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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19
Alleged Isssrseetiesasy Movesess ..
VirginiH.

The Norfolk, virginis, papers Of
Saturday are filed with accounts Of
the supposed discovery Of an insur.
rectionsry plot in Princess Anne
county. We make some extracts
which we give for what they sre
worth. 1t must be remembered that
the people of that region are liable
to get alarmed very easily. Tho
Norfolk Argvs eays:
Several negroes have been arrest.
cd in Princess Anne. and their con-
fessions ('hough in some cases cx.
torterl) have developed the same a'o-
ry, and led to further arrests. The
confessions show that a rising was
contemplated at Hickory Ground, in
Norfolk county. tomorrow Sunday
night. and that the matter was in
vestigated by free persons, some OF
them free negroes. Two arrests
have been made in Norfolk city, and
the trail is fully strnck.
The citizens OF the two counties
have resorted to vigilant measures
to supprcss this vile conspiracy, and
to defect all offenders OF all colors.--
Active patrols have been organized,
and gone 10 cork. We advise all
suspected white persons to quit the
parts between two days" On
. Thursday night a white man named
Flynn was shot dead by patrol
party ir Norfolk county, on the line
of the canal, about seventeen miles
from Portsmouth. There we're sev-
,eral men engaged in ditching, AMI
they were camping ont in that neigh
borhood. The place was suspected,
and their tent visited for a search
When the patrol approached the tent
and hailed, the man Fl,nn came ont
and aimed his gun ut Mr.. Warner,
one Of tho party, but before he could
fire, he was shot dead by another of
the party. At the same moment a
negro dartcd from the tent and es
capped into the woods. A free negro
named Dick Smith, has heen shot,
also; he, however, is not dead. Wc
understand that he was shot whilo
running from some gentlemen who
were attempting to arrest him for
some inccndious expression that no
had used. Ten negroes are said to
be in custody in Princess Anne and
two in Norfolk city.
The NoriolI, Dty Book of Satur.
day evening has the following:
We continue to receive informa-
tion from the surrounding country
of the most intense excitement ex-
isting among tho people. They are
thoroughly aroused and generally
incensed. and the leading gentlemen
OF the two counties have taken hold
of the matter with determination to
probe it to the bottom. Almost all
with whom We have conversed are
fully impressed with the con onviction
that another raid was on foot, or at
least that an extensive underground
railroad scheme has been broken up
by its ti'nely discovery. 1t is little
that these operations should
have commenced in tho county in
which Governor Wise resides.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19
The Returns In view York city.

The leading Broadway Hotels
having recently risen into political
Importance, we looked in last nigh,
to get a little pablic opinion upon
the Pennsylvania election. Strange
ly enough the Chivalry had retired
early, under the combined influence
of bad headaches and scattering
returns. a very few Bell Everetters.
hoping against hope, held out unit
the news from Allegheny arrived
when they incont,ncn,ly fed. and al
eleven O'Clock the usually tbronged
bar rooms and halls were "a lonely
as a Quaker meeting house at mid
night.
Now and then stragglcr dropped
in from the thca'crs s,ealthily in.
quircd the news which lac J. al alr,ad
OWNED from tho unusual solitude
monrniully shook his head at til,
answer, md snlcmnly stalkcd away
Tho blow was so stunning that non,
OF them ventured upon the gasconadt
80 commonly induIged in.
Our establishment wac crowded
last night by an enthusiastic mae,
meeting o! Republicans, whose cheer
ing shouts shook the windows O
Old Tanmany, and carried dismay
to the denizens oi that sleepy con
.cern.
About midnight lively detach
ment Of Wide 4 wakes (forrho Unior
and victory came down from head
quarters, aud gave us volley o
their thrilling cheers, making the
welkin ring again. and marching of
in high glee.- Ve'c York Tribune
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19

PREDICTING THE WEATHER The
E !inburg Scotsman, OF September
l3, prints a letter from Sir j. +. w
llerschel, relative to some predict.
ions ~ to the weather, which he
was alleged to have made. Sir John
llerschel, in his letter, says thar
from solar phenomena last year
which still continue to some degree,
he had formed and perhaps express
ed the opinion that tho Summer
wonld be rainy, though he did not
suppose that this had become public.
ly known. lie does not aspire to
tn unenviable reputation OF wealth
er prophet, but thinks that by con-
Meeting scattered indications and
remarkable phenomena, an opinion
may be formed as to the general
character OF a season without any
such hazard. Scientifically speak,
ing, connecting the phenomena re.
ferred to with the ascertaincd laws
OF solar periodiclty established by
Wolf and Schwabe, he Thinks the
weather for the last twelve months
more instructive than for any similar
period on record, and intlmates a
design to mako his views public in
a definite form. At present, how
ever, he thinks it impossible to an
nonnce any given sort of weather
at any particular time, except from
barometric changes and similar in,
dications.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19
The Canvass in New York.

The Albany Journal bestows tn,
following morsels of tho Weed OF
the Fusionists. The election vii
soon give them more bitter weeds tC
swallow:
"ToEs, AND SoILED, BUr FLYING. ,
The 1tlas and AyguS has run up il
speckled, faded. dirty flag, and
calls upon the needy and forlorn o.
all parties to cheat themselves o,
each other by voting for it. Osten.
sibly. a part OF the candidates are
for Douglas, another part tor Bell
and third part for Breckinrilgc. -
But all. to use tho expressive figur,
OF ex Secretry Rar dali, "c,ddIe
together under the same dirty bed
clothes"
If the Douglas men had made a
straight, ma'ly fight. Lincoln's ma.
.Iorlty wonld not have eYceeded So
600. Bnt their coalition with Dis.
nnionists" and Know Nothings'
ensures a majority against them OF
at least 20 900.
The Calico Venders' ticket fails to
sii,isfy the Breckinridge men. Bra.
dy and his associates occupy a moral
hight in the clnvass which will
draw tens of thousands away from
the ranks of the degenerate and dc
moralized lusionists.
The .ArguS speaks OF the Breck-
inriIge men Of Kentucky az "ver.
min" Is this the reason the De.
mocracy Of this state are 40 anxious
to take them TO their bosom?
lany one wishes TO see n Fusionist
stntter, let him ask him what prin.
riples are represented by the Calico
Electoral ticket. But no one should
repeat fhe experiment. To do so
would subject him to tho penalties
of the statute against cruelty to an
imals.
The fusion Of the Democrats with
" Disunionists and Know Nothings,
haa disgusted great many Irish
citizens. We present a specimen or
two Of the modes in which this feel
ing finds expression: - 1st. The
enrolment Of 20G Irishmen in q
Wide Awake Club at Syracuse; and
81. An Address issued by a COM
nittee OF the Irish Union Wide.
Awake Club of this city. Both are
significan'; and the Address is we'll
frawn, compact ami pungent.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19

DlsAPpoINTMEsr. MANIA AND SUI.
cIDE.--On Monday, one George
Woodwork was taken to tho Clay
Hospital in state OF mental aberra
tion. In few hours he appeared
Tranquil and rational, Next day, he
was permitted to walk about; was
last seen alive strolling on the porch
OF the third story, and next it was
discovered that he hal fallen. or
precipitated himself, ovei the ban.
listers, to the brick pavement in'the
yard below, distance of forty feet.
He struck upon his head. fracturing
it so horribly that he died IN five
minutes. Deceased is said to have
been a native Of Summit comfy,
Ohio, and to havo engaged in finan.
cial speculations in hogs, without
success. His misfortnnes pressed
upon his mind, and led him even to
express design to terminate his ex-
istence. The unfortunate man leaves
q wife and children living in Min.
nesota,-CS, louis Democrat.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19
Where Some Of Douglas Money Came
From.

The Artisans Bank. New York.
now burst up, was an unmitigated
Democratic swindle. 1t was started
by Democrats and has been con
trolled by them, in the interest OF
Mayor Wood and by his aid, to pro.
vide funds for the Democratic party.
Mr.. Douglas himself is said to be a
large debtor, $4,000 on one note
only g few days before the bank
stopped; and these notes, unsecured.
are not worth the paper on which
they were written, and were known
not to be when discounted. In a
late examination by the Clearing
House, dissatisfaction was expressed
as to it's apparent condition. Loans
Of $40, 900 to $4,000 appeared to
parti whose names the Directors
refused to tell. Mayor Wood ap.
pointed the President City Cham
berlsin, not long since, and he anC
brother Ben made a handsome pile
out of it. BY speculations in il.
stock, Of about that time. and b,
peculations from its vault, the man.
sgers have saved their own necks
throwing the loss upon the poo,
stockholders and depositors. There
isn't enough to pay the deposits into
half . million. When the bank co
the million or more city funds into
its keeping, It is said large sums dis,
appeared from the Golfers at abou
the same time. One Camp, a re.
tainer OF Wood, borro wed $40, 600
bought shares of the bank with the
money, speculated on the rise, anc
is now q wealthy man, while IN,
bank is by SO much poorer. Anc
Il this Camp had the GOODNESS to pre-
; sent himself ss the choice of tb,
Directors for Receiverl The Cour
hiss very properly overruled in thi
and taken a gentlemen who will, i
is,heped, give the public the benefi
of, Mhat he finds. There's a ricI
mine Of Democratic corruption to b
.waFkad here.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19

"A correspondent Oi the Charleston
Neycmy sends from Old Poin
Comfort, Virginia, the following ac
count OF a new gun:
TIE monOton"us routine of gar
rison lito AT this great militar,
stronghold is ust now most agree
ably varie by a series of highly in
teresting experiments with the nam
moth iron gun which has been
named after the secretary OF War
This tremendous piece of ordnance
by lar the largest ever cast in thi.
or any other country, ia designed tol
use in our coast defenscs, az al
offset to the late important improve
meDt in the construction Of vessels
OF war. IL is intended to cripple
certainly and hopelcssly, at q single
shot any hostile ship or steamer, no
matter how large or strongly built
that many venture within a mile oi
its enormous muzzle.
Tho Floyd gun WAS cast bnt n
short time since At the Fort Pitt
Foundry, near Pittsburg, Penusyl,
vania, under the supervision of
Captain Rodman, OF the Ordnance
Department. 1t weighs, indepenl.
emily ol the carriage, 40 099 pounds.
and its coat is something over Sl0.-
900. The bore is sixteen inches in
diameter anl fifteen iect in depth.
The gun is worked by six men.
and the time consumed by loaiing
and firing il just one minute and a
halt. 1t will throw either shot or
shell; ard these are spherical in
form and of APPALLING magnitude -
the solid shot weighing $50 pounds
The fifteen inch shell weighs about
3S+ pounds, and carries besides
fifteen pounds powder. The charge
Of powder used in firing this mon
ster cannon was first only TWEEN
ty pounds, but this has been grad
ually increased to ascertain the max
imum Of powder; and in the last
discharge no less than forty tive
pounds were used.
The piece ia not intended to be
fired at a longer range than ahout
two thousand yarls, but at this dis
tance its execution is terrific, com.
plctcly shattering the most massive
targets. whether constructed OF
stone. timber, earth or iron.
Not the least singular feature Of
the big gnn is the pow'ler used in
discharging it. The grains ARE hard
smooth lpmps OF irregular shape,
varying in size from a half inca to
an inch IN diame.,r.
There is now convened at the
fort a Board OF Engineers. commiss.
ioncd by the government, 10 *
anime into the expedicnry OF intro.
ducing the Floyd gnn as II regular
arm OF the United States service.
Among Others here is an officer
OF the Russian Army, who appears
to take the deepest interest in thr
success OF the gun, doubtless with u
view of ultimately lnroducing il into
the service Of the CzIr.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19
Programme Of the German Monnrchs,


II was an autnLrlih letter rom
the Emperor Arxan Ter not simpl,
invitation. wu'ch the first General
OF the Russian Empire was lately
charged to carry to Vienna. The
Prince Regent Of Prussia his also
written an autograph letter to hit
cousin OF Austria. 10 congratulate
him on the Warsaw interview. -
Other crowned heads will sit in the
arcopagus, namely, the Kings of
Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtcmbury
two or three Dukes. and several
petty Princes. The Prince Regent
hns written letters, promising ami
cable protection to some Princes, and
Francis Joseph has done the same
to others. As was the case for To-
plitz and S,lzburg, the Ministers OF
Foreign Affairs Of the sovereigns
present are drawing up the bases of
che conversation which is to take
place between the august negoiiators.
We learn that their protocols, though
still uncertain AMI incomplete, may
be summed up in the following points:
l, Open war on the revolution
and on the revolutionary spirit. -
2. Maintenance of all existing soye,
reignties, and particularly OF exist
ing frontiers. 3. Disapprobaiion Of
all that has taken place in Italy,,
4. Engagement to promote the re-
establishment in their possessions
of the deposed Italian Princes.
5. A sacrifice on the part of Austria
in favor OF Russia as regards the
East--the sacrifices, however, to be
limited to the refrigeration OF tina,
power in the pos tion which she helC
before the Treaty of Paris. 6
Eventual support offered to Austria
by Russia, in Hungary, by Prussi,
in Bohemia, and by Bavaria in tn,
lTyrol. 7. Accord not only to main
tain the division and subjection o
Poland, but to prevent Polisl
question from beir5 put on the orde
OF the day; and 8. Promise to com,
hereafter to concert respecting al
the events which may arise, and a
the head OF which is q war on tn,
Rhine. In verify, one suffers a
having to record such dreams, 10
which there can be no excnse.
-lCOurfer du Dimanche.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19
An Iliinoisan Whipped TO Death In
Texas.

''', " ''"'PP'" w Dtutn III
Texas.
Frederick Amthor, q highly re-
spectacle man, a German bv birth.
was recently driven ont of Texas on
the most frivolous pretenses. In a
letter to the Chicago Press and
tribune, after narrating the events
accompanying his own expulsion, he
thus describes the adomina' 10 mur.
der Of an inollcnsivo citizen OF H.
inois. to which he was a witness:
A Young man from Illinois. BY
the name OF Evans, came to Hen
derson, and while there was in
cautious enough to say that he
thought free states were preferable
to slave states, and that he thought
slavery was wrong. These state.
ments, 50 far as heard them, he
made in the mildest manner, and
that only when pressed into .he sub.
ject by the young men about town.
| Am satisfied that he never said or
thought OF anything, except when
conversation on the subject was
forced upon him.
| had but a sl;g't acquaintance
with the young man. bat | told him
that he ought not to allcw himself to
be dragged into talking on tho sub.
ject. But he was not careful. In
! December last this young man wa:
taken ont by mob, without q trial
Of sys kind, and whipped to death.
The Henderson Nep Era, a pape,
published in Henderson, justified
the infamous murder on the ground
that Evans was com non thief. ar
Abolitionist, &c. was shown tn,
whip which | was informed had beer
the instrument Of his death. 1t wa,
covered with blood. | also saw
what l was informed was the deac
body of Evans, about three-quarter,
of mile from town. 1t was so de
cayed and swollen that l did no
recognize it The hogs and buzzard,
were eating it. It had never beer
buriedl
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19

WHAT'S IN A NAME?-A few days
siucs the wife Of one of onr dry
goods iobbcrs thought to astcnish
her husband by her exquisite tasre
in selecting dresa. Appearing N
tho breakfast table in a new wrap
per, she exclaimed: "Don't You
think this beauty, only two shil.
lings yard--FrcnchI "Frencll''
exclaimed tho husband. that il an
American print, which | Am se!lin.
every day at Q e."
A somewhat similar scene trans
pred at the st, Nicholas Hotel, Now
York, a couple OF aistrague ladies
appeared ut tho breakfast table with
what they supposed to he beautiful
French calico Wrappers. A mutual
acquaintance in conversation re-
marked. that no was astonishcd AT
the Improvement made in American
prints oi late years, enforcing bis re,
marks by calling the attention of the
two ladies to the quality of their
dresses. Oh! these are French!
they exclaimed. assure you
Mesdames," said the imperturable
gentleman "that your dresses are
Manchester print," The ladies' did
not faint their ole yaat French
prints passed into the hands OF the
Chambermaid.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19

SroR OF FUsIoN.-General Amos
IL. Prescott, the latest made Presi-
dent OF tho "American State Com
mitfee," and one OF the Chief En-
gineers in fusing the Bell and Doug
las forces at Syracuse, has come on
against the new fusion with Brecl
inridge, which he denounces as a
scheme to bull mp the disunionists
keep the p.esent corrupt dynasts in
power and its Office holders in place,
through the ioisting Of Joe Lane
into the Presidency. General Pres.
colt avows himself honceforth for
Lincoln and lIanlin.
Fusion in practice is much like
the Sailors too short b,nllet, which
left his feet ont in the coll. He
declared that he had cut several
pieces off the top and sewed them
on the bottom, without rernadving
the original dsfec.. T. Ne,o York
Tribune.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19

TERRIBLE DEATH. - The Knox
vile (lllinois) Republican says that
a little son OF Mr.. Nj. Crump, of tina,
city, died on Tuesday last, of Hy.
drophobia. About two weeks ago
he was slightly bitten on the nose
by a neighbours dog, that some days
afterwards showed symptoms OF
madhess. On Sunday previous, the
boy was taken sick with what was
supposed to be Fever. On Monday
he was worse, and during the day,
went into spasms, when the true ma
ture OF the disease was made known
to the afflicted family. The dis.
ease increased in all its virulence
and horibleness Till Tuesday morn
ing, when death released him.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19
A Curious Incident at Constantinople. g.

A Curious Incident at ConstantinopIe.
A correspondent OF tfie Paris
Prssse details a singular incident
which lately transpired at Constan-
tinople. Sir Henry Bulwer, the
English Ambassador, accompanied
by his second Dragoman, had an
audience of the Sultan, in which he
demonstrated against the neglect and
incapacity OF most Of the Governors
OF the provinces, and demanded that
the Grand Vizier, Kulnzli Mehemed
Pacha, should be recalled from his
mission OF inspection in European
Turkey, indicating Omer Pacha as
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19
Republican Victories!
VICTORY FOLLOWS VICTORy!!!
Douglas Defeated in Every Northern
State.

Douglas Defeated in Every Northern
State.
PENNSYLVANIA has gone Re
publican by over 32, 900 major
ity!
OHIO has gone Republican
by 10000 majority!l
INDIANA has gone Republic
an by 10000 majority!
MAINE has gone Republican
by $4,000 majority!
VERMONT has gone Republic.
an by 81, 600 majorityl!
At the late election the Re-
publicans gained G,OOO in Ver-
mont, 1000 in Maine, over 15,-
600 in Pennsylvania, 1900
in Ohio, and some $4,000 in
Indiana, as compared with the
last State elections held in those
States, and all since the nomi-
nation of Douglas. How very
popular he is!
Douglas cannot carry q sin-
gle State; he is politically dead
and buried.
Lincoln will be the next Pres
ident, beyond a question.
Who will have the honor of
voting for the next President Of
the United States? Let each
one decide quick. The time is
short.
The Know Nothing-Douglas
fusion in New York, is falling
to pieces. Adopted citizens
are abandoning the Douglas
party by thousands, in consc-
quence of this Know Nothing
fusion.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19

lie tlrisJ, " vsich xShA&k sJiG
,bbtr TO aflix French, cards TO his
hmerie. n prime, and keeps dowa
the character Of American manu-.
fictures. AmeSics p,ssesses the
mesns sod 'skhl 10 ee.npets .yish
foreign COMMITTEES in the msndAcfure
Of over, thing, IL we except sici,
silks; and when our wives cease TO
blusbS1n ws airing ans Amesjeas y
fabric--becausc ~ II American
then oar msnufactures xssuife The
position their eScsIEa<S dsssEvtS.
-fComms,ciai Bulietin.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19

NJ oiit John StelnbaGher, ofthe state OF
~ California. hut whose particular place ,t
residence ~ not known, is hereby notified that
Lucy Ann Steinbacher did, on the 2Tth day at
september. A. u. lS60, Me her petition In tho
"lire of The Clerk "f the Court Of Common
PlaA', within and for the county of Hancock,
and state of OHIO, charging the ID John Stein
hacher with willfiil ahsence for moro than
tarsa yesr- last past. and asking that she may
no divorced from the said John Steinb4rhsr,
which petition viii stand for hearing ~ the
next term uf SAID Court.
LUCY ANN STElNBAeHER.
ny Cor BRowSs, Attorneys.
SenI. 2ith. lSIO. .-fGM
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19

NOTICE ls hereby given. that on. The u day
~ Of October, A. n. 1850, Morris r. Skinner,
aIid John Veon hled petition in the once OF
The Clerk Of the Court or Comm Pleas, OF
Hancock count, Ohio. setting forth therein
Ihal shld petitioners are lu,nwners in that
pnrtihn OF the original own plot of Risdon,
lying ana being IN the township OF Washing.
ton, Hancock county, Ohm, that there is AN nj.
10y running along tho West sides of in.lots 30,
81, ~, 10 and 80 in said town, and An alley
running along between inlnts 90, 81 and 30,
and 50. =? and a. in said town, that said Skin.
her and N""n own farming lands along the
West side Of said first named alley. that said
alleys do not cnnduce 70 tho general interests
"f said toTn, and are u great injury and In
convenience to said Skinner and yeon. and
praying i,'ra vacation 0f said alleys. Said pc.
tltlnn will be heard.
October :, lsBO-Gti1
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19
NOTICE 70 NON RESIDENT LAND OWN

NOTICE 70 NON RESIDENT LAND OWN.
~ Frs. -- IT, n \. cngtsgBiDr9m, SANusL
PForr, .OnS A. CoNE, AND TI0a, ~ MICKEY,
inn sre hereby notified that On The 18th day
VI November, lSGs, the viewers and Surveyor
Ut a new county road cnmmeneing IN the sees
llnn Line between sections - and ID, in town
lay and Lima stale road crosses said line, and
running thence south an the section limo until
the .,itma intercsects 90 iuty road running
LIST and Wes, thr'uIh EAGLE township, on the
section l!ne lrtweth sections ~ and n, and IL
and H. IA SAID township, and lhern I, rininsis
WIN lneet ~ Tho house gl lleury Gvlk, IN Find
lay township, ncnr the hcgn.ing of said road
for the purpese Of viewing ,nd surveying SAID
new road Y"n will therefore take notice "
your right accordingly. u. PHlPFER st
October 1, lsdO. Nv. And others.