The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-01-08

during the year 1864, for the benefit
lot the needy families Of soldiers who
are or have been or may be in the
United Stales service The gift is n
munifcent one, and worthy OF cmula
tion hy other corporations.
REcoXsTRUCTToN IN TyyNEs5EE.--I
The Memphis Evening BULLETIN of
the l7ti inst. says chat movements
for recon friction in accordance with
the Prcsi lent late procl?matien, viii
be commenced at once. The precla-
.mation SAYS that whenever, in any
state in condition OF iusurreetion, II
number ofpersons numbering not less
than ono tenth of the number OF votes
cast. at the Presidential election of
1860. have taken the prescribed oath
and being qualified Mt the time Of Sc
cession, shall re-. establish state GOV
crnmcnt, and such government shall
I've recognized as the true government
lot the State. IN 1850 the population
of Tennessee was 1,10S,S00, and the
total vote ror President that year in
the State 145,3S3. Hence l4.53s of
these voters have it in their power to
..reconstruct" tho State Of Tennessee
The Bulletin pertinently asks: "Can-
ANY ono doubt that it will hc done?-
East Tonnessec can do the business
Itself
IDENrIrY AscaRrAtNED --- The
Philadelphia BHiieiin SAYS that the
identity Of the dead soldier who was
found on the bloody field OF Gettys-
burg, with the picture of his three
pretty children tightly clespcd in his
hands, has been ascertained within \
day or two. The wide publicity Civ
on to the toGchiu~ circumstances
through the medium ofthc press. pro
duccd the desired result. The name
of the dcccascl was Uummcrton, and
his widow and three children reside
at Portageyille, Cattarangus county'
New York. Large numbers ofphoto-
graphic copies of tle pictures upon
which the dying eye Of the warrior
father closed, have been sold in Phil
adelphia, and the profits realized from
their sale will be appropriated to the
benefit Of the children.
HEAVY ToBAcco TRANsNCTIoS.-A
| farmer in Hatfield, Mass, sold the to
hacco raised on twenty six acres, one
tOh to the acre. for thirty-three cents
per pound, realizing for the entire
crop the snug sum of Sl5,S40.
The Army of the Potomac has gone
into winter quarters, and the only en-
couraging news from that direction is
that re-culistnicnts under the veteran
order are rapidly going on. Scores
of regiments have been rcmustered
into the service and every day increase
the numhor Every regiment in Xii
patrick cavalry division coming I'M
der the order has re-enlisted. One
thousand six hundred and seventy
two have volunteered for this enlist
meut in Gen. Howe's ~ Division, 9Th
Corps.
I Shcrman's and Granger's Corps, ol
ut least a part of them, have returned
to Chattanooga from their Knoxville
3 expedition. The 10Th and 9Sth Reg
iments were with this expedition, ant
! letters received within q day or two
from Hancock boys in the 57tll rcgi
ment represent it rs very severe trip
; Many of them are bareiooted and al
Z r,,c~s
A few days since, an engineer wa,
, smothered to death in q snow bank
while the train was running acros,
"Elkhorn Prarie, on fhc Racine &
Mississippi Z. r. As soon rs tha en-
! giue struck the Drift by some un
: known means the engineer was thrown
, of and plunged some seven feet he
. meath the surlace'ofthp snow. Before
p he was missed and extricated, he hat
been smo.hcred to death
FoETREss Monroe, Jan. 1.-Thc
colorel iuhabitpnts Of NorfOll; ant
vicinity celebrated today, the frs
anniversary OF their freedom, rs Civ
en- them under the proclamation q
one year ago.
! Four regiments Of colored troops
, under the command Of Brig Gen. T.
a. Wild, took part in the exercises
, There were present, rs invited guests
: Maj Gen. B. +. Butlerand staff, Brig
Generals Barnes, Getty and Hicll
man, with their respective stafi'5.-
. The procession marched and counter
e marched through the principal street
of Norfolk, and, upon coming on th,
< square fronting the cemetery, forme,
- 4 hollow square, and speaking, music
, by tac band, anl Masonic exercise
| were the order Of the day.
One hundred and seventy Ma
: tional banks have now been establish
cn 18th IA capital Of S2l, ,191 200 Tn
amount OF 5ouds deposited is SlO,4l3
800.
+ The negro troops under Gen. Gil
more, firmly refused to receive am
pay at all, unless the Government al
lows them the full pay Of Il soldier
Sl3 per month. AS the lay now stand
Paymasters are allowed to pay then
, but SO Il month. They say they wcr
enlisted rs soldiers, and claim the pa,
, of soldiers. Gov. Andrew, of Massa
= chusetts, sent n State official there t.
!. pay them the So per month extra, bu
they refused to yield the point. The
say they are soldiers OF the Unite
n States, and not Of Massachusetts
: Congress should remedy the law {