The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-05-12

! p'hN ~ SuiuInO1S uuuEi " h'S VI
truce to,all and every band of armed
men IN your vicinity, or which you
may know OF, who are operating near
er to youis than to any other com
mand, and c9ll upon them to surren-
der to youOr to any officer you may
name Tor that purpose, upon the same
terms as Lee surrendered to General
Grant. they disregard your sum
mons, and continue acts of hostility
they will hereafter he regarded rs
outlaws, and be proceeded against,
pursued, and, when captured, be
treated outlaws,
G. III. THOMAS,
Major General u. s. A.
The damage to the Sorthside Rail
road is immense. much Of II being the
result CT the orders Of Extra Billy
Smith. Ofthe so called High Bridge,
twelve niles from Burkesvlle. struc-
lture 12S feet in hight aud 2,450 feet
in length, 450 feet have hccn burned.
The materials to repair it will have
TO he brought from, Baltimore a
bridge at Fajmyilie. eighteen miles
from the Junction, has 300 feet, and
another a mile or two further on 100
feet, destroyed. The bridge across
the james, five miles flOm Lynch
burg, GI2 feet long, is entirely de-
,stroycd, as a.e several smaller hIidg.
,cs. The whole mai>ins M aggregate
Of nf l 922 feet.
The President. bv proclamation,
has recognized Gov Pirrponi, as Gov
Icruor Or Virginia The latter will
establish himself OF Richmond, and
proceed to cxterniinatc scccssionism.
aud ~ establish loyalty. The Presi
dent has also ISSUED proclamation
notifying foreign Governments that
allowing pirates the privileges of their
ports will he followed bv the exclu-
sion of the vessels Of such powers
from our ports. and the adoption of
such other measures a5 may he deem
ed necessary by the Government of
the United States.
Booth hae been placed whore no hui
man eve can ever discover his resting.
place. Had he been allowed what is
termed "Chri4tian burial and had
lis grave been known, it is more than
probable that humahity would have
been shocked and the country insul
ted hv the oh'ru2ivc demonstrations
IUI ancCtrUH which sVCusslOmsts wouIO
make around it, His comb would
hecume the Mecca to which rebels
from every quarter would make pill
grimagc. II would have been strewr
with flowers and decked with gar
lands. Instead, it is now washed bl
the Sui.eu waters of the Potomac -
I Around his whitening bones fishes
will play ond over them will crceE
the Shiny reptiles which haunt the
black chasms ut the bottom o! the roll
, ing food.
! Official dispatches from General
Canby state that Dick Taylor's forces
| had surrendered on substantially the
same terms acceded by Gen. Grant to
Lee. This completes the surrender
of all the rebel forces east of the Mis-
sissippi, with the exception of the
cavalry which, at last accounts, was
trying o escort jeff Davis and fugi
tive companions out OF the country.
Gen. Rhett, captured by our troops
in North Carolina, has taken the oatl
at Fort Delaware. He is son of tn,
"original secessonist," Robert Barn
. well Rhett, and brother OF the edl
tor OF the Charleston Mercury. Gu
of seven hundred rebel officers in th'
fort, all but thirteen took the oath.
Bowles, Horsey and Mllligan, tn,
leaders of the Sons of Liberty. whit
were convicted of REASONABLE conspi
racy at indianapolis some month
since, are to be executed on the l9tl
inst
The cavalry of the Army of the Po
tomac is to he disbanded. Sheridan
cavalry, and also the cavalry force
Of the West are to he teOrganize,
and consolidated, and the entire bod
numbering 100000 men, all unde
the command of Sheriden. are to b
distributed, in divisions, through tn
: rebel States. A portion will be sta
, toned West of the Mississippi.
I Abraham LiRcoin Hnd Ohio soldier
who have Fallen in Defense "f th
Nation.
The proceedings of public meet
= ing held in Columbus last week, a
which it was resolved to erect memo
rials to Abraham Li.coln and tn
Ohio Soldiers who have fallen in de
fense of the nation, have already ap
u peared in olr columns. This meet
: ing was participated in by gcutleme
= from AL parts OF the State, and meas
: ures were taken To secure the ncces
;. sary means 10 carry ont the project
" The EXcculiNa Committee, OF whic
Governor Brough is President, con
{. sists oc the State officers and som
{ half dozen Of the prominent citizen
;, of Columbus. At q meeting of til
# Executive Committee, a Committe
?, of three was appointed to draft pull
8 lie address. They have accordingl
J. issued the following:
t APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
l. The State of Ohio honored Abrs
y ham Lincoln as Chief Magistrate, an
v loved him as man. That honor an
9 that love were desor .iag Of II perm;
" nent record hri hr been permitted [