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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
The Fngiish Fraud.

From what We can learn in regard TO
the feelings Of the people OF Kansas as
70 the English frsud, the ftiend Of this
yillsinous bribs will make but a poor
showing. Itis treated with even more
contemps than the original Lecompion
fraud.
The proposition to admit the people
Of Ksnsss with q population Of only
some forty thousand. and q tempting
donation Of government land. II they
come in now as q slave state, with the
aIternstivs Of remaining in q territorial
condition for an indefinite period o.
time. or until they attain population
OF ninety three thousand, and no assu
rance Of receiving foot Of land in the
event, should they by rejecting r r.
English bill prefer a free s,sh + III. ~,
ed upon as a esa' eesa they very properly
coeree. Us an insul, to ,hsir honesty
bnd intelligence.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23

A POPULAR INsTrrunoN.-Thcre
are seven hundrei cells in the Ohio
penitcntiary. and, AS We learn, there
are nov ak hundred AMI nincty-nine
convicts. leaving only one cell va
cant. The Legislature and commit.
tee were often urged last winter to
make provision for greater num-
her, bnt the Democratic majority
were 81 intent upon passing n law to
remove the present Warden and his
subordinates that they paid no at
tcntion to the necessity Of increasing
the number OF cells, or il they did
talk about it, did not pass any law
making provision for increasing the
number. The wants OF the institu-
tion were disregarjed in an insane
effort to get possession OF the Offices
connected with it. Will the States
man claim this also as indicating a
watchful regard Tor the peoples in
terest?-T State Journal.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
Important Army Movements.

The Quartermaster of this De.
partment yesterday. received dis
patches from the War Department
at Washington, conveyin! the par.
ticulars OF the retreat of Col. Step
toe, before an overpowring force OF
various tribes Of Indians in Oregon
and directing arrangements to be
made forthwith for dispatching six
companies OF recruits to the Pacific
In obedience to the order the officer
waited upon the Pacific Mail Steam.
ship Company to consult with them
as to tho safest and most expedi-
tious mode OF sending out this large
body otsoldiers. 1t was found i'm
practicable, in view Of the probable
large increase in the California emi.
grafton, growing out ofthe new gold
discoveries, on the Frazer River to
take them by the regular steamer on
the Goth list. 1t was accordingly
determined to charter special steam
er and the steamer 50. Louis was
selected for that purpose. She will
accordingly be put in order and
provisioned Immediately, and will
sail on the same day with the Star
of the Vert viz: on the 29th ins.,
and they will proceed up from Pan
anna on the fine large steamer Sono.
"a.
The St. Louis will have her old
and experienced Commander, Capt
Hudson.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
From Washingtou.

WAsnISsroN, July 19th.-Private
letters from Mexico state that Mr..
Otway, the British Minister, had
received directions from his Govern.
ment to suspend relations with the
Zuluaga Government unless q dispo.
sition was evinccd by it toward ma
king rcparation to British subjects.
Captain Longstreet has been ap-
pointed by the President, Pay. Mas
ter ofthe army in place OF Dashiell
dismissed. General Ward b. Bur.
mott. Surveyor General of Kansas,
has made all his appointment and
will leave tor the Territory this
week.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
The Republican State Ticket.

The ticket nominated by the Re-
pnblicans on the 18th, ia giving uni
versal satisfaction. The Republi
cans in Ohio, have never made a
nomination that was as heartily ap.
proved Of by the entire Republican
preae. The candidates selected are
not only in every way competent to
fill the stations. for which they are
designated, but are men Of superio,
personal worth. So entirely are
they above reproach that the De.
mocracy cannot pick a flaw in their
characters. The union and good
feeling that pcrvade the Republican
ranks, foretoken a ,nost brilliant tr;.
umph for the party this fall. The
Democrats throughout the state have
either placed themselves on the Le-
compton platform, or endorse that
most miserable, mean swindle,
known as the English bill; and the
issue is now fairly made as to the
right of the people to adopt tree in
stitutions, when they come to ask
admission into the Union as State.
The Democracy, in their support OF
the English bill favor the imposing
on the people OF Kansas of every
pvosiU'1 nIIiurancc to the adoption,
by their own FREQ choice, of a free
constitution, and to this end they
have invented this infamous swindle,
which, the more efectually to &C.
complish its object, is addressed to
the fears and the cupidity of weak
minded men, with the hope, thus, by
bribery and threats, of coercing the
citizens to accept slave institutions.
Now that the position Of parties is
clearly understood, the contest is no
longer very doubtful. To doubt that
the people OF this county and this
state would not repudiate a party ta-
king ground in favor of this frsud.
wonld be to doubt their honesty and
intelligence.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23

BRUTAL MURDER OF A SLAVE
We mentioned Il day or two since
the death Of negro belonging to
Mrs. Starke, from q whipping in
tlicted by the ovorseer. Coroner
Horne retured yesterday from hold.
ing an inquest on the body, and from
him we learn the following particu-
lars: The negro belong. to the estate
OF the late A. O. Starke, of Fisher,
vile, and had run away. On being
Mohtgonefy, had him tien i''Sn Sys, ., D.
barrel and gave him five hunJred
iashes. He continued to whip the
ooy daily, contrary to the orders Of
Mrs. Starke, for about ten days.
The flesh mortified in some places
and sloughed of, and in two weeks
from the first whipping the negro
died. On hearing OF the death OF
the boy, Montgomery fled, and has
not yet been arrested. The Jury re.
turned a verdict that the negro "died
from blows inflicted by William S.
Montgomery Asmphis Eagle.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
SEcREr GOVERNMENT AGENT IN

SECRET GovERNMEsr AGENT IN
kANsAs.-The Secretary OF the Int
rior sent a secret agent named Mar
tin to Kansas last fall to engineer
through the Lecompton Constitution
ir the Convention, and we learn by
the st. Louis Democrat tina, the
same confidential clerk OF the Score
tary has again been dispatched by
the Department to Kansas, to re-
main until after the August elect
ion. OF course the National Treas
ury will respond both for his expen-
ses and his expenditures.
1t is passing strange that while 40
mouthing thedoctrine of popular GOV.
ereignty, the Administration will not
permit the people Of Kansas to man.
age their own affairs without govern
ment influence and dictation. The
popular soyereigns OF Ksnsas would
oe justified in treating socret emi,ss-
riss TO horse pond ablutions, as OH.
en- az they detect their presence.
-[Cis,eland Leader.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
How are the TIA xes Increased,

By Democratic Legislation. The
Locoioco Legislature last wi.ter en-.
acted a measure under the guidance
OF Backus, increasing the salaries OF
the tn officers employed On tho Public
They increased :he sasSliss of the
Supreme Judges. in tho a ( ereaate,
81, ,500-that is giving them $1,000
each more than they realized under
the former law.
They ordered the election of eight
additional Common Pleas Judges.
making an increase in salaries Of
$l2 900 per annum.
They made q sub-treasury law at
a cost to the state OF over 500. 900.
They repealed. at the request ol
snndry county treasury-suckers, the
Republican County Fee Act of the
previous session, which repeal will.
alone, cost the state upwards OF
100000. 1t was the fortune of the
writer OF this TO chronicle their pro-
ceedings last winter, and he is com
PEELED to say that at no time was
there so much outside influence
brought to bear upon the members
as when the measures came mp for
the repeal of the Republican act,
which, it is well known. limited the
fees OF comfy offices. And, when
subsequently, MIR. Langdon, Of
Hamilton county, moved to modify
the bill OF repeal 80 as to leave the
old law in force in counties having
population of hundred thousand
or upwards these treasury-leeches
again influenced the action of the
Democrats. Mr.. I.angdon stated
that by tho repeal the officers of
Hamilton county, would realize
about $50 O0U more than under the
then existing law.
We think it worth while TO quote
further from his remark: The evil
complained of was more than mere
pecnniary one. and was not meas
ured by the $50 900 that would pro-
badly pass from the treasury ol the
county, (llarniIton) into the pockets
of four Or five officers, by the repeal
OF this law. But the effects cf
the enormous compcnsntions which
wonld be put into the pockets of Of
flee holders by the passage Of the bill
under consideration, were vicious in
elections and conventions. II g. man
would obtain $25 900 year by the
possession nf an office. he could af-
ford to cxpcnl $4,000 in securing
such Office, and make money by the
operation.
Yet despite this statement by a
Democrat, his less concentious
brethren delibel atcly voted to repeal
a law which saved the tax payers
OF 100000.
And, finally, these Locoioco Leg
islators concluding that the people
were not sufficiently taxed, and in
direct violation of the Constitution
and OF their own most solemn
pledges, voted and adjourned scs.
sion, which will cost the state anoth-
er 100000.
This is the way, felloS citizens,
that your taxes are increased. Are
you not abont tired OF Democratic
rulef-[ [EeIlfomntaine Republican.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23

ST.. Louis, July %. Our Leav-
enworth dispatches OF the 10th, per
tho U. S. Elk ress to Boonville, say
private dispatches from Washing
ton, state that new military posts
are to be created at Big Timbers and
Cheyenne Pass.
A dispatch from St. Joseph Of the
18th inst, says: The Salt Lake mail,
with dates to the 26th ult., has ar
rived. Gen. Johnston entered the
city on the 26th. Captain Marcy is
with the headquarters in the city.
The Mormons have been invited
to return and take possession Of their
deserted homes. Provo is still the
rallying point Of the Mo,mous.
The express, with orders from the
War Department to Gen. Harney
was only six miles in the rear OF the
General. Grass was plenty and the
Indians peaceable.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
PIspLAY, Ohio. July 32d, 1865.
Onton sChool.

FINHE next term Of this School will commence
l. IN the High School Department, August
s,ii, and IN the intermediate and Primary DE.
pvrlments September 9Th. Tuition Tor those
not In the district, per quarter OF thirteen
weeks, in the High School, $3.50; IN the Inter
mediate, $500; Ia the Primary, 81, 50. In each
case where the tuition is not settled before the
pupil leaves School, ntty cents IN addition to
The above rates may be- charged. ALI enter.
ing School will bo charged for The quarter. A
reduction will be made for sickness Of n week
or moro, but none ivr III am not exactly sick I,
but still don't feel much like study"
Aiter few weeks, n Teachers Class will be
organized, 70 which ono lecture daily will be
gwen, pointing out the best method Of teach.
ing, classifying, and governing schools, &c.
Transfers from tie Primary Schools will be
made NJ tho commencement OF tho Winter
term.
Pupils are earnestly requested TO be present
at tina npaning OF the schools, so that classsa
eau be organized " the best advantage.
by order OF the Board,
W. K. LEONARD, Supr
July 10, lS68-3w
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
rhe Ticket---The Prospect.

The State Ticket formed on Tues
dap gives very general satisfaction
no word OF dissent reaches US
from any quarter. Even the locoto-
cos, by their silence in reference to
the nominees, admit their fitness,
their integrity, the inability oftheir
opponents totind any tangible charge
against them, The entire nepubli-
can press OF the state, with great
unsnimity, run up the flag to the
masthead, and resolve to battle
manfully under it for truth and vic.
tory. The skies are bright, the men
placed ON the ticket are good aud
true men-men in whom the people
have confidence, and who are wor-
thy OF their confdence--and the in-
dicatiops are that q decided TIL
umph awaits us.--Ssass journal.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
A Man Hung Himself in Fun and is
Hung in Earnest.

A very sad affair trauspired at
Princeton, near our city, Thursday
last. A Mr.. Daniel Elliot, who
lives in Princeton, butchering
beeves and selling them in the
neighborhood, hung himself in his
slaughter house. He was in an ex-
ceedingly good humor during the
Gay and evening, and naturally of a
playful disposition, gave vent to it
by many playful things. He had
bsught some cattle, had extended
his business, was doing well, and
ielt lively and encouraged. He go
expressed himself to his wife and
friends. Going from the house to
his stable he fed his horse, and ia
king his little girl and n Deighbor's
little boy. some thirteen years old, q,
he went on abont twenty-five yards
from his house to the slaughter
house. Here was a machine for
raising dead cattle-a rope with a
large hook in it run over a large reel
anu attached to a windlass with a
ratchet. Adjusting the rope in u
moose around his neck, he play fully
bill tho h'tle girl 20 go tell her moth
er "somebody was hanging ont
there who looked like Dan Elliott.
Then showing the boy exactly how
many notches, he bid him, stil laugh.
ing, TO draw him up. The boy did
90, and drew him ofhis feet. Once
up he could not, because OF the ratch-
ct, get him down, and when in an
swer to the little girls anxiety Mrs.
f.. came ont, her husband hung dead
his feet touching the floor, and tn .
hook pressing hard against his jugu-
lar. From all circumstances, it is
not doubted that the act was done
accidentally in a bust Of playful
ness.
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tinsuish the brillisnt light Of civilisstion---
throw pail over the rsck Of lstiops, pro-
gression--snd stuIt,fy the efFortsto smeliOr-
ate the condition OF mankind. Freedom 10
the Dsnsscan blade extending from pole TO
pole, in the hands Of the giant CiviIisatios,
which is marching Westward and South
ward, before which African slavery ttwip
sister to barbarism) must Gee o. the traveller
shuns the monsoons OF the desert
Are you in favor Iofthe extension Of slave
ryf The approaching election will answer
for you. Republicans are opposed to the
extension Of slavery. and not in favor Of the
immediate abolition Of slavery in the states
where it now exists. as falsely represented
BY the Democrats, unless BY assfe, humane
and prudent system OF emancipation.
"a sraie o. TRR Law
wide "oouner." June 9Th, 1858. }
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following:
The President "a Lobby Member.

The following letter was written
by Senator Henderson, of Texas,
Immediately after the passage Of the
English bill. 1t shows how the
President has been interfering with
the legislative department of our
own government. Is it any wonder,
under the circumstances, that such
corruption ia prevalent as has been
developed OF late?
Major JoHN MARsHALL--My dear sir,-I
LETT Washington city on day before yester-
day evening, just after the final passage OF
the Kansas compromise blll. did nol vote
on the bill at its passage.
On the morning Of the Gey the bill finally
passed. the President sent for me. and made
such an earnest and strong appeal to me to
vote for the bill, and aid in saving his ad-
and the Democratic arty Of
the North, as TO induce me to leave the Sen.
ate chamber and not vote at all. as | would
have ielt bound to vote against the bill il
had voted.
We are an unfortunate people; and when
we will be eble to present the question in
shape to unite the majority Of our people IN
standing by their rights is hard to foresee.
Yours, very truly, HEsDgRsoN.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
Oar PresIdant.


He entered the White House with
Q promise Of Freedom to Kansas, on
hb lips, and . scheme to enslave it
in bis pocket. He declared war
against Circulating Notes and In
lsix weeks wss Issuing them himself.
before the ink we dry with which
he pledged ECONOMY % he had
drained the treasury OF its last
dollar. Before the printers had 6n.
isbed stereotypirg his inflexible de-
termination never to borrow, ho was
in Wall street soliciting a loan. He
congratulated the country on the Il.
nal end OF slavery agitation and he
has been agitating on it ever since.
He ordered Paulding to stop the
and then recalled him
for doing it.-Walker OF Nicara-
qua he declared an outlaw--and
rendered him the hospitalities of
the White house. Walker of Kan.
sas he furnished with writtin in.
structions and turned him out for
obeying them. In 1857 he took
of the heads of all Postmasters who
could not "hurrah for popular SOW
ereignty"-in 1853 he takes off the
heads ofall who repeat the cry OF
1857. He withheld troops from
Utah; where he proclaimed there
was war-in order to keep them in
Kansas where he insisted all was
peace. He sells forts at the West
.or tithe of their cost, in order to
buy sites for forts at the East at ten
times their value his subordinates,
in both cases, pocketlng the differ
ence He is continually asking for
new steam frigates--but he will not
use those ho has, either on the
coast of Africa or in the Gulf OF
Mexico. He sends ont steamer.
ostensibly to catch the Styx-but
with private orders in the Captain 3
desk, to do nothing CT the sort
Claiming to be one OF the most fru-
gal Of Presidents, he has spent more
than any ofhis predecessors. Assn i
ming to be above party prejudices,
he makes partizanship the basis even
OF his invitations to dinner.-Alba-
NJ Journal.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23

S. S. Cox AT WoRK.-The Cir.
cleviHe Herald says:-"There are
now being scattered broadcast over
this county. documents .r"rrnrti"e
to be a speech Of the little man, de.
livered in the House Of Representa-.
tives, Juue, II, 1858. He never
made such speech. He did on the
evening Of that day, make a speech
that was only five or ten minutes
long. The document in question is
OF considerable length, and contains
assertions that he would not have
dared, with all his impudence and
assurance, to make in the House,
where they would at once have been
met and exposed. This is the sec.
ond trick OF the kind we have de-
tected him in. The document was
printed in Columbus, where it was
doubtless written"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
Candidates for Courrss..

The following we fad going tho
going the rounds Of the press, as
indicative Of the names that are to
come before the Democratic CON-
gressionsl Convention Of this Dis
trict.
Hdncock-William Mungen, H.
Brown, L. Carliu.
Wood-J. M. Westcott, j. w.
Norton.
Lucas-D. o. Morton, J. b.
Steedman.
Fulton-Judge Hough, Octavius
Waters.
Wsllidms--Jo Joshus Dobbs.
Hen'y--J. g. Haley, D. M. No
Cam
Defanoe--E. H. Leland, A. P.
Edgerten, j. j. Greene.
Putnam-A. J. Taylor. James
Mckenzie, Henry Boehmer. Dsvh.
|. Brown.
Paulding--P. W. Hsrdesty.
Han Wert-C. W. Edison.
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FAILURE OF THE TRLEoRApu Err

FAILURE OF THE TELEGRAPH ExPr-
TTfoN.--We have, at length, inform
alton Of the return Of the Nidoara
to England, and nn abandonment Of
the second expedition tor laying tho
submarine cable. Three different
attempts were made. On the third
trial about two hundred and fifty
miles were paid out. when commu.
nicstion ceased. The cable was
then broker and the fleet set out on
its return. Only the Niagara and
the Gordon had arrived out. There
is possibility Of the attempt being
renewed, very soon, but this is hard
ly probable.
1t will be observed that the final
failure resulted from the cause be.
fore pointed out as one of the chief
dangers, and failure Of keeping up
the electric circuit, with the wire ex.
tended and under water.
Il Cincinnati Gazette.
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The following we clip from th'
Sierra Democrat, a Democratic pa
per published at Downieville, Cali
fornia, It is truth plainly and trull
spoken:
II was with feelings Of sorrow tn a
we perused the unwise proceeding
Of Congress brought BY the las
isteamer. The tecompton Constitu
i instrument conceived In Sin
aid brought forth in iniquity, has
through political chicanery, with an
odious ordinance attached; been
recognized by both houses Of Con-
gress as the legitimate offspring OF
the people Of Kansas. The bill as
Il now stands, is anti-Democratic--
anextreme sectional measure.
We deiy any man-Democrat,
Know Nothing or Republican, to
read English's bill passed by Con-
gress, and then say that is anything
else but an arrant piece Of fraud up
on the whole people, not only Kan.
sas, but Of every state in the Union.
The people OF Kansas are told that il
thew come in rs q slave state under
the Lecompton Constitution, they
will receive a large bribe in the
wav oflands, and even money, but
II they refuse this offer, that they
will have to wait until their popula'
ton increases to $4,000, and per
haps not he admitted then. When
did the Democratic party enunciate
AS part Of thoir creed that it required
pniy $4,000 or 40, 900 inhabitants
t,,v prepcnt por"'et;on OF Kansas
to make slave state, and 3,OOo
inhabitants were necessary to admit
n ,tate with free labor2-and not on
" that, bnt that the people should be
bribed for voting slavery" into the
constitution OF their states Was
there ever so monstrous a PROPOSE
tion heardl And yet, members o
Congress and grave Senators en- 1orse
the cheat, and trample upon the
rights Of a ree'people. As if the
TACT that a bribe is offered to the
people OF Kansas to come in as a
slave state under the Lecompton
Constitution was not outrageous
enough, this subterfnge of political
chicanery provides that the people
cannot vote on the constitution, but
are compelled TO vote whether they
will accept this bribe or not.
Will the people Of this state sus'
tain Broierick and McKibhen, who
have stood mp manfnlly in defence o
right and justice, or will they rather
sn.tain tho Pacific Mail Steamship
Company's buffoon agent, who bends
the knee that "thriit may follow
fawningl' and TO whose exertions
and that Of the Lecompton, Buchan-
an, anti Democratic seceders from
Democratic faith. the people Of this
state are inlebted for the defeat o
the Pacific Railroad Bill? Will the
people repudiate Douglas, Walker
and others who have been fighting
ther battles?" We feel assured
they will not. II thew do sustain
the President, they sustain those
who term them "mud. .sills," "white
slaves, ""men of the same class as
the negroes in the SouthH We ask
will any laboring man so stultify
himself and heap additional degrade
ton on labor2