The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-05-26
he News.

| - 9th hiSu, HllBnLy anu reDelllOuS.--
lie has ordered all mon between IF
teen and fifty into the State service,
under Wade Hampton, who is with
him Mt Columbia, and who now re.
cognizes no authority but that of his
state. A detachment of United
states forces may be expected ut Co
iumbia socn, where their presence will
be beneficial.
An officer OF the L. S. Army, whose
authority the N. Y. Post says it can.
not question, writes to that journal:
"A heard Mr.. Davis utter the follow.
ing words in Southern town where
he delivered an address in November,
1900. 1 did not hear the whole
speech. only the words quoted, as !
passed by the crowd OF listeners:--
What! coerce sovereign State! at.
tempt to deprive us of our most in
estimablc rights! Let Mr.. Lincoln
try it, or Mr. Douglas either, and we
will hang them higher than IIaman,
and the only difference ] should make
would be that humorouslyl as Mr..
Lincoln is considerably taller than
Mr.. Douglas, we should have to build
his gibbet standing on his toes and
reaching up his Land lectle higher
than that Tor Douglas.
The Chattanooga Gazette Of Thurs.
; day says, from every direction in
Georgia accounts reach it Of starving
women and children. For mifrs there
is not horse or mule to be seen, and
no seed for the people to plant. Gen.
Wilson has ordered that all the pro
duce gathered for the rebel Govern
ment, in the shape of taxes or tithes.
should he distributed to the people,
and that all the extra animals and
wagons should be loaned out TO them,
his Quartermssters taking receipts
for them. But all this, good As far rs
it goes, is not sufficient. Some means
should he adopted to feed these wo
men and children now, or they will
| positively die of starvation.
On Saturday JEFF. Davis was on q
steamer off Fortress Monroe, await
, ing orders from Washington. A. II.
Stephens, his Vice President, who
was captured in Georgia, his Post.
master General, Regain, c. c. CLAY,
, Sen, OF Alabama, and other promi.
= nent but less distinguished rebels,
were with him. The rebel leaders
are not, however, the only captures.
Five tuns OF the archives of their late
. Government are now ut Washington,
. or will be in q few hours, which were
found at Charlotte, n. c, whittier
they had been sent for safety. Gov.
ernors Vance and Brown are inmates
Of the Old Capitol, and Washington
[ seems destined to he hereafter tho
= headquarters Of the Confederacy.
I, MEMPHIS, May l0.-The influx oI
paroled prisoners has caused great
excitement among the negro troops
here. A plot to rise and murder
, every rebel in Memphis, in revenge
for the Fort Pillow massacre, was
discovered last night. and white
troops put on guard. DGring the
night the Legroes attempted TO cUi2C
+, out of the fort, but were met by the
f white troops, and after q sharp skir-
mish, in which were twenty killed
and wounded, were driven back, and
are now under II strong guard.
Natchez dates of the 18th says Gen.
Farrar has just returned from an ex.
petition TO llarrisonburg, where he
captured the entire rebel garrison -
General J. L. Smith supersedes Gen.
Washburne.
The guerrilas and bushwhackers
OF Missouri and Northern Arkansas
have surrendered, and turned over
their horses, arms, &c, to the United
States authorities.
The telegraph lines are in opera.
: tion from Louisville to Mobile. In
two or three days communication
, with Mobile will be complete. On.
ward we move toward q peace estab.
lishmcnt.
A vessel passed through the Dutch
Gap Canal on Sunday. This work
did no good during the war, but il
will prove valuable in peace.
The feature of the evidence intro.
duced on the 22d, in the trial OF the
assassination conspirators, was let
ter from q rebel officer named Al
ston, proposing to assassnate Mr.
l Lincoln and members ofthe Cabinet
4, This proposition was entertained by
jeff Davis, and indorsed over to th,
Secretary of War
BY proclamation the President Of
the United States declared all TIA,
c ports, except those on the Texa.
Z coast, open 10 commerce, and has also
removed all trade restrictions, ex
| cept in regard to articles contrabant
of war, in the territory East of tn,
Mississippi. He also proclaims thai
in regard to vessels running the block
Gde Of excepted ports, belligerent.
rights will not be recognized, snC
|, such vessels Will hereafter be treated
as pirates.
r The Washington Star says that re
port now connects Harold with (
new phase OF villainy. 1t has beer
developed that about the first Of Apri
Harold made several efforts to ob
/ tain situation ut Thompson's drua