The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-02-19

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ally with the Coppcrhead leaders aud
newspapers Of the North.
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EE-Thc oowardly sncakS who de
serted from our army. and went over
TO Canada. are now engaged In earn.
ling a precarious living, by cutting
cord wood for from 37t to so cents
per cord. In most instances their
employers are negroes. Persons con
tsmplating visit to Canada to get
out Of the draft will talto notice.
TT The United States Supreme
Court have refused the application
for writ OF Certlori in the case OF
Vallandigham, on the ground of want
,of jurisdiction. st. Clement must
therefore remain foreign minister
and continue to he n charge to his dis
ciples. so long ne rebelllon rcars its
ugly front. Poor, dear soul
For some weeks the Government
has been preparing a great army and
a formidable fleet for the attack OF
some rebel stronghold. The land
force is said to he an army 10000
strong, commanded by Gen Sherman,
1t passed down the Mississippi in
transports, aud, at last accounts. was
crossing the State Of Mississippi via
Jackson and Meridian. The point
aimed ut mnst undoubtedly I've Mont
eomcrv or Mobile. The fact that
Cen. Banks has been landing troops
at PascagOula, which is near Mobile,
would indicate that rs the next rebel
city which is to pass into Federal pos
session. So privately has the Gov
crnmcnt kept its counsels in regard
to this expedition that the people OF
the North knew nothing of its exist.
cncc until informed by rebel tclc-
| grams.
y Wilmington paper confcsseS that
the bomhlrdment Of Charleston is do
, ing good deal Of damage, especial
! ly IN Broad street For want OF coal
the Charleston gas works have stop
ped. A general imprcssraent of ne
groes, free and slave. is going on in
beleagured city. JEFF Davis has is
sued an address to the soldiers. mark
ed by his usual protusion Of rhetoric,
and profcsscd piety and economy of
truth. lie compliments his army for
their patriotism and bravery in re.
,cnlisting. 1t is well known that the
rchel Congress passed an act con
scripting them all for the war. Talks
about the Northern mercenarieS and
Northern exhaustion, and expresses
the wish, which of course cannot I've
gratificd, to shake each Of the vcter.
ans by the hand.
\ New York Captain, just escaped
from confinement in the Libby Prison
through the connivancc Of Union cit.
liens, arrived ut Washington one day
last week and held private converse
tions with Stanton. lie represents
that the change oC feeling in Ricd-
mend on the subject of the war is re-
markablc and cannot he concealed -
All are sick of it, and the general dis
satisfaction gives an unwOnted stim-
ulus to the hitherto latent Union feel
ing Before leaving Richmond he
was furnished with q rebel uniform.
and in this disguise he passed through
the Notifications and defcnses of the
rebel capital.
Winter Davis plan Of reconstruc-
tic }, rs embodied in his bill. is to APP
point military governors in states
where real resistance has ceased.-
The first step toward the restoration
Of the state is the enrolment of all
persons classed rs loyal and disloyal
of one tenth of those enrolled there,
Elections of delegates to convention
are to be had at which all persons
who have held any office under the
rebel government are not allowed to
vote, even ii they offer to take the
oath OF allegiance. The Convention
is to frame Constitution, in which
slavery is declared abolished, and all
debts incurred for the rebellion ig-
nored. All slaves by this bill are
cmancipatcd, they and their postcrty
forever, and all persons who held of
flee under the Confcderacy after its
passage. are declared no longer citi-
zens Of the United States
BY way of Cairo we have later in l.
telligencc from Gen. Sherman's expo,
dition. When last heard from he was
at Brandon, which is fifteen miles
Fast OF Jackson. From Brandon to
Meridian is eiGhty-one miles. Polk
is supposed to have his forces con-
centrated at the latter point. Wheth-
cr Gen. Sherman will continue his
march in that direction we do not
know; but whatever road he takes,
he will keep the enemy busy in that
section Of the country.
In the debate in the House on con
scription, Fernando Wood made a
speech in favor Of sending peace com
miSsioners to Richmond. Eittle Cox
said if the commissioners filled then
he would 60 for the prosecution of
the war, 1t is proposed to amend
the bill SO as to include negroes in
the draft, and to make it apply To the
border States, Loyal masters are to
he allowed $500 for their slaves, pro