The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-02-10

Lees attettion while other movements
progress further south. 1t is known
that there is n combined movement,
of which Grant is the right and Sher-
man the left. and Of this Lees army
is tho ultimate object. Grant under
took his part of the engagement on
Sunday. Sherman is doing his
The center will soon be heard from.
Advices from Mr.. Webb, u. s..
Minister at Rio Janeiro, received at
the State Department, bring the graft.
flying intelligence that the Govern
mcnt of Brazil has Issued decree
excluding the pirate Shenandoah form
the ports Of that Empire. AT the
date of these advices Mr.. Seward s
answcrin the case of the Florida had
not been received at Rio.
The Congressional amendment ab.
olishing slavery was unanimously rat
fled by both branches of the West
Virginia Legislature on Friday. On
the lst the same Legislature passed
an act declaring, first, that all persons
held to labor or service in the State
are free; second, that there shall here
after be neither slavery nor involunta.
ry servitude in the State, eXcep. in
the punishment of crime whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted.
This act is supplementary to that
formerly passed providing that all
slave children born after July 4th
1868, are free.
I Mr.. Garfield introduced n resolu-
tion into the 9th Congress, which was
adoptelrequesting the Committee OIL
the Conduct OF the war to inquire in
to the whole military career of Gen.
eral Rosecrans. This aims at the ac-
complislfment of an act of simple jus.
tice, and tordy though it is, we hail
the step that has been taken with
pleasure General Rosccrans is the
victim of malice, and for this reason.
and no other, the country is deprived
of his valuable services.
i The Missouri Senate Amendment
abolishng slavery, by n vote of p
years to 5 nays.
Major General John Pope has ar.
rived in this city, to take command
of the new military division to which
he has been appointed by the wal
Department. Itinclndes the Depart.
ments of the Missouri, Kansas. and
Northwest.
The Departments of the Missouri
and Kansas are to be consolidated
!, and designated as the Department o.
. the Missouri-Maj. Gen. Dodge u
command, with headquarters at Leay
enworth City.
: The Department of the Northwest
is assigned to Gen Curtis, with head
quarters at Milwaukee.
Gen. Pope's headquarters will he
in st. Louis. The great Mississippi
Valley is now divided and command
ed rs follows: Division of the Mis-
sissippi commanded by Maj Genera
Sherman, is divided as follows: De
partment of the Ohio, under Gen
Schofield; Department of the Cum
bcrland, Maj. Gen. Thomas, and The
: Department Of the Tennessee, Gen
Howard; divisions of the West Mis-
sissippi, commanded by Maj General
Candy is divided as follows: De.
partment of Arkansas, under General
Reynolds, and the Department Of the
Mississippi, under Gen. Dana; diyis.
t ion of the Missouri, commanded by
Maj Gen. Pope and divided as above
A letter from q loyal American al
Nassau, dated on the 10Th inst, states
that at that time there were nineteen
, blockade runners in that port, taking
! in cargoes of arms, ammunition, me,
!, dicines clothing and provisions, with
the intention of running them into
. Wilmington The letter also state:
, that in the warehouses at Nassau
, there was stored on Confederate ac
d. count, over two aud half million
, pounds of bacon, large quantities o
arms, boots, shoes, blankets, clothine
=, of every description, &c. In ont
/, warehouse alone, over thirty thous
and stand Of Enfield muskets wer,
, stored, waiting an opportunity to ruI
i, the blockade. Several one hundrc,
FOUNDER Armstrong guns hal also re
; Gently been shipped on rebel account
The capture OF Wilmington conclude
, blockade running so far as thi
port is concerned. Parties intereste,
in the business will not risk tn
, chances of running goods into an.
, other Confederate port.
The Richmond Wing of the Cd
says General r. +. Lee was unani
mously confirmed by the Senate, o
{ the 2st, Commandcr.in Chief of til
armies Of the Confederate States.
BY late Southern papers, it ap
pears the rebels, now that all thci
, able e-bodied men have been forced N
i to the army by conscription, are rath
er singularly calling for volunteer:
y and bill has been introduced INT
their Senate, urging all, except thos
; already III the army, and deserters
to form military companies to serv
G during the war, the members to b
= permitted to select their own officers
o Mr., j. ID. Hugh, member of tn
). Military Committee in the House c
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