military movements and the brilliant
success which has crowned them
The snme energy which has beer
displayed on the field will he made
manifest in his administration Of ar
fairs in Kentucky, until the rebel.
bccome satisfied that nothing Int nn.
iinching loyalty VIII be tolerated in
1.-THE Stnte.
Satur ay morning reports that
Gen. Smiths corps, Immediately ND.
on the crossing of James iiverbv the
Potomac, proceeded against Peters.
burg, and after a severe fight. during
which lie was joined by Hancock, he
corricd the enemy's works. and OBJ
trinel entire cpnuanl OF the city Of
Petersburg In this action VIC cap
tured sixteen guns, three TO four
thousand prisoners, an several
stands Of colors The negro troops
fought with the greatest of bravery,
and received special aclnowle1Q
mcnts from General Smith. They
captured the guns taken. A subse.
quent report, not official states that
we had taken the city. Reaureoard' =
troops defended Petersburg. which
=, i,tvuvc ~ the presence or
any forces from Lees army The
rebels IN front Of Bntlers works at
Bermuda Hundred hal been with
drawn, and our troops werc engaged
in tearing up the railroad between
Petersburg and Richmond. The pa
pers of the rebel capital rhccived at
General Buffers headquarters, gave
do indication of suspicion on the
part of the enemy that Grant intcn-
ded To cross James river, and it seems
to have been a surprise. Corrcspon-
dents furnish particulars of cavalry
fight preceding the crossing, in ali
of which the rebels were handsomely
driven Grant is now firmly estab-
lished on the south sile Of Richmond.
What Lee is going to do about it, had
not been indicated. He does not MP
pear To have shown himself at NIL in
that direction He cannot remain
quietly Ia Ric,inuDiIl, AMI IL is ouT
impression that he IL not strong
enough to assume the offensive
against Grant A lew DAYS will dc
velop his plans. 1t i to be ob5erv.
ID that rebel sympathizers are very
much discourage hy the appearance
of things. The New York News, rc
luctantly admits that lee canno.
hold Richmond, if Grant Is permitte |
to remain on the south siie, "a, with
railroads CIT Of. the rebel army can
not be slbSistcl. Altogether, the
situation promises favorable results.
Ardrow W Jackson aud job e. Calhoun
Being ut the time member oi
Congress, and having occasion 70
call upon the President on some bu.
siness Of constituent, ] fonnd him
in his reception room, in the pres-
cuce Of some fifteen or twenty per
sons casually assembled there m ost
of whom he had probably never seen
before, to whom lie was dscoursing
warmly on the great topics of the day
Mr. Calhoun said he, talks of q re-
served constitutional right of nullif.
cation; as il any constitution could
provide for its own destruction. lie
has got few county conrt lawyers 10
back him; hut, "and this the p e,i-
dent said, and placing his hand on q
file OF letters II We got the people Of
the United States / he means the law
of nature, that ) another thing But
what is tie law Of nntnre9 Its An
drew Jackson with his musset on his
shoulder, and that game, he'll fad,
that two can play at As he utter
ed the last words. he straightenei
himself and made the motion OF scar
cv arms This definition Of the jNs
nlfuras, flaw of natnre,) different
f.om those of Grotius and Puirrnl.
orr, hut not i'll adapted to the exiaen-
cy of the times. In fact Gen. Jack
son hal determined to get his irol
heel on the incipient rebellion, and
he made no secret OF his first pur.
pose, with the first overt act in Car.
olina, Mr.. CalhOnn Happily for
him IN his friends. the compromise
tariff brought forward by Mr.. Clay,
as the next session, with the best
intentions, | am sure, though as a
Representative and q warm f'ien |
of Mr. Clay, I votcl against it) form
ell bridge over which the nllilers
were able to make a not wholly igno
minious retreat Looking back on
these transactions under the light of
experience, there is goo reason for
the opinion, that it would have been
better for the country Infinitely better
for the South, If his reasonable con.
spiracy hod been allowed to run its
natural course and meet It's just
fate. If the serpent Of notification
had been strangled in South Carroll
ma in 1882, by the Hero of New Or
leans, Secession would not under her
| \, ad in 1870 CT have shot its HYDRA