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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23
The Northern Lieb, n, Sea.

The bark James W. Jones, Paige,
at New York from the West coast of
Africa, reports:
Had fine weather to latitude thirty.
four degrees, longitude sixty degrees
and thirty minutes, when on the first
Of September took very heAvy gale
from West Of South. West, with very
heavy squalls, accompanied by thun.
der and lightning; at eleven o'clock
in tho forenoon was struck by light.
ming, the first flash struck the fore
mast, and descended down the light
ning conductor, which was doomed
ont ten feet from the side; the second
flash struck the mizen mast, and de-
scended down the lightning rod, 4,
which was not doomed out like the
other, and went through the mizen
chains, and magnetized them 80 that
IL affected the compass, and caused
it TO revolve with great rapidity. -
The man at the wheel was stunned,
and could not see for ten minutes al
ter the flash. At night. by bearing
off the North Star, found that both o.:
the compasses in the bnnacles were
affected three points to the West.
ward; they kept deranged till the
third instant, when they 20, to be
nearly correct. The same night OBJ.
served great phenomenon. From
eight o'clock in the afternoon till
three o'clock in the forenoon tho
whole horizon was as light as any
sun shiny day; the popularity OF it
was that the sky was completely
overcast with very black clouds, and
at times it rained in torrents. All
hands forward We're very much
alarmed. September fourth, latitude
thirty-six degrees, longitude seventy
two degrees and twenty minutes,
passed the bark Alice Talntor, hence
for New Orleans.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23


How DEMOCRACY CHANaEs.-At
no less than five Democratic State
Conventions = in 1S49, 80 81 '52
and '53 did they
ResoLve, That the people Of Ohio
now, as they ever have done, look
upon slavery as an evil, and unfa.
vorable to the full development of
the spirit and practical benefits Of
free institutions; and that they will
at all times feel it to be their duty ia
use all power clearly given by the
terms OF the national compact, to
prevent its increase, to mitigate and
finally eradicate the evil.
That was Jefiersonian and Jack.
son Democracy, until within the las,
five years. Since that time the Ohio
Democracy have taken a summersel
and landed in the South. They
have not only abandoned the doc
ltrine proclaimed in this resolution
bat they used all the power and pa
tronage Of the government TO MAKE
Kansas a slave state. Free stat
men were butchered in cold blood
lsAd the perpetrators of these horrit
murders, instead Of being hung uJ
for their orimes, were rewarded will
fat oRces by the Presidsut.- TMsca
y rqsoas Advocgb. ..t
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23

GEN'L SHIELDS ON BARRELS. - A
short time since Gen. Shields, land
ing at Hastings, on the Mississippi
compared his freight and bill OF
lading; one item. called for seven
barrels. Strange to say, however,
the General could find on the land.
ing only six Of his barrels! He was
heard counting them over several
times with the same unsatisfactory
result each time. Moving the index
finger Of his right hand up and down
in pointed manner at each barrel,
thus he soliloquized alond, with de-
liberate military emphasis: "One-
two-tbree e-four-fve-six." And
shaking his head with dignified
gravity, saying: Something wrong
here" he RECOMMENDED his count;
|"One--two-three -four--five--six
where the ID is the other barrell
Full of wrath, he was proceeding to
demand the production Of the miss.
ing cssk from the officers OF the boat
when 10! on his getting up for this
purpose, from where he was survey.
ing, with characteristic dignity and
gravity, his goods and sundries, il
was discovered, to his infinite amuse
ment and that of the bystanders
that lie had been sitting on the miss
ing SeUenth Jaryelw
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23
A Conductor Sued for Patiiug IA Special
Mail Agent of the Cars.


A trial, the features OF which will
be interesting to some OF our readers,
recently occurred iu Marion county.
William Carver. United States Spe-
cial Mail Agent, brought suit be-
fore Esquire Fisher against Zephe.
niah Ueustus, a Conductor on the
indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad,
for assault and battery in putting
him off the cars. The facts we're as
follows:--
Mr. Carver claimed to have n
right to ride over the road free, by
virtue Of his official position under
the government, which had q CON
tract with the railway company t.
carry the mails aud the agents. III,
exhibited to the Conductor his au
thority as Special Mail Agent, bu,
Mr Heustus claimed that he must
have pass from the officers OF the
road, or pay his fare, as he had re-
ceived instructions to permit no 9th
er persons to ride upon his train.
Tho Agent declined to pay, anl
he was compelled to leave the train,
although no violence was used be.
yond the laying oi hand upon his
shoulder. which constituted the as.
sault. Justice Fisher assessed q
small fine against Mr. Ilcustus, and
the latter appealed the case to the
Common Pleas of Marion county.
The defense insisted that the con
tract only gave the Special Agent
the right to ride free in tho il-car,
and not in the passenger car; that
whatever Mr. Grsver's rights were,
the defendant could not be guilty Of
a crime unless he intended to com
miS one, ana the proof showed tina,
he acted in accordance with his in
etructions; that the Mail Agent W as
as much bound to produce "a pass rs
any one else, which must be exhibit
ed when called for; that although
the contract might entitle him to q
pass, it did not supersede the neces
sity of getting it, nor give him the
right to ride without il.
The prosecution insisted that the
contract was a sufficient pass, and
that the Conductors must know wha,
agreements the company have made
and who have right To ride.
The Court decided that ii an as
sault had been committed, it was
but constructive, not real tha
lIeustus acted in good faith, ant
ought to be acquitted. Tho othel
points raised were not decided.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23
A Considerable of Bear Fight.

A correspondent of the Tylone
(Pennsylvania) Star, writing from
Osceola, Clearfield county, Pennsyl-
vania, under date of August 25th,
says:
Two Of our citizens, G. A. West
brook and David Coulter, started
out the other evening to watch a
deer-lick. Alter they had proceed
cd a short distance, they parted
Westbrook taking one side of a hill,
and Coulter the other with the in
tention Of meeting at the lick
Shortly after they had parted, West
brook saw three cub bears, which he
treed and killed; but while he was
dispatcbing them, the old she bear
made her appearance, having her
"back mp" considerably at this wan
ton destruction Of her family. Un-
fortunately for Wcstbrook, his gun
was empty. and the old bear would
not give him time to load. Here
was pleasant (O predicament, in
deed, for mice young man. to be
in. He soon saw, however, that his
only chance was to fight the bear
with his knife, aud at he went in
good earnest, and came off conquer.
or, but no. without getting somewhat
used up in the "scrimmage y
Coulter hearing the shots from West
brooks gun, concluded to go and as
certain the cause. He fonnd the old
hear and the three cubs all dead, and
Westbrook very much cut up, though
not seriously injured. The clothes
were nearly all torn from his body
and one Of his arms was badly laccr-
ated. However, he is now rapidly
recovering, and it is really laughabl'
to hear him tell Of the fight. He ha
the bear skins nailed up against the
side of his house, and no money
suppose, could buy them, rs he in
tends to have sleigh.robe made on
of them. Westbrook was formerly
: citizen Of Huntingdon, Pennsylva
mia.
, That's bear fight which will b,
/, hard to improve on.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23
StupendOus Frauds.

The Carron Iron Company, in
Scotland, was Incorporated in 1873 !
with capital of f150,000. Its
principal works for the manufacture
Of iron in various forms were at Fal.
kirk, with an agency. The bust
mess has been conducted by a general
manager, subject to the csntrol OF
general meetings. This post was
held from 1886 to 1925, thirty nine
years, by Joseph Stanton. lie was
succeeded by his nephew, Joseph
Dawson, and another nephew, viii
liam Dawson, became assistant man.
ager. A third nephew and a neph
ew, were respectively agents at
Glasgow and Liverpool, and Henry
Stanton, brother of the deceased
manager, was the London Agent
In this way the family had in their
hands the management for seventy.
three years. Finally, in 1880, a
family quarrel arose between the
Dawsons and Staintons, and the re.
suit was the discovery OF a semi.
annual series OF frauds upon the
company.
| lIalf-ycarly balance sheets were
made ont, but in them the profits
and assets were systematically ar
ranged at far less than their proper
amoInt. Thus in the ten years
from 1920 to 1888, there weLe un
der statements to the extent of f1T5
11D, leaving EI7,5OO0 per annun
to be divided by the manager and
four agents. In 1858 the executors
Of Henry Stanton compromised tn,
claim of the company upon his 90
tate by paying f320,000. Another
sum Of f9G 900 had been paid ovel
by said Stanton to the company,
) new manager - the one who hold,
the situation. This sum was obtain.
d, ell Tor iron and other military stores
furnished from Carron to the Boar,
OF Ordnance in London. The con
signments were debitcd with break
ages which never occurred. In SON
instances they were carried up to 9
per cent, although the government
paid the full faco Of the bills.-
Without allowing for interest, tn
aggregate OF rrofts withheld ifron
the company mnst have been abou
a million and half Of dollars
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23

DEMocRAcy AND rHE CoNoo TRADE.
The louisville journal Of the Goth
instant, says; I'VE fully believe that
an overwhelming majority OF tho
Democracy Of South Caroliua, Geor-
gia, Alabama, and Mississippi are
in favor OF the trade; and We have
not the least doubt that most ifan0t
all Of the Democratic organs in, tbose
states will sustain. US in the opinion.
1t is perfectly manifest tosus, that,
within two or three years; every
man in those states or out Of tllam
that does not 20 for tho Congo traffic
will be denounced by the Southern
Democracy as dirty Aboiitionisi
aud base traitor. "a lsiS u se'ss
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23

THE SLAVE TRADE. -"Occasional"
writes to the Philadelphia Press:
Jefferson Davis has formally an
nouncei his purpose to introduce a
bill on the meeting Of Congress to
repeal the penalties in the law
against the African slave trade,
This will bring new and startling
issue before the people for the Pres
idential champaign of 1860. My
information from the South, authen
tic, is to the effect tina. not only has
this traffic been re.opened, but that
it is now vigorously and ilagrantly
conducted. Some OF the first men
OF the South are engaged in it, and
it is asserted that a number of YES
sells have been chartered at Savan.
nah, and are now absent for the
purpose of landing cargoes before
the beginning of Winter. | forbear
giving the names OF the leaders in
this enterprise, not because they
themselves refuse to speak Of their
connection with it, but for other rea.
sons not necessary to enumeraie.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23

mass, of psrticulars, both to extend
the information and to give some
idea Of the points in respect to which
the phenomena may afford the best
comparisons. The space they occu-
py in your columns is not usclessly
bestowed, since, although at present
not many golden gods are to be dug
from this kind Of hudcas, yet it can.
not be asserted that essential bene-
its to mankind may not be bound
up in the results Of their investiga-
ton.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23

A Cairo, Illinois, correspondent OF
tho ST I.ouis De,DOcy1t saws.

A Cairo, Illinois, correspondent OF
the st Louis Democrat says:
A gentleman from Vicksburg, who
visited 81 Louis in company with
his wife lately, with tho intent OF
making some investments in steam
boat stock, We believe, returned this
evening in search of his wife and
SO, 900 which she is supposed to have
taken with her, and went down on
the Gladiator. The story, as told, is
that mutual friend of the husband
and wife called on the lady hastily
on Saturday last, with a purported
message from her husband, request,
ing her presence with the escort OF
their friend in lllinoistown; the friend
learns the sudden departure Of the
husband, and the wife and friend
proceed in company to Sandoval.- =
There they change cars to the Illinois
Central for the South, and arrive
in Cairo on Saturday evening. Fur
ther than Sandovsl the husband ha,
not traced thom certainly, and furthe
than Cairo at all. Subsequent to hi
departure on tho Gladiator, it ap
pears in evidence that q lady anc
lgentleman answering to the de
scription given took passage for Pa
ducah on the Thomas Scott, Sunda,
morning, registering their names a
"M'r and Mrs Hargrave." Tn
husband VIC are inform med, is particu
larly anxious about a a'portion (S2,
5OO) OF the money presumed to bo i
the )ady's bands, which he held i
TRUST for another party.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23

The Strong Arm OF Democracy.

The Strong Arm OF Democracy.
A few years ago Mr. Buchanan
was looking for the nomination foi
the Presidency. In 1852 he wrote a
letter from Wheatland. In that let.
ter he said, intending that it should
be read by the American people,
that onr financial affairs we're in q
bad way; that our expenditures had
ALREADY reached the enormous sum
Of fifty millions Of dollars, and that
unless the democracy put forth its
strong arm, and resisted this ten
dency to extravaganza, there was
reason to apprehend that in the
course Of some short time the ex-
penditures would reach the sum Of
one hundred millions of dollars
There was no knowing that if the
Democracy did not put forth its
strong arms, but the expense of the
government would swell to the enor
nous sum OF one hundred millions
Of dollars.
Well. now. Mr.. Buchanan was
elected in 1856, as we all know. |
did not vote for him, and a good
many Of you did not, but some of
you did, to your great sorrow -
TLaughter.1 Well, he was elected,
at any rate, and what did he do2-
Why, he put forth his strong Dem.
ocratic arm, hut it had the opposite
effect from what he had predicted
in his letters. Instead of arresting
extravaganza, he propelled it, and
in the first year Of his administration
the expenditures OF the government
were about sixty-fve millions Of dol.
lars. They had already reached the
enormous sum Of fifty millions, when
he went into Office. Now they were
raised to sixty live millions. In
1858 the strong Democratic arm was
still extended, and still in action,
and the expenditures Of the govern
ment went up. instead Of down, to
eighty.o .one millions of dollars, l be-
licve.
In 1859. this year, as you know,
much to your sorrow, this strong
Democratic arm still extends, and the
expenditures, according to the es-
Inmates of your own able, intelligent,
and excellent member of Congress
go up to ninety ono millions OF dol
lars. Next year. when this strong
Democratic arm will be still extend
ed tor the last time. 1--WE will have
to be thankful for that there is rea.
son for the encouraging expectation
: that Mr.. Buchanan's prophecy vii
he fulfilled, and the expenditures vii
be raised to over one hundred mill
q ions of dollars.
What do my Democratic brcthrcr
, think OF that ! There is the arm.
! is Democratic. There is the oxpond
, ,ture. Nobody can question that
! But this is matter which is no
: worthy the attention OF the Demo
&, cratic orators they are not satisfe,
e with the extension OF the Democrat
2 ic arm; but | think the people ar
s interested in it, therefore speak G
, it. EcTact from Governor Chase
. speech at &naushy.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23
How Tecumseh was killed.

The Western Christian .Advocats
Of this week, contains an obituary
notice, by Reverend A. Wright, of
the Indiana Methodist Episcopal
Church, OF Isaac Hamblin, Senior,
who died at his residence near Bloom.
field, Indiana, few months since,
aged about eighty.six years. Mr.
Hamblin was man of deep piety,
and unqucstionable veracity. He
was in the battle O: the Thames, and
the writer gives the following as HE
statement in regard to the manner
in which Tccumseh was killed: '
lie says that he was standing but
few feet from Colouel Johnson
when he fell, and in full view, and
saw the whole OF that part Of tho
battle. He was well acquainted
with Tecumseh, having seen him be-
fore the war, and having bceu q
prisoner seventeen days, and recelv.
ed many cursing from him. lie
thinks that Tecumseh thonght John
son was Harrison, as he often heard
the chief swear that he would have
uarrison's scalp, and seemed to have
special hatred toward him. John.
sons horse fell under him, he him
self being also deeply wounded; in
the fall he lost his word, his large
pistols were empty, and he was en-
tangled with bis horse on tho ground
] lTecnInseh had fred his rifle at him
and when he saw him fall, he threw
|, down his gun, and bounded forward
|, like a tiger sure OF his prey. John
son had ouly a side pistol ready fol
use. lie aime I at the chief over
, the head OF his horse, and shot neal
the center Of his forehead. When
the ball struck, it seemed to him
that the Indian jumped With his head
full fifteen feet into the air; as soor
, as he struck the ground, a little
Frenchman ran his b,yonot into
him and pinned him fast tn th'
r ground. ..t 81, ac ;
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23


Ths Ngttsffl ~, si5skt>n ~
owing partieulASs ors 0Hi6(4hk
sscss, that took place oNbessd De
snI.s lFpTl''fp lss'rsF';ys ss'y 'Frss'"sv n
wreekedi ys.l,a.,oas ,s.sja,,x ..s,,F
-Xssosdias 4. he. iniell iesn a.
rect from Alexandsia, the sbjpTreck
Of the Turkish steamer Siiistria,
must be attributed - the negligence
and incapacity Of Ns Caplaiu. -
When the Egyptian transport cAme
mp 10 tho Silissris, the MnesulShaps
|hastened to save tl,e,pselvea hrt.--z
As for tie Captain, he was 0iNent
upon pillaRing sums OF money and
other valuables on board. that he
'perished, the victim Of his, crime
The Mshometan passengers, among
whom was the famous Commission.
or Of Jeddah, Said Pasi,G, ru,hed
upon the Christian passengers, and
beat and robbed them. Said PAsha
was the frat who Get tho example OF
that frightfnl. massacre Of the Christ:
ians whom the Mnssulmsns slew
for the sole purpose Of appropsi-
ating to themselves what tho former
possessed. Luckily Tor tho Christ
ians, there were among the passcn-
gers twenty-eight Austrian SeameH.
who armed themselves with what
first that came to hand, and they do.
tended. the Christians TO the last mo-
ment. Nevertheless tile number Of
persons killed by the Mussulmans
amounted to seventy-seven, while
the total number OF passengers was
$50. -
The Austrians were tho last to get
into the transport The shifting of
passengers to the transport, in tho
midst Of a fearful massacre, contin-
ued several honrs, during which no
one, OF course, thought Of taking
away with him any Of the provis.
ions on board Of the Silistria, so
that another calamity, that Of fam.
inc, threatened the passengers of the
transport. Providence took these
poor creatures under its protectioR /;
favorable breeze blew during the
whole voyage, and the transport
reached Alexandria the day after
the catastrophe. An inquiry imme-
diately commenced, and tue guilty
parties will be condemned. Among
the last, Said Pasha stands ut the
head Of the list. But for his fanat-
icism and barbarous cruelty all the
passengers would have been saved.
1t is interesting to know how this
inquiry will end, in which the Con-
suls Of all nations who had subjects
on board the Sllistria arc taking part.
Among thvse passengers two were
Russians, and both have been saved.
What opinion, we ask, can Europe
have ofthe Turkish digntaries. when
one Of the most eminent among
them-he who was recently charged
with SO important a mission as the
inquiry into the massacre at Jeddah-
is now accused himself Of having
committed go horrible a crimei
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23
Discovery OF u Fountain OF Oil.
TIrUsvILLE, Pennsylvania,

September S.
Perhaps you will recollect that in
1854 there was organized in the city
OF New York a company, under the
name OF the Pennsylvania itock Oil
Company, which, for some good rea
SONS. paesed into the hands OF some
New Haven capitalists, and was by
them removed to New Haven
In 1S4S, the Directors leased tho
grounds and springs to M'r f. L..
Drake, we'll known on the New Ha-
ven Railroad. He came ont here.
and in May last commenced to bore
for salt, or to find the source Of the
salt, which is so common along the
banks of Oil Greek. Last week, at
the depth Of seventy one feet, he
struck fissure in the rock through
which he was boring, when to tho
surprise and joy Of every one, he
found he had tapped vein OF water
and oil, yielding four hundred gal
Ions OF pure oil to every twenty ionr
hours Zone day. g
The pump now in use throws only
five gallons per minute Of water and
oil into a largo vat, when the oil
rises to the top and the water runs
lput at the bottom. In q few days
they will have a pump Of three times
the capacity Of the ono now in use
and then from ten to twelve hundred
gallons of oil will be the daily yield
The springs along tho stream,
understand, have been mostly tskel
up or secured by Brewer e Watson
the parties who formerly owned tn
one now in operation. ,t.
j The excitement attendant on tn
discovery Of this vat source Of oj
was fully equal to what | ever say
in California, when Q large lump {
gold was accidentally turned out.
-IC0r. Neio York Tribune.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23

PAUL MoRrnY, THE CuEss CHAM
rIoN,-Paul Morphy has been play.
ing, lately, several games of chess
at the rooms of the New York Chess
Club, in tho University, with tho
Zion, A, b. Meek, a leading player
of tho South, giving him tho odds Of
a Kight; also Will, W. j. A, Fuller,
ESQ.,, OF New York, giving him the
ODDS Of a Castle. Mr., MorpbJ won
every game.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23

In Holland they have q curious
custom called tho hlpputie.--
Whenever child is born, = frame.
work of an oval shape, covered over
with a light pink colored silk, is
placed outside the front doc + Of the
house, where the kuocker used for
merly to be placed. Ir the child is
a giIl, a small portion OF the upper
part Is covered with white silk ~
Over the whole is spread white lace,
the richness of which varies with the
wealth of tho inmates. Many diff
iOrent explanations are given In re-
gard to the custom, and from what il
arose, hut most probably It was 10,
troduced to inform oil OF the birth O.
tho infant, and give notice to those
who might wish to enter the house
not to knock too loud. ia $50 - =
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-23

The GAME LAws.-Sporting men
are not apt to think that the expira-
tion Of the period prohibiting the
killing Of game entities them to
shoot anything Of the featlered tribe
To prohibit the violation OF the law
wc publish synopsis of the game
law, viz:
Tho law, "to prevent the killing
of birds and other game" prohibits
the killing OF sparrows, robins, blue
birds, martins, thrushes, mocking
birds, swalIows, meadow larks, ori
oles, red birds, cat birds, ilickerp,
doves, rabbits, wild turkeys, quails
gronse, pheasant, prairie chickens
woodcocks, deer, wild geese, ducks
of any sort, before September the
18th. Tho killing Of crows, black
birds, and birds Of prey, ID pcrlnissa
bic at any time. The penalty fol
violation Of tho act, is fine of !:
to SO and costs for killing tn,
smaller varieties Of birds, and lint
of IS TO $15 for killing the large
class of game. The game scasol
will therefore commence Septembe
18th. -. s-.-..at ........