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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08

The Escapade at the Nor thcrn Prison
From a private letter OF A. j..
Mullen, the prison Physician, the
Indiana Sentinel obtains the follow
ing details Of the escape and shooting
at the Northern Indiana Prison, al
ready mentioned:
A company of prisoners were
engaged in planting corn on the
prison lands in charge Of John Lane,
young man twenty-four years Of
age, appointed a guard from Clinton
county. He had the superintend.
ence OF the farm hands. About
eight o'clock in the morning the
whole squad of prisoners IN his
charge suddenly made a break. -
Lane jumped quickly into their
midst and ordered them to stop
several times, but they kept on run
ming. He drew his navy revolver
and fred on the leader, a man
named McGraw, killing him instant
ly. The ball passed through his
body. McGraw was a desperate
man, committed for burglary, and
an old offender.
Lane then caught one Of the flu
!, gitives and tied him securely ant
, delivered him to the guards at th'
!: prison. Several guards besides Lam
4 were mounted quickly, and in pur
/, suit of the others, in a short tim
succeeded in taking all but one.-
> Captain Buford caught two OF then
. hid in a swamp. The remaining
man, named Bennett, could not b
4 found. The most OF the guards
tired with the chase Of the day. wer
. willing to give up, but Lane was de
J. termined to have his man, and start
J. ed again into the pine swamps
South of the prison grounds and tn
: city. About dark he came in wit
9 his fugitive, having found him i
y q secluded place trying to bury hin
I, self In tho sand to avoid being seel
X Lane has acted with much presenc
: of mind and intrepidity in the who
matter and has won laurels. II
0 should be poperely rewarded by til
i prison officers. 1t is TO he hope
that the tragical death Of McGrav
= resulting from this escape, will dett
many others, and may save man
lives hereafter by the terrible lesso
il will give the others.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08

LIKE AN OFFER OF OLD. MADE ny
SATAN. When Mr.. buchanan de-
sired Col. Forney to take the Liv-
erpool Consulate, he offered him in
addition the salaey Of $4,000 a
year IA European corresl sl'ondent OF
the Union newspaper. 1t appears
that, then as now, that pauper con-
Germ was under the control of our
"sray haired o'd public tunctionary,"
who probably thought that, as tho
cost ol supporting it was iilched out
OF the public treasury, the lresIdcat
on !ht to manage its expenditures.
iCol Forney, however, declined, pos.
sibly because he didn't like the con-
,ncc,ion, p ssibly b. cause he had no
confidence in the promise to pay of
the other party. Any way, he knew
who he was dealing with. Our own
iopinion is that, il he had accepted,
he would have been cheated ont OF
everything, beyond, perhaps a single
quarters salary.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08
A speech of Abraham Lincoln.


The following extract from one oI
Abraham Lincoln's speeches in re.
ply to Douglas, has a curious peril
nency to the present time, when he
is so unanimously nominated by a
united party for President; while
Douglas cannot get the nomination
of even the distracted and disorgan-
lied faction called Democracy:
"There is still another disadvan
tage under which We labor, and to
which | will ask your attention. Ii
arises out Of the relative position Of
the two persons who stand before
the state as can idates Tor the Sen.
ate. Senator Douglas is Of world
wide renown. All the anxious
politicians Of HE party, or who have
been Of his party for years past, have
been looking uron him as certainly,
at no distant day, to be the Frcsi.
dent Of the United States. They
have seen in his round, jolly, fruit.
iul taco, Postollices, Land Offices,
Marshalships and Cabinet appoint.
ments, chargeships and foreign mis-
sions, bursting and sprouting out in
wonderful exubcranCe, ready to bo
laid hold OF by their greedy hands.
As they have been gazing upon this
attractive pi, turc SO long, they can
not, in the little distraction that has
taken place in the party, bring them
selves to give up the charming hope;
but with greedier anxiety they rush
about him, sustain him, and give
him marches, triumphal entries, and
receptions beyond what even in the
days of his highest prosperity they
could have brought about in his IA
vor. On the contrary, nobody has
ever expected me to be President
Ia my poor, lean, lank face, nobody
has ever seen that any cabbages
were sprouting ont. These arc dis
advantag, 8. all taken together, that
the Republicans labor under. We
have to fight this battle upon princi.
pie, and upon principle alone. !
am, in a certain sense, made the
standard bearer in behalf of the Re.
publicans. | was made so merely
because there had to be some one 80
placed being in nowise preferable
to any other ono of the twenty-five
p 'rhaps hundrel-we have in the
X publican ranks. Then, | say,
wish it to be distinctly understood
and borne in mind, that we have to
fight this battle without many
perhaps without any-otthe externa
aids which are brought to beal
against us. So | hope those with
whom am surrounded have princi
pie enough to nerve themselves fol
the task and leave nothing undone,
that can be fairly done, to bring
about the right result
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08

A PRINTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Hannibal uamlin commenced his
life as o Farmer boy and afterwards
became a Printer, and continued
Setting up type" till he commenced
the study of the law. He was ad-
mitted to the Bar in 1888, when he
was "a years Of age.
Lincoln and Hamlin, alike in
many points OF character, and with.
in a few months of the same age,
both arose from the humble but
honorable occupations Of working
men. Both commenced life on the
farm; both sprung from the working
people; both struggled through q
youth Of work and difficulties to an
honorable manhood; both have been
the ARCHITECTS OF their own for
tunes;' both are eminently "self
made men,"
1t is such men the people love t.
honor. Two Farmer boys of 1900
will be at the head Of the nationa
! government in 1901 Blade.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08
The Old Line Wings of New York for
Lincoln.

The favor with which the nomi-
nation Of Lincoln is received in the
Empire. state by the Old Line
Wings, settles tho question as to
how New York will cast her elect
oral vote. From Buffalo to Albany,
from Ogdensburg to Brooklyn, they
are throwing up their hats for lion
est o d Abe" They are coming to
his support en- mdSse. This class OF
men are sixty odd thousand strong,
allowing for all deiections. They
supported Clay. Taylor and Scott.
In 1856 they cast their votes for Fill
more. Since then they have been on
their oars, ana waiting for something
to turn up, Alter the demise OF the
Whig party they Joined the Ameri'
can organiz, alton. Latterly they re-
organized under the name of the
unconstitutional Union party" Foi
several years there has existed a
deadly animosity between them and
the Seward men. The latter bein,
largely superior in numbers, wcr,
not disposed to make any terms o
fusion with them. but shut the doc
in their faces, and kept them out il
the wet. The "Old Liners" las
Fall revenged themselves by votin.
for most of the Democratic stat
ticket, and beating the ma ior par
OF the "Seward ticket" But the,
deprecatc the election Of anothe
Democratic President. They ar,
opposed to the farther extension o
slavery, and dcnounce the disunior
schemes Of the Southern Democracy
as well as the proposed re-openin!
OF the African slave trade. Thes'
sod Line Wings" perceive tina
they can honorably support Abra
ham Lincoln of Illinois, without an.
sacrifice of personal pride or self
respect. They feel that they cal
now come into the Republican part,
on honorable terms. They believ
our candidate to be a sound, homes
and conservative man, who love
the Union, and regards the SLAYER
question from the stand, point OF til
founders OF this government. The
! rejoice at the opportunity OF agai
|, becoming members OF great ma
tional and patriotic party, one whic
is able to wrest the federal govern
, ment out Of the hands of the corrur
= pro slavery Democracy, and admin
. lister it in the spirit OF the fathers.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08
A Terrible Tragedy.

A terrible tragedy occurred on the
18th instant, OH board OF tho steamer
b. l.. Hodge, while on her way tc
New Orleans, and near Shreveport
man named b. l.. Heath being the
chief actor. His reasons for com.
mitting the atrocious deed are vari
ously inscribed TO insanity, the i'll
and morbid disposition ola deformed
man who believes himself Stunned
by his fellow-men, and, lastly, to
his being crossed in his love for a
beautiful woman, whom he has
haunted for years, and by whom he
has peremptorily denied and rebuked
some two months ago.
While Mr.. q. NJ. For5, Of Robin
son county Tennessee, and Mr.. II.
j. Lyle, of Nashville, were playing
cards iu thy cabin about midnight,
Heath entered and seated himself
by them, who paid him no attention.
In a few minutes he arose delib-
erately from his seat and drawing a
large bowie-kniie, seized Forb by
the hair of the head, and before the
others of the party were aware Of his
intentions, stabbed him to tho heart,
producing almost instant death
Lyle Immediately graspcd tho muir
derer by the arm, but freeing himself
by q desperate effort, the latter
plunged the deadly weapon into the
formers neck, inhicting wound
from the effects Of which he in few
moments expired.
Another gentleman, Mr.. +. G..
Jernigan, was also stabbed by the
monster, but not fatally, when by.
stander. seizing large iron chair,
dealt Heath a blow on the head
which felled him senseless to the
floor, and before he had recovered,
he was securely bound and taken to
New Orleans.
The murderer had upon his per-
son at the time of his arrest several
other knives and a revolver.
He is deiormed creature, small
in stature, broken backed, and about
twenty eight years OF age. lie said
he WAS native Of Weston, Lewis
county, Virginia. and that he had
been teaching school at place call
led Knoxville, in Cherokee county,
Texas. The reason given by him
for committing the deed was that
they were the parties who were
seeking his lifc-al,hough they had
never met before.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08

INTELLECTUAL STATUS OF THE ia
rASEsE. - Tho Washington corres-
pondent OF the Philadelphia Prtss
says:
lmust confess that the appearance
of the Japanese has not enchanted
me. My first impressions were MT
agreeable. Not being able to con-
verse with them, | cannot of course
speak Of their intellectual qualities,
but their physiognomy was that Of a
cross between an Indian and mulat-
to; and although more intelligent in
expression than the Chinese, there
was that idiotic manifestation in
their vacant and unenthusiastic man.
ncr which did not come up to my
idea of tho pictures which have been
drawn by those journals and Report
ers who have been presenting these
Japanese as models Of politeness
intelligence and craftsmanship. |,
is true, they had n crafty look, but
1t was the gaze rather OF the suspi
clous savage than the inquirins
mind. 1t ought to be recollected
however, that the scenes into whicl
these people have been suddenl,
introduced are entirely new to them
that until they saw San Francisc
and Washington, they never knes
what the highest order of civilization
was; and that, able as they are /
their own country, and might be
como in ours, they may be overcom
by the novelty OF the circumstance
lby which they are surrounded.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08

A DEAD MAN Tells HIS FRIENDS
WHERE HE Is BURIED. The Madison
Qndiana) Courier, OF May 30th, re
latcs the following very remarkable
incident:
Among the unfortunate ilatboat'
men wrecked in the late terrible
hurricane ON tho Ohio, were two
brothers OF tho name Of Gibbons,
from pittsburg. When the boat
they were on went down, near Car
rolllon, one OF them WAS rescued
from drowning, but the othor, less
fortunate, sunk and periShed beneath
tho waves. The survivor, after
waiting at Carrollton and searching
in vain ior several days for the body,
returned to his home in Pittsburg.
Saturday night he dreamed his
brother, whose namo was Daniel,
came to his bedside and told hin
that his dead body might be found
buried by the side OF that OF a rela
tive who perished on the same day
and in like manner with himself
(The relative was on another boa
when lost.) The brother immedi
ately started down the river, and OF
reaching this city, and calling on tn
Sexton of Sprngdale Cemetery, h
found sure enough that his brothe
and relative were buried side by sid
in this city.
This is a strange story, but it wa
! related to us by Mr. Gibbons him
: self, who was in our Office to-day
and we have no reason to questio
c his veracity.
al
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08

MORE REVELATIONS BY TuE CovoDE
The Covode Commit.
tee on Saturday had before them
additional testimony to show the
corruption of the present adminisira'
ton. Patrick Lalrry. boss Carlen-
ter in tho Philadelphia navy yard,
testified that subscriptions Of from
one hundred dollars down to smaller
sums, were coerced from the subor-
dinate officers in the yard in 1859,
to carry on the election in favor OF
Collector Bakers ticket. Because
he would not subscribe and vote the
ticket he was removed. He never
knew such a practice under any
other administration. Brumaker,
an officer in the Philadelphia Gus.
tom House, also testified that he re-
fused to subscribe or vote as indi-
Gated above, and was removed
John 9. Dunn. Clerk in the Phila-
delphia PustoiIicc, testified that lie
was removed for the same reasons.
1t is in evidence before the Covodo
Committee that these abuses have
been reported to the several heads
of the departments by District AT
torney Van Dyke. The Republican
members OF the Committee will max,
tho uost OF the TACT in their report
that Mr.. Van Dyke, who made the
report, is removed from office, Will,
the men against whom the com
plants were made, arc retained il
office.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08

A CnICKEN's GIZzARD WoRrH
Sc co. j. A. Goolr CHI showed US u
few days since, two pieces of gold
coin taken from the gizzard of Il
chicken. One was a s2l piece, and
the other a So, The $5 picco is
worn so smooth that its dato and
denomination can only be discovered
by heating, and is row worth only
1878 ny weight. The $2l is but
little worn aud is worth $2,25 by
weight. A poor widow woman
brought over the chicken from lii.
nois, to sell in our market for the
purpose OF purchasing nosx with
tho proceeds. Not being able to
sell them all at once, sho ''peddled"
them out, and Mr., q. purchased the
last and most valuable one, out OF
Icharity to tho @amnn. On discov.
Iering tho valuable "erind stones,"
Mr.. G. sent tho widow an extra sack
ofaour.--[ Fort Madison Iiaindsat'
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s. A. SPEAR, Proprietor.] ]
Danger of q General Explosion.

by tho proposition for putting out
Mount Vesuvius by the introduction
of the waters of the Mediterranean
1t fears that "the bowels of the
earth" might be converted into an
immense steam boiler, and blow up
all creation. 1t reasons in this
wise:
A paragraph has been going the
rounds of the papers recently, ex-
tracted from some foreign journal,
giving an account Of project for
putting out Mount Vesuvius, by the
introduction OF the waters of the
Mediterranean. The mechanical
part of this operation, it is said, may
be easily effected. by means of a
canal, since the ordinary bottom of
the Greater is below the level of the
sea. But a serious question may
arise, as to the probable conse
quences OF such an enterprise. 1t is
plain enough, that the flames, which
from time to time belch forth from
Mount Vesuvius, and have done so
Tor at least twenty centuries, must
communicated with very extensive
sources of combustion-the central
fires Of the earth.
OI their extent, nature and force,
Judgment can be formed only by the
fact that they have been burning
from time immemorial, that the
earth has regular points Of relief for
this constant internal commotion,
at immense distances from each
other, and that as volcanoes become
extinct In one place, they break out
in another, sometimes on land, and
sometimes from the topmost peak OF
an island rising from the bosom Of
the sea. How this fire is kept up
whether it has been burning from
the first moment of creation-what
ravages it has made in the interior
of the earth, or whether it is con-
trollcd by powers beyond our know
ledge, so thati it has aet bounds which
it cannot pass-what part it plays
in the economy of nature, or how
necessary it may be for the purposes
of q habltable globe, even though
We may be unable always to trace
its distinct operation-are matters
OF inference, to be sure, but leading
to conclusions scarcely to be avoided
by an intelligent and a rational
mind.
The object of the Mediterranean
canal is said to be to quench the fire
OF Vesuvius, and then by removing
the accumulated lava, to recover So
much additional territory for culti-
walton. The experiment seems to
us doubtful, and we are FREQ to
confess, dangerous. If no other
effect should be produced by the i'm.
prisoncd steam, which would be
generated by the introduction of n
vast body OF water into the fiery
bowels OF the crater, we should be
10th to be, at the moment, within a
circuit OF many miles. for the rea.
son Of the violent effects likely to
follow the attempt upon the spot.
What more remote and terrible
consequences might cnsue, it in not
possible to calculate. The diameter
OF the earth is not SO large, that the
water might not rush through all its
vast and boiling cavrrns. In view
OF the entire subject, we conceive
that it would be far wiser to let the
crater OF Vesuvius alone. 1t is bet.
tor in the charge of tho Almighty
Providence, by which all things
exist.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08


SINGULAR Storms,
like troubles, seem to come in
crowds. Last week was iull Of
them, and this week starts fair for q
similar exhibition OF elemental dis
turbances. Yesterday evening we
were visited by fearful tornado
A singular phenomenon was observ-
ed in the South East. A black cloud
bellying down like a bag let drop
from the lower end a long tongue
like spout, which whirled and
swayed exactly AS tho descriptions
say water spout does. 1t passed
about a mile and half South of the
centre Of the city, or just beyond the
outskirts, dealing destruction in its
course.
All round in the vicinity rails
we're blown about like feathers, large
trees twisted round and broken off,
and fonces were blown down. In a
few minutes it began to hail, and
such hail stones have rarely beer
seen in this region. All were very
large, and many Of them fully al
large as hcns' eggs! Luckily they
fell very sparsely, or we should have
had few window lights and LITTLE
fruit left.
The track of the tornado was ap
parently but three or four hundret
feet in width, and within it the de
struction has no doubt been YER,
great Indianapolis Journal.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08

TIE kENrrcKY ExILEs WESTWARD
BouNp, The Keokuk Qowa) cate
city OF the 2Sth says:
A procession oi nine wagons, one
carriage, dozen yoke Of oxen, and
several spans OF horses, passed up
Main street on Saturday morning,
bound for Ma lson county, Iowa -
The peoplc--and there were a lot OF
them--came from Kentucky, aud
are seeking homes where they can
enjoy the blessings OF freedom and
a genuine popular sovereignty.
Since writing the above, we learn
from Mr. Alexander that he recog.
nized this company as old friends
and neighbors in Adair county
Kentucky. They belong to on,
family, the head of which is th'
Reverend John Blair, who inform
ed Mr.. Alexander that they wer,
Obliged to leave their homes on ac
count Of their sentiments on the
slavery question. Until within two
years past, they had always voted
the Democratic ticket. At the las
August election they voted for the
opposition candidates, and since
then tho feeling against them has
been gradually intensiiying, unit
they found it too hot to remain there
They could not be allowed the ex
preston OF even the most moderat
anti-slavery sentiments, and there
fore they have come, with ampl
means, to settle in state wher
freedom OF opinion can be tolerated
and the rights of man are not onl
asserted, but protected. Thus tn
''irrepressible conflict" goes on.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08
n HAT STORE. q
Hallo!-say 1 noighbor;

Can you tell me where the fimdlty Hat
Store is,
Yes. IL has changed hands. Do you see the
sign ii the BIG BLACK HAT y"rdert
Yes.
Well, that l. the place to huy Hats ~ d Caps
CHEAP; they have the largest stock and
latest STYLES of HATS AND CAPS that has
ever been IN Findlay, and are selling the cheap.
est. Call at the sign OF the Bg Black Hat,
when you want a good article and cGcap.
March l6, lsGU.-[Gm l.. I. Il I. W. i.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08

DR. #. w. ENTRIIkIN, will hereafter de.
i J vote his entire time TO the practice fMed
sine and Surgery, in Findlay and adjoining
,ountry. Prompt attention to business al all
REslpEscE- the Joint Stock Hotol,
on Sandusky street, West OF Main:
OFrIos-Four doors South or wheeler BROS.
A. When Professionally absent, orders may
beisft AT residence, e,-all such orders will re-
seiye prompt attention..
March 1, Dan. ~ 1853.
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REIT e r. M A MS
(ronNERiy sTorGuTON's)
AMBROTYPE GALLERY.

TNHIS establishment has been 50 long in oro.
Il ration. and its reputation Is So well known
by the people of Hancock and adjoining coun-
lies, that we presume II lS not necessary To-
mention fHEFACT, that all the different styles
3f pictures are taken here. IN Il manner that
CANNOT Be SURPASSED,
and at low prices To suit the times.
So A stock oi fancy Cases will he sold out
at uaEATLY reduced prices.
Having u SKY laGnr along with all tho other
improvements ot the day, We can produce II
3OOD TONED picture. Examine specimens al
the revolving sign and at the rooms, ia DR..
Rawsons block, opposite Wheeler u Bros.
W, REITEl,MAN.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08

Yellow fever has already appear.
cd at New Orleans.