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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17

TnE Philadelphia Pennsylvanian
makes the following announcement:
"James Ross Snowden. Director OF
the Mint of the United States, is de-
sirous Of obtaining for the cabinet Of
the Mint, IL practicable, one or more
copies OF every medal, medallet, coin
or token on which the head or name
OF Washington appears. The pos.
SCISSOR OF any such memorial 10
requested to send to the Mint a
description Of it, and state whether
he is willing to present it to the Mint,
or dispose OF it, either for cash--and
il 80, at what price--or exchange it
for other coins or medals. In the
course of a recent investigation, tho
existence Of sixty different memorials
OF the above character was ascertain
ed, and there are, doubtless, others
which have escaped notice."
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The Double-IIeaded Girl.

lJDlIORS ANbN l. Ohh IN ENlNG OS !.
In your notice of a double headed
girl on exhibition in Georgia, you
express doubts as to the truth OF the
statement contained in the notice you
published. One year ago saw this
child in St. Louis, Missouri. She is
a slave, born iu North Carolina
While an infant she was sold for one
thousand dollars. At tue age of six
or seven years she was sold again for
five thousand dollars. The owner
took tho child to England and ex-
hibited it to hundreds OF thousands
in the old world. The present owner
bought its mother, went to England,
and instituted legal proceedings in
the namc OF the mother for the GUS
tody of the child.
The resemblance which tho child
tScrc - tho mother WAS 30 strong
that the presiding Judge directed it
to be given up to the mother, which
WAS done. The late owner then Of
fere1 to deposit in Court fifty thous.
and dollars to the credit oithe moth
er if she would"commit/ /the child to
him again, and remain with it her.
self; for, by the laws OF England, she
and her child were free; but the offer
was declined. What should | do
with SO much money!" said she; 81
wish to return with my child to
North Carolina" which she did by
way OF New York
Her owner then asked the mother
in what manner she wished to live,
and he would conform to it. She
asked for little cottage and patch
of ground whore she could rcise her
own chickens. There, says her mas
ter, she lives, with her husband and
five other children, which che has
purchased. Two others were sold
While young, to negro-trader; and
notwithstanding that the master o
this valuable family has offered five
hundred dollars to know who is tn,
present owner OF these two, no trace
can be found OF their whereabouts.
never saw more sprightly child
Of its age, than this wonderful twin
child, which, in fact is two children
in everything but the body. A littl,
below the shoulder blade there is but
one spinal column; there are two
heads and Decks, two hearts and set;
O! lungs, four arms and four legs
in short, the child is as much two a
one. Two heads converse with eacl
other, as do the Sianese twins
They can sing together, or separate
ly, and can talk with different per
sons at the same time. This doubl
, creature can run and dance, and ap
pears perfectly happy. 1t was dress
r ed, when ! saw it, in white, with
, crown on each head, with long, flow
ing, curling hair. The complexio
: is dark copper color, with brigh
. full eyes, noticing all that take
= place in their presence. But f.
!, fear ofemancipation, the child woul
+ not betaken North. Nearly ono hume
: red dollars day were received Will
it was in st. Louis.
: NV. T. q.
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husband for some time, determined
that be should act justly toward her,
or abide the conseq quence. Alter
her husband had deserted, she went
to service as a cook. living for some
time iu various hotels in Philadel-
phia. Hearing that Wagner left a
deserted vile at Lebanon, Pennsyl.
vania, che repaired thither and had
an interview with her. From thence
she tracked him to Quarryville, this
county, where she alleges she found
him living with another woman
whom he recognized as wife. With
these facts in her possession, she re
paired to this city for the purpose Of
entering complaint against her hrs-
band for bigamy. She did 50, but
Wusner, hearing of the complaint,
ard being also advised that an Off
Ger was in pursuit ofhim, endeavor.
ed to keep ont OF harms way. lie
succeeded in escaping the officer,
but not his enrsged, insulted, and
deserted wife. She was swift upon
his track, and meeting him at the
Lamb Tavern, took her vindication
in her own hands and rneted out to
her recreant husband the punishment
she thought he deserved. = Lancas
ter Examiner.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17
American Missions in Turkey.

The Lecant Herald, of March
90ih, an English paper published al
Constantinople, after noticing the
burning Of the American missionary
buildings, at Tocat, as already men.
toned in our columns, pays a high
aud well deserved compliment to the
American Missionaries generally, in
Turkey, as follows:
The occurrence of this weighty
disaster will, we doubt not, excite
the warm sympathy and regret of 4
largo. nn,nber, OF. our readers - 81
universally respected and esteemed
are tho excellent body of men tc
which the sufferers belong. Indeed
we risk nobody's contradiction III
affirming that the American Mis-
sionaries have done more to ad
vance civilization and pure religion,
throughout Turkey, than ali ;he
other agencies, diplomatic or Mis-
sionary. which European policy ol
propagandism has ever set to work
upon the country; and any misfor
tune, therefore. which beials them
must be heard Of with deep regret by
all who admire sterling and unob
trusivc zeal aud devotedness in 81
good cause. In Offering the fol
lowing suggestion, we need not So,
that we do 30 entirely without tn,
cognzance of those whom it con
Germs, but in making it we crafty al
impulse Of our oSn, and anticipate
we venture to believe. that OF not
few of our readers. 1t is this tina
our Protestant countrymen, both il
the Capital and throughout the Pro
vinces, evince their sympathy wit
the Tocat sufferers, by a genera
subscription to make good the los
sustained. Such an act Of generou
friendship would do more honor t
ourselves as Englishmen than eve
benefit to those on whom this hcav
loss has fallen; and every aid thu
the publicity OF our own columns ca
render towards carrying it out, sha
be most freely and heartily given
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17
Death by Accidental Hanging.

Another of those sad occurrences
which has caused a vacancy in a
happy family circle, and which
brings sorrow and mourning to the
hearts of many, happened yesterday
morning 10 the gynasium room over
Raymond's book store, on Woodward
avenue. We refer to the death Of
Henry T., second son of Henry
Barnes. senior Editor ofthe Tribune.
Henry left his fathers Printing Or
flee between ten and eleven O'Clock
a. IN in O cheerful, happy mood
and went to the gymnasium, and at
ten minutes past eleven O'Clock, a
young man, having occasion to visit
the room. found him hanging hy =
strap, which was suspended from Il
round of one of the ladders. He
was Immediately cut down, but life
had fled.
A Jury was summoned, and an
inquest held by Justice Lane. Al
ter the examination Of number OF
witnesses, the Jury brought in YER
dict Of accidental hanging. 1t was
thought that he had put the strap
around his neck for the purpose OF
experimenting, when he lost his foot
hold and was strangled. When
found, his feet were about three inch.
es from the floor, while the round of
the ladder to which the strap WAS
fastened, was about seven feet. lie
was probably paralyzed at once, 50
that be could not help himsel; with
his hands at all.
The deceased was sixteen years Of
age, Of a naturally cheerful disposi'
tion, and about a year since, became
q convert to religion, and with a
brother and sister. connected him.
sell with the First Baptist Church.
ever since which le has been very
Jealous in religious matters De.
troll Adve,tiser.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17
A Fight Between saints and Pixies
Penkers.

A company Of returning Pixies
Peakers passed through here las
Sunday, having under their protec:
ion a young lady, whom they hac
taken from q Mormon train, a few
miles West of Newton, a short time
previous. 1t appears that, on las,
Sunday morning, as the Pixies Peak
boys we're crossing Skunk Bottom,
they passed train OF Mormons,
who were busily engaged - men,
women and children-in endeavor.
ing to extricate number OF their
wagons that were stuck fast in the
mud. While stopping for moment
to witness the exertions OF the Saints,
they accidentally overheard young
girl, OF about nineteen, exclaim, 81
wish | was drowned in that slough'
Their interest was at once awakened,
and they interrogatod her as to why
che made such a foolish wish. She
replied that she was tired oflife; that
che had started from Iowa City for
Salt Lake, with her father, who is a
Mormon Elder; that she had been
compelled to walk all the way thus
far, and that when she expressed a
wish to leave the train and return to
the city, they invariably stopped her
mouth. She was informed by the
Peakers that if she desired to return
to Iowa City che should go back
with them, to which she replied that
she desired very much to return
The Mormons, numbering some fifty
men, gathered around, armed with
guns, knives, pistols, &C., &C., and
declared that she should not go back
The Peak boys, nothing daunted,
armed themselves with guns and
revolvers, and announced their de.
Termination to take the girl at all
hazards, and proceeded to carry out
their intentions. For time fight
seemed inevitable, but finally Nor.
mon courage gave way, and the
boys succeeded in placing the girl
safely under their own protection
She then informed them that the
Saints had trunk aul other bag
gage belonging to her, which they
at once proceeded to obtain. The
followers Of Brigham boldly an.
nouncel their intention to fight be
fore they would permit the things to
be taken from their wagons.
A show Of guns and revolvers,
however, cooled their ardor, and
Mormon courage oozed out at their
fingers ends, while the boys proceed
ed to transfer the baggage to theil
own wagons--the Saints looking OF
and uttering terrible imprecation
against tho horrid outrage, as they
termed it. Alter obtaining all they
sought, the rescuers drove away will
the young lady in their possession
l,aving the NJ rmons to console then
8 Ives as best they could in their loss
The Pixies Peakers who were en-
gagged in the rescue, who numbcre,
only about twenty-eigbt men, wer
from Indiana, Illinois. and low
City.-[Jasper ( (Ioaca) Free Press.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17

HooPs IN PARIs.-"Bclle Britain"
writes from Paris, in March last,
that crinoline is subsiding. Tho
haut ton Of Paris have never worn
hoops of such vast rotundity al wa
have seen IN New York; and, with
ont being too curious on the subject,
| have come to the conclusion that
the Partisan skirt, as now worn, is
made of some more flexible material
than steel. At all events, it yields
more easily and gracefully in a
crowd. The bonnets are becoming
larger, and the grisettes (who wear
caps only are the only bare. headed
people in the streets Of Paris
Trailing dresses are worn only in
carriages and drawing rooms, and
in cut and color they are more sub
dued than in Broadway.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17

AT the Meeting Of the New Jer-
sey Historical Society in Newark,
last week, the dress worn by Cap
tain James Lawrence, who fell on
board tho Chsspedks, during the
second war with England, was pre-
sented by John Y. Foster, in behalf
of the widow Of Captain Lawrence,
In her letter to Mr.. Kean she says;
mo hands but mine have ever
touched them since my brave hus
hand. left me-" Lawrence was 9
Jerseyman. His remains were in
tered in Trinity Chureh-yard, New
York, where monument was erect
ed to his memory.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17

From l.. ID. Bucker, Superintend-
ent of the Cleveland 81 Toledo Rail
road, the Cleveland Leader obtains
che following particulars Of an ex'
citing race, in which the steeds were
iron horses, and the stakes greater
than have ever been known on any
track. Mr.. Rucker had the facts
from John ID. Campbell, Esq, Sn-
pcrintendent of the Michigan South
ern & Northern Indiana Railroad.
One day last week, as the Eastward
bound Express train reached Laporte,
Indiana, a passenger stepped of
while the engine was being replcn-
ished with wood and water, and
walked back and forth on the plat
form, and continued to walk until
the whistle sounded. The Other
passengers got gu board, and the
train passed off, but the gentleman
still walked on. A few minutes
after the train had gone, a station
man saw the pedestrian, and goin.
up to him, asked in surprised tone
"What the - are you doinl
. here2"
The man started, opened his eyet
and looked around bewildered. =
The fact was, he had been fatigue
and dropped to sleep while walking
3 Rousing himself, he asked
II "Why! Where am l?"
D "Where arc youl At Lsporte. :"
"Where's the train l came ont"
: "That left ten minutes ago."
}. "Ten minutes ago, aud left m
Ill must 60 on that traia. 1t is
s question Of life and death with m
j. Can you get me to it? Have yt
j. got an engiae berel Where is Il
}. superintendent"
!. The Sectioa- Master had an off
d near by, and tho two went to q,
r that official and to procure an Q
lgine. The traveller stated his case
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17


ToBAcoo AID sWxsp,I ,IApcx..-tn-
menss quantities ef tc0a64S NJ SOW
arriving daily, in Richmond, and
tho warehouses; are nearly osesren.
At Shockoe, we un 1rstsnd, there %
more tobacco on storage end for IN
spcctiou, than has ever bsforeh1n
within the walls OF the. warahouse.
About sixty hands are employed
there daily in coopering, breaking,
storing. ETC., and Il deserves TO Be
mentioned, thar among this force,
but in separate "eangs," /" are several
white laborers. Until tho present
year, we believe, negroes have been
s clusively employed to perform
warehouse labor, but the enhance.
ment Of the value Of slaves, and the
high rates Of negro hire have induced
the inspectors to employ Q few
whites, experimentally. They are
not as expert as the darkies in whirl.
ing the hogshesds, but apart from
their lack in experience, in this re.
spect, they perform the labor re-
Iquired of them in satisfactory man
ner. 1t lie not probable, however,
that white labor will entirely super.
cede slave labor, at either ware.
house, unless the relative cost Of the
latter should become 80 much higher
as to compel the Inspectors to SUBJ
stItute the latter.
t -[Richmond Whig.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Boston
Journal writes from on board tho
United States ship Dale, just arrived
at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
from the coast Of Africa. lie says:
"On board the Dale has been in.
vented an apparatus for instantly
lowering boat into the water and
detaching it from the ship; also for
attaching. 1t is simple and eco.
nomical, and will doubtless attract
tho attention Of hip-Masters. -
Countless lives have been lost By the
inability to lower boats safely atsea.
The Davidson boat lowering. de-
taching and attaching apparatus,
seems to fill up the want of Q GEN.
tury."
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17
Fifty Men Driven by Two Women.

I
BY the arrival OF a gentleman
from up the river, we are put in pos
session Of the following facts, and
are assured that the narrstion il
strictly true: Mr.. Mead, who owns
a dam and mill at the forks ofBlack
River, is now absent from home
and had left In charge his wife and
an adopted daughter, Ellen. The
drivers of the logging irm of Whit.
comb, Morse & Morgan, about fifty
in number, came down and found
some logs in Meals dam with the
mark of their company upon them;
whereupon they set to work with
axes to cut the dam away. Mrs.
Mead, hearing Of the row, hastened
out, followed by Ellen, each with a
rifle, one loaded with heavy buck
shot and the other with balls, and
taking a favorable position, they
cooked their pieces, pointed them at
the men and told them not to strike
hbotIiCT DlOW VI oOtIlG VI tlGIl WOuIU
be dead men? The choppers incon
tinently leitl Mrs. Mead then agreed
to compensate them for all the logs
that might be in the dam belonging
to them.
Subsequently the drivers seized a
young man in the employ OF Mr..
Mead, whom they charged with
stealing some provisions belonging
to the drivers. Ellen again sailed
ont, rifle il hand, and told them not
to hurt a hair OF his head; and they
didn't. They let the boy 60. The
men very suddenly discovered tha,
they had got into bad row Of
stumps, and Mrs. Mead and daugh.
ter were left masters Of the field
Here's woman's grit for you-fifty
men driven by two women! Can
revolutionary history show a more
brilliant exploit?-[ Jackson County
(lllinoie) Banner.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17

LAGER BIER was first introduced
into this country by Mr.. Wagner, at
Philadelphia, in 1910. New York
Philadelphia and Milwaukee manu-.
facture large amount Of this bev-
eragc. Tho latter city contains
twenty lager-bier brewcries, EN-
ploying nearly million Of dollars il
capital, which during the past yeal
produced over 70, 900 barely oftha
beverage. About two-thirds of this
amount was drank by the Milwau
keeans themselves, while the balanc,
was shipped to Chicago, New Or
leans, Minnesota and Iowa.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17
A Little Girl Killed by Her school-mate

A Little Girl Killed by Her School-mate.
One ofthe most painfully distress
ing occurrences which we have been
called on to record for some time,
transpired yesterday in Allegheny.
The particulars Of the sad affair are
briefly as follows: 1t appears that
among the pupils attending the
Third Ward Branch School, Alle-
gheny City, were two intelligent
little girls, named Elizabeth Buslcr
aud Jenny EIlin, aged respectively
about eight years. Yesterday, while
at play during the recess, they quar-.
relied, and Jenny, becoming excited,
seized the other, pushed her against
the wall, and, according to the state
ment of one of their play mates,
struck her with something on the
head. When the school assembled,
she went into the room with the 9th.
er children, but in few moments
became very sick, and began to
vomit. She was taken into the open
cir, the Teacher supposing it to be
All ordinary case OF tritling sickness,
but continued to grow worse until
she was taken home.
About one o'clock, DR.. William
A. Heron was summoned, and
found her lying in u state of partial
stupor, her heart beating very slow.
ly, pulse very feeble, and the child
soa,cciy aoio 10 swallow. He ad-
ministered such remedies as the case
seemed to require, and lett the house
to attend to another patient. On his
return she seemed in rather more
favorable condition, but grew rapid
" worse, and ut ten minutes before
three breathcd her last. The Coro-
ner was summoned, and held an in
quest on the deceased, but as the
testimony was 'nercly lccapitulation
of the facts above set forth, we deem
1T unnecessary TO report 1t. The
i'hrsician found no mark whatever,
on the person of the deceased, and
gave il as his opinion that the child s
death proceeded from n shock to her
nervous system, produced either by
fright or concussiou A verdict was
rendered that tho deceased came to
her death from shock to her
nervous system while at play.
t PiHsburg Chronicle.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17

ALErrER in the Boston Transcript,
from Rome, under date Of April %,
says: n passed last evening at Mrs.
Story's, wife Of the Sculptor, and
there met the Motleys and Chsrlss
Sumner. The Senator looks de-
cidedly better, and considers himself
now in fair way OF recovery. Ha
thinks the treatment he has received
has been marvelous'in lie good ei-
fects, and is quite satisfied to have
gone through with it." ,,...
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17

Tnn Postmaster General has under
consideration the propriety of adopt
ing in the preparation Of stamped
envelopes new style, just coming
into use. These envelopes are SO
prepared that black lines on the in
side Of the back Of the envelope, and
invisible from without. bscome pat
ent on the front when the envelope
Iis pressed, and serve as ruled lines to
guide the superscription.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17
A Wife in Search of Il Truant Husband

On Wednesday last. a shooting
affair occurred at Miller's Lamb
Tavern" on the Willow street turn
pike, which came near aud may yet
result in the death ol one of the par
ties to tho atiray. The particulars
OF the affair arc in substance as fol-
lows:
A man named Isaac Wagner, in
the employ OF jacob Shenk, engaged
in hauling ore to Geiger's furnace
aud representing himself as an un'
married man, while feeding his
horses at the Lamb Tavern, was sud
denly confronted by woman repre-
senting herself as his wife, charging
him with desertion, bigamy, and 6
number of other crimes. Wagne
denied her charges, and was endeav.
oriDg to get out of her way, wher
tho iniuriated woman drew q six
shooter, fired at him, and shot diu
lin the back. Wagner endeavorec
Ito get into the house, when the wo
man fred another barrel, but thi
time without effect. She then cool
ly walked of, daring any one of tn
bystanders to arrest her. She wa
subsequently arrested, aud conmi,
ted to tho county prison to answe
i the charge. The wound inhicte
5 upon Wagner is quite a serious one
d and should Inflammation set in, ma
result IN his death. He is under tn
care OF Or. Raub, and at last at
;, ;, vices was doing well. n
IS Tho woman who shot Wagne
T. states that she was married to hiI
ia 1851, by the Rev. DR.. Brainar,
= of Philadelphia, a fact which st
is proved by exhibiting her marrial
certificate. She further states tn
= they had lived together two or thr,
y, years, and that she had two childr'
* by him, one Of which is still livin
ed about seven years old, residing wi
Wagner's father in Montg0me
: county, where they had lived af,
their marriage. Wagner left h,
of went to Lebanon, and there marri
be another woman with whom he liv
r,st 81 some time, then left her, and is nj
oe' living with . third woman ne
u" Quarryville, this county. She a
'says that she has been following |
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ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AND DEATH

ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AND DEATH.
On Friday afternoon last, q melan-
choly and fatal occurrence took place
at Lebanon. Mr.. Jason Randall
who was on the lower floor, request
cd his wife, who was mp stairs to
throw down his coat, unfortunately
forgetting that there was loaded
pistol in one OF the pockets. She
complied, and when the pistol struck
the lower step, it exploded by the
conclusion, and the ball entered the
thigh of Mr.. Solomon Hixon, hif
brother.in law. Physicians were sen
for, who probed the wound, but fail
ed to find the ball. Soon after
modification intervened, and Mr.
Hixon died the next day. Mr.. Ran
dali is Marshal of the town. Mr.
Hixon was q respectable and indus
trioss young man, on whom his age'
father depended mainly for HE sup
port. Mr.. Randall, the unintentio
al cause of his death, is almost dis
tracted at the unhappy event.
Il Dayton Gazette.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-17
THERE is a silver mine in Wobur

THERE is a silver mine in Woburn
Massachusetts, that was worked
over a hundred years ago, when the
pure ore was taken from it and man.
ufactursd into buttons to adorn the
garments of Revolutionary heroes
Gerrish Richardson has in his pos
session twelve buttons taken frolr
this mine, bearing the inscription
"Ebenezer Brooks" 1759." With
in a few days there have been som'
measures taken to reopen this mine